Now a lot of people have different opinions about the Mars One mission, some saying its not a good idea. Sending a man to the moon costs 150 billion dollars, while sending someone 55 billion miles to Mars would easily cost three or four times more than that. This all being for a mission that has a decent chance of getting knocked out of orbit (no pun intended). Nay-sayers argue that the money and time should be spent here on our own planet fixing our own problems rather than just giving up on our planet. But I don't think that we're throwing away our future hopes for Earth with Mars One, more like expressing our curiosity and our desire to explore. How does this differ from Europeans sailing to the New World? I'm sure many people disagreed with their exploration at the time, but it turned out for the better. Mars is the new frontier of the 21st century. I don't believe we as people should cap our minds from discovery, but to continue to open ourselves to new ideas and see what the universe lays in store for us.
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I think there are a lot of problems with sending people to colonize on a planet so far away from Earth. I read the article and it said that the fastest transmission delay would be 10 minutes. Therefore you wouldn't be able to get real time help. That's a problem. Imagine you have a suicidal crew mate, who's going to give them person to person therapy? What if someone comes down with a contagious illness? They are within 50 square meters of each other at all time, don't they think that would be a problem. Not to mention, all of earth will be able to have constant surveillance on the crew. That's some Truman Show sh*t. Maybe it's just me, but if I am being put under tremendous stress to colonize someplace no one has ever been, I would lose it. Especially if people were watching and judging my every move. Overall, dope idea. But not plausible.
ReplyDeletei couldn't agree more with Jack. It's a really neat thing to wrap your mind around that possible colonization on Mars is being considered but there would be way too many lingering complications/inconveniences to sustain people for an extended period of time. Think of the process it would require just for a person to walk outside. And if all you can do is remain in the confines of whatever housing structure they build, what is the point?
ReplyDeleteI think that at this point in time, this seems like not a big deal because we don't NEED to go to Mars. But imagine 100 or 200 years in the future when it is becoming very evident that we are beginning to use up our recourses. Ryan asked what the point was, but I think eventually people are going to sacrifice the luxury of "walking outside" for the continuation of the human race.
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