Would you go?

[Schadenfreude]

Anyone ever see that old movie Saturn 3 with Farrah Fawcett, sex murder & insanity on a lonely space outpost - 4 people there if you count the jealous robot

[Fourtyfive]

Will they allow guns ? If only one , which one would you take ? How much ammo ? Not .....

[Troutburger]

7 rd mag limit on mars and no gunshow loop hole...

[RichardR]

When I was a kid I dreamed of being an astronaught & going to Mars would literally be a dream come true, but a non-returnable one-way trip would mean never being able to see or hug or spend time with my kids or grandkids again ... so I'll have to pass.

[Spook]

Maybe their Walmarts have more ammo....

[Guest Wildogre]

I would have considered it back in the 80s but I am way to old now......................................................... but still

[Murgatroy]

If I hadn't met my wife and started a family all those years ago, I wouldn't think twice.

 

I have always been up for an adventure, and this would definitely be one. Even if death is assured, your name would live on. Your legacy assured.

 

Makes me think of the episode of Vikings the other day, the old white haired cat that wanted to raid. All of his friends had fallen in battle, and all this old cat wanted was to die with honor. What a way to go.

 

Dying alone in my bed of old age doesn't sound bad, but going out in a spectacular fashion that stands a chance to further the human race more than we have in thousands of years... that is something.

 

Plus, what if you survive? What if the trip is viable? Imagining being the first Warlord of Mars...

[JAB]

A few of the things that come to my mind:

 

1.  If this is such a great thing, why do they have to look for volunteers?  Why aren't some of the people who are planning the project lining up to go?  After all, it is their project.  Surely there are four of them who can be spared to be the first to go and they would probably be much more qualified to do the initial setup and deal with any problems.  If they aren't gullible excited enough to do it then why should I?  "We fully believe in the value of this mission - as long as someone else is doing it.  We'll be sure to take full credit, though."  Heck, sounds like Obama and the mission to take out bin Laden.

 

2.  They mention in several places that all this will be broadcast back to Earth 24/7/365.  Why would anyone want to sign up to have their actions broadcast via a video feed 24/7/365?  It kind of smacks of "Big Brother, Mars Edition"  or, maybe, "Survivor: Mars".  It sounds like a reality show scheme, to me.  Or Hell. 

 

3.  If I were among the four, once selected, would they immediately transfer something like a bazillion dollars into my bank account and let me live like a king (no - a sheik, complete with my very own harem of ladies who would make Hugh Hefner say, "Dang that guy is lucky") in the years leading up to lift off?  I mean, it isn't like I'll be able to bask in the glory at the end of the mission - I'd be too busy helping build living quarters, trying to keep life support systems going and just generally dying some horrible death in a barren, inhospitable environment.

 

4.  I just can't help but hear, in my head, Arnold Schwarzenegger saying, "Now get your ass to Mars!"

 

 

Yeah, I think I will just stay here, thanks.  Good thing.  I probably wouldn't make it through the selection process, anyhow.

Edited April 23, 2013 by JAB

[vontar]

Will they allow guns ? If only one , which one would you take ? How much ammo ? Not .....

 

an AK-47

 

I believe it was on the military ch. they had a thing about top 10 guns.  The guy talking about the AK-47 posed a question, would John Wayne use one.

In short they said, he was practical and he would.

 

They talked about the abuse those things can take and keep firing to the point he said if he was to go to an unknown planet and could only carry 1 gun, it would be an AK-47.

I agreed with his reasoning.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHao3TN0C-8

Edited April 24, 2013 by vontar