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Space Forum / Shuttle / February 2004Cheaper Mission to Mars
How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return? I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some equipment for experiments. >How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return? >I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to >volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some >equipment for experiments. boy is tat a dumb idea, voters would never approve of sending someone off intentially to their deathj > >How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return? > >I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > boy is tat a dumb idea, voters would never approve of sending someone off > intentially to their deathj Actually, this idea has been seriously proposed. And your spelling is getting bad again, especially when you're shooting from the hip. Jeff  SignatureRemove "no" and "spam" from email address to reply. If it says "This is not spam!", it's surely a lie. > > >How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return? > > >I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Actually, this idea has been seriously proposed. And your spelling is > getting bad again, especially when you're shooting from the hip. I missed the 2 weeks supply of food. When something like this has been proposed, it included *far* more food, water, and oxygen. The idea is that you send someone there and keep sending them supplies, when needed. The astronaut core has lots of post-child raising adults that would be good candidates Jeff SignatureRemove "no" and "spam" from email address to reply. If it says "This is not spam!", it's surely a lie. >The astronaut core has lots of post-child raising adults >that would be good candidates Since you were getting on Hal about his spelling... :) That's "corps" not "core" D. SignatureThe STS-107 Columbia Loss FAQ can be found at the following URLs: Text-Only Version: http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq.html Enhanced HTML Version: http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html Corrections, comments, and additions should be e-mailed to om@io.com, as well as posted to sci.space.history and sci.space.shuttle for discussion. >>The astronaut core has lots of post-child raising adults >>that would be good candidates > > Since you were getting on Hal about his spelling... :) > > That's "corps" not "core" I dunno... if you take astronaut cores, they're probably adult and almost certainly in no state to raise children afterwards... Signature-Andrew Gray shimgray@bigfoot.com > >>The astronaut core has lots of post-child raising adults > >>that would be good candidates [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I dunno... if you take astronaut cores, they're probably adult and > almost certainly in no state to raise children afterwards... The term "corpse" instead of "core" or "corps" comes to mind. | >How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return? | >I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] | boy is tat a dumb idea, voters would never approve of sending someone off | intentially to their deathj I'm surprised nobody has suggested we send criminals there and not bring them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to me....:-) Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ > | >How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to > return? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to > me....:-) It would be cheaper to put them under the rockets than in them :) >I'm surprised nobody has suggested we send criminals there and not bring >them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to >me....:-) That's not such a silly idea, really, if you ask for volunteers and maintain them for longer than two weeks. I imagine there would be any number of death row inmates (or even lifers) who would jump at the chance to serve their sentence on Mars instead of in prison. The only problem would be finding qualified candidates. SignatureR.G. "Stumpy" Marsh Timaru, New Zealand <http://marsh.orcon.net.nz/> > >I'm surprised nobody has suggested we send criminals there and not bring > >them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > chance to serve their sentence on Mars instead of in prison. The only > problem would be finding qualified candidates. Well, the best I can tell about the English "transportation system" (Botany Bay was the later one; the American colonies were also peopled that way), people threatened with transportation to a very survivable location considered it little different from a death sentence, and didn't volunteer. (There were, however, volunteers for other types of emigration to these locations.) (It is also a Future Research Topic to check on how those actually so sentenced felt about it at later dates) /dps >I'm surprised nobody has suggested we send criminals there and not bring >them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to >me....:-) Oh, no. Does "Botany Bay" ring a bell? :-} Brian > >I'm surprised nobody has suggested we send criminals there and not bring > >them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to > >me....:-) > > Oh, no. Does "Botany Bay" ring a bell? :-} Or Georgia.... > Brian On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 03:10:20 GMT, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@greenms.com> wrote: >> >I'm surprised nobody has suggested we send criminals there and not bring >> >them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to >> >me....:-) >> >> Oh, no. Does "Botany Bay" ring a bell? :-} I was thinking "Khan Noonian Singh"... :-) Brian << On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:41:34 -0000, "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >I'm surprised nobody has suggested we send criminals there and not bring >them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to >me....:-) Oh, no. Does "Botany Bay" ring a bell? :-} >> "Botany Bay"? "Botany Bay"? Oh, no...! :) Bill Harris Sci-Fi Quote of the month: "We will never forgive and we will never forget." - Stilgar, "Dune" ><< On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:41:34 -0000, "Brian Gaff" ><Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Oh, no...! "Kaptin, we have to leave now!" :-) SignatureKulvinder Singh Matharu Contact details : http://www.metalvortex.com/form/form.htm Website : http://www.metalvortex.com/ "It ain't Coca Cola, it's rice" - The Clash > How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return? > I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to > volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some > equipment for experiments. Just to send someone to Mars, you could send a convict for all the science you'd get back! Just as likely/practical as your suggestion. -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five years, not the fifteen GWB proposes. Give NASA a real challenge Alanterskine1@bigpond.com > How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return? > I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to > volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some > equipment for experiments. Why just two weeks of food? You can actually send 2 years worth fairly cheaply. You could probably send a lifetime's worth and still come out ahead. >Why just two weeks of food? You can actually send 2 years worth fairly >cheaply. > >You could probably send a lifetime's worth and still come out You might do better by sending a couple. |
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