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Space Forum / Shuttle / November 2003One Way Trip to Mars?
Its not a new idea and its not my idea. But, there have been those who have suggested a trip to Mars should and must be a one-way trip. Highlights of the argument: A trip to Mars is dangerous. Multiply it several-fold if a return is attempted. If astronauts manage to make it there in one piece, they would be foolish to attempt a return flight. A one way trip is far safer and brings it down to an acceptable risk venture. One-way trips are not unprecedented. Most people who traveled from the Old Word to the New did it one-way. There is a lifetime of work for scientists to do if they go to Mars. To foreshorten the work to a few weeks or months for an appointment with returning spaceship would be a waste of science. There would be plenty of volunteers for a one way trip. Another nation may beat us to Mars (China) because it is infinitely easier to go one way without the baggage of the return vehicle and its fuel. China would have no qualms about bring back their space travelers. Its a whole lot cheaper to do a one way trip and money is a major factor in whether or not the Mars projects gets a go. A one way trip can be accomplished much sooner than a round trip voyage. It may even be almost off-the-shelf. People who go to Mars to stay can be maintained with supply rockets until they learn to become largely self-sufficient by extracting Martian resources. .............................................................. I am not the Nomen Nescio giving all the trouble on this newsgroup. Google Group search shows thousands and thousands of "Nomen Nescio" posts, by an thousands of individuals. It is a generic anonymous posting service generating the name. The name you use regardless of how generated really has a bad denotation here. Have you thought about posting through Google? You would get more responses if you had an identity other than one despised here. > I am not the Nomen Nescio giving all the trouble on this newsgroup. Google > Group search shows thousands and thousands of "Nomen Nescio" posts, by an > thousands of individuals. It is a generic anonymous posting service > generating the name.  SignatureDaniel http://www.challengerdisaster.info Mount Charleston, not Charleston, SC > One-way trips are not unprecedented. Most people who traveled from the Old > Word to the New did it one-way. Yeah, I wouldn't go back to Word 97 now that I have Word XP. SignatureAndy P. Jung Metairie, Louisiana U.S.A. http://www.JungWorld.com/ To reply via e-mail, please visit my web site. >Yeah, I wouldn't go back to Word 97 now that I have Word XP. ...But there were people who went from C&C Tiberian Dawn back to original C&C. OM Signature"No bastard ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb bastard die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr >> One-way trips are not unprecedented. Most people who traveled from the Old >> Word to the New did it one-way. However 99% of them did so long after the New was civilized and considerable infrastructure in place. 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. > >"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@dizum.com> wrote in message > >> One-way trips are not unprecedented. Most people who traveled from the Old > >> Word to the New did it one-way. > > However 99% of them did so long after the New was civilized and > considerable infrastructure in place. Agreed... Lewis and Clark, for instance, set out to explore the American Northwest with *every* intention of returning! To establish a Mars exploration plan where the safe return of the crew is not even a mission objective won't be undertaken until, as Derek points out, the initial groundwork for sustainability *AND* a few there-and-back-again missions have been completed. Roger SignatureRoger Balettie former Flight Dynamics Officer Space Shuttle Mission Control http://www.balettie.com/ > Its not a new idea and its not my idea. But, there have been those > who have suggested a trip to Mars should and must be a one-way trip. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > until they learn to become largely self-sufficient by extracting > Martian resources. I think there are lots of us in the fifty and sixty age range that would go even if there was no supply ships. Only send enough for one year of oxygen and food. We die if you don't find a way to thrive. Its a gamble but I think many would love the chance. I see nothing wrong with it but I would bet management and the politicans would never give us the chance. You are also correct in that the chinese would do this since its really the only reasonable way to get there the first few times. Besides if they get there first they would declare it for china we can't let that happen. > .............................................................. > > I am not the Nomen Nescio giving all the trouble on this newsgroup. > Google Group search shows thousands and thousands of "Nomen Nescio" > posts, by an thousands of individuals. It is a generic anonymous > posting service generating the name. Thats ok keep using no matter how much static you get. If you feel the need to by anonymous keep doing it. David A. 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