Anyone who would seriously consider that is desperate and/or depressed (or an astronaut).
Tom Send a noteboard - 24/04/2013 03:00:54 PM
Aside from subjecting oneself to extreme risk of death, the notion that one would not see blue skies, or water, or green trees, or feel wind, or be able to go to the beach, or interact with people whom they choose, is a bleak one.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
If you could, would you move permanently to Mars?
- 24/04/2013 03:30:55 AM
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Have you read the 'Mars' trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson?
- 24/04/2013 06:37:26 AM
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Well, I'll look into it.
- 24/04/2013 07:13:05 PM
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You need to read them, especially if you're this excited about the idea. *NM*
- 25/04/2013 04:39:11 AM
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I think it's incredible that such a thing is even being attempted
- 24/04/2013 08:13:16 AM
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I know. It really perplexes me that so many people are so down on it.
- 24/04/2013 07:19:42 PM
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No, and definitely not with this group
- 24/04/2013 10:26:03 AM
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What's the problem, technically?
- 24/04/2013 07:24:22 PM
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Basically? Mass and redundancy
- 24/04/2013 10:40:30 PM
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To put this in perspective, adding to Issac's points
- 25/04/2013 01:50:38 AM
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That's not really a fair comparison.
- 25/04/2013 08:18:35 PM
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I agree with your points, but you've still only listed financial (not technical) problems.
- 25/04/2013 08:22:25 PM
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Finacial problems are technical problems
- 25/04/2013 10:19:17 PM
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Maybe we just have different definitions.
- 26/04/2013 09:25:33 PM
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Huh, double post. Haven't done THAT in a while. I, uh, blame Ben. *NM*
- 26/04/2013 09:28:07 PM
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Anyone who would seriously consider that is desperate and/or depressed (or an astronaut).
- 24/04/2013 03:00:54 PM
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Re: Anyone who would seriously consider that is desperate and/or depressed (or an astronaut).
- 24/04/2013 05:48:01 PM
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I'm not depressed or desperate. Does that make me an astronaut?
- 24/04/2013 07:11:14 PM
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Colonizing Mars sounds exciting but the romance would soon wear off....
- 25/04/2013 07:34:25 AM
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You're basically right, but they are planning for those contingencies to some extent.
- 25/04/2013 08:43:22 PM
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OK for the medical, but still, supplies of beer and coffee would surely be limited
- 26/04/2013 05:55:38 AM
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People should wait until we have spaceships that have artificial gravity and are like cruise ships
- 24/04/2013 08:15:10 PM
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This is by far the most elaborate form of suicide ever proposed.
- 10/08/2013 08:04:43 AM
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