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One-Way Mission to Mars: Top 5 Items to Pack

astroengine.com — Imagine: You have been selected as one of the first six people to go to Mars and your sole mission is to set up a manned outpost on the Red Planet. Forget the science, forget the long-term goal to spread humanity amongst the planets, your one and only task is to survive.

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  • roddack, on 10/27/2008, -3/+381) Oxygen
  • CheeseburgerBro, on 10/27/2008, -0/+30#6. More bandwidth.
  • BigManOnCampus, on 10/27/2008, -3/+30If there's no universal video-game machine for the long periods of time with nothing to do.... well, then you might as well pack a gun and a single bullet.
  • inactive, on 10/27/2008, -0/+25Stargate and DHD
  • Sornos, on 10/27/2008, -1/+24Especially not the towel. That is vital equipment for any space adventure.
  • inactive, on 10/27/2008, -6/+286: Pocket Pussy
  • MacBookForMe, on 10/27/2008, -2/+21Never forget a towel and a tooth brush, mate
  • theratdotus, on 10/27/2008, -1/+181)pussy
    2)weed
    3)alcohol
    4)pizza
    5)computer
  • ScottMcIntyre, on 10/27/2008, -2/+18To boldly go! The modified dune buggy sounds a blast- it'd be great fun to have a wacky races type of contest across the Martian landscape. And, the article says not to forget packets of seeds to grow plants on Mars... bamboo, hemp, barley and wheat- for 'entertainment' purposes, of course. ;-)

    QFA:"Red wine contains an anti-oxidant called resveratrol linked with helping the human body fight off the damaging effects of free radicals and radiation. As you’d be exposed to a higher-than-normal level of solar radiation (as Mars doesn’t have a protective magnetic field or thick atmosphere), regular wine drinking sessions would be in order."
  • ncc74656m, on 10/27/2008, -0/+16Really? I've been selected? Awesome, when do we leave?

    BTW, hot chicks are ABSOLUTELY necessary to the success of this mission. So please pack them as well.
  • rrife, on 10/27/2008, -0/+14Fleshlight.
  • Konrad9, on 10/27/2008, -0/+121: Me
    2: whatever else, I don't care, I just want to go.
  • sonic11, on 10/27/2008, -0/+121. Jessica Alba
    2. baby oil
    3. many outfits for #1
    4. camera
    5. booze
  • lexeme, on 10/27/2008, -0/+111. Plutonium-238 decay powered 80 dBi gain antenna with redundant low-noise amplifiers for wardriving earth. Even with the three minute delay, it would be nice to pick up email on occasion.

    2. Two exabyte solid-state error-correcting storage for a mirror of the entire Internet.

    3. Copy of the Library of Congress on redundant / hardened storage

    4. Copy of the music contained in the current musical catalogs of Amazon, iTunes, and GEMM.

    5. A complete kitchen with plenty of spices, exotic freeze-dried and otherwise preserved exotic ingredients. Cookbooks can be found in (3) and (2).


  • UselessTrivia, on 10/27/2008, -0/+9Faster-than-light communication so I can get a decent internet link. That 45 minute ping-time will play hell with my Call of Duty games.
  • wonderchemist, on 10/27/2008, -1/+9Even Columbus came home the first time.
  • borez, on 10/27/2008, -4/+12An ipod, a rather large homebrew kit and a bag of shrooms.
  • inactive, on 10/27/2008, -0/+8The article said "assuming you have all the basics to survive" . I would assume that oxygen is one of those basics.
  • PenguinChaser, on 10/27/2008, -0/+8Hell, their bars barely work on this planet.
  • deathsythe, on 10/27/2008, -3/+11DnD Core rulebook, dungeon masters guide, and bestiary.
    Some pens and paper, and dice.

    Enjoy!
  • sleze, on 10/27/2008, -0/+8Cyanide pills would be on my list. Better that than to suffocate/starve to death in case things went wrong.
  • jason80, on 10/27/2008, -0/+8Yeah, "your roommate"...
  • toconnor, on 10/27/2008, -0/+8Cell phone charger.
  • inactive, on 10/27/2008, -0/+81.) One of those new efficient solar panels attached to a generator.
    2.) A Laptop stuffed full with games and utilities.
    3.) Seeds (including grass)
    4.) Chickens.
    5.) Huge speakers.

    As for sports, who cares.
  • ray8753, on 10/27/2008, -0/+7***** the ipod ! dugg for Bag of Shrooms !
  • InJectaH, on 10/27/2008, -4/+11I knew some idiot was gonna mention a ***** ipod.
  • ncc74656m, on 10/27/2008, -0/+7Bow-chicka-bowow.
  • Valyn, on 10/27/2008, -0/+7We seriously need a buried for ***** server option.
  • Icetype, on 10/27/2008, -0/+7What's up with leaving out the verb. Is that a new 4chan thing?
  • Sean42, on 10/27/2008, -5/+12# 7. Weed
  • InJectaH, on 10/27/2008, -2/+8Because the article mentioned "Besides Ipods"
  • AtraNoxVII, on 10/27/2008, -0/+6Alien chicks...Captain Kirk routine starting now.
  • wintersland, on 10/27/2008, -0/+6You wouldn't want your 360 to red ring..
  • theratdotus, on 10/27/2008, -0/+6my list was almost same as your. lets go to amsterdamn and have a debauchery of a good time!
  • inactive, on 10/27/2008, -0/+6my roommate is equipped then
  • inactive, on 10/27/2008, -0/+5smoke pot on mars!
  • 15thPD, on 10/27/2008, -0/+5I'd rather just take the Daedalus.
  • aolshove, on 10/27/2008, -1/+6A rail gun. How are you going to fight off space-zombies and aliens without a rail gun? We're talking about survival here right?
  • swiftekho, on 10/27/2008, -1/+6You sir, have picked the wrong order...

    1)Weed
    2)Pizza
    3)Pizza
    4)Pizza
    5)Pizza
  • Sornos, on 10/27/2008, -4/+9What is wrong with an iPod? iPods are the ubiquitous mp3 player. Having music would definitely make the trip more bearable.
  • rrife, on 10/27/2008, -0/+5Bad idea....can't exactly go out to a bar when she starts nagging about all of the red dirt you tracked all over the floor.
  • asnider, on 10/27/2008, -0/+5Hemp =/= weed. I wish people would learn this.
  • LittleLORDevil, on 10/27/2008, -0/+5*****, sounds like college.
  • camaroz06, on 10/27/2008, -1/+51 x 1.5 TB hard drive worth of porn and old skool skin mag incase the cosmic radiation screws up the hard drive.
  • HumanNouveau, on 10/27/2008, -0/+4#1 An genetics lab. Adapt the species to life on Mars and then propagate wildly.
    #2 A weapons lab. Develop weapons optimally suited to Martian conditions so that when the colonial powers come for the taxes armed with their Earth-based weapons and tactics, we can send them packing.
  • twigboy, on 10/27/2008, -0/+4if ur co-traveller was a pranker, he'd pack some replicators for a good laugh
  • gzmask, on 10/27/2008, -3/+7just don't forgot the number 42 and you'll be fine.
  • lithera, on 10/27/2008, -0/+4No idea why you are being dugg down.

    If it really were to be a one way trip this would be the sanest thing to bring.
  • NJank, on 10/27/2008, -3/+7guys, don't kill the joke.

    oh, too late.
  • subliminalurge, on 10/27/2008, -0/+4Recharge it from your solar panels?
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