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- Netik09, on 05/27/2008, -1/+270Isn't this how Doom starts?
- robeph, on 05/27/2008, -3/+147It's final, NASA just made the statement, me and Natalie Portman shall be on our way, a one way trip to mars. Wish me luck..
- cyberdork, on 05/27/2008, -8/+141Holy crap, I'm amazed how many suicidal diggers there are!
- SmurfSlut, on 05/27/2008, -20/+152I would gladly die just to see the earth from space yet alone mars
- jm1234567890, on 05/27/2008, -2/+107Earth from Mars would be a speck
- cyberdork, on 05/27/2008, -15/+102Wow, your life must suck!
- inactive, on 05/27/2008, -14/+100I would do anything to go to Mars, right now, right away. I'll die there, alone, I don't care. It's the chance to make history.
- mt330404, on 05/27/2008, -9/+94Not a bad idea, but I think all able and willing civilians should have the opportunity to try out for a mission to mars too....... but... fat chance of that happening
- kylejn, on 05/27/2008, -0/+72We're Digg users; I'm pretty sure most of us are used to months of solitude, being in confined spaces, and having limited human interaction.
- Gonasadude, on 05/27/2008, -5/+74More like a 30-second trip to her vagina. GIGGITY!
- Stuie2107, on 05/27/2008, -6/+68Very brave men, I won't cheapen what they say by saying I'd do it in a heartbeat, it's a huge thing to do.
- jasdf, on 05/27/2008, -1/+55I say send them on a planned 5 year mission on Mars. In 5 years time I would think we could figure out how to get them back.
- Thundergod30, on 05/27/2008, -29/+76Send Bruce Willis, he's done it before
- MOJIRA, on 05/27/2008, -0/+44I think he wants to leave a legacy behind greater than these digg comments.
- KaiUno, on 05/27/2008, -6/+48Maybe right before I die, no sooner thank you very much. It's good down here too. So much more to do, and all.
- kurtwinter, on 05/27/2008, -3/+43I guess that once you accept the fact that US Soldiers are mostly sent on one way missions anyway, Mars has the added bonus of no enemy combatants, sand spiders or IED's.
- daeus, on 05/27/2008, -2/+37Doom 5
- sgiffy, on 05/27/2008, -4/+38I'm not sure if I would go if it were a guaranteed one way trip, i.e. no possible way to get back. However so long as there were some chance, albeit a small on, I would sign up in a heart beat.
- thesandbender, on 05/27/2008, -5/+38While heroic and noble in the classical sense, what can one person accomplish that a robot can not? Especially given the limitations of current space suit. No taste, touch, smell, feel. The "human" elements are all but gone. A probably built robot with nuclear power could last for years, as existing projects have proven. It's not possible to support a human that long and ultimately the project would be a waste of resources. Add to that the needless loss of life and it's just not worth it.
Personally... I'd rather see the space agencies get together and put long lasting satellites into orbit around all the major bodies like they've done with Mars. It's totally cool that Odyssey is up there watching Mars constantly. Even the Phoenix Lander is using it to relay pictures back to Earth. That is money well spent. - Rinnt, on 05/27/2008, -0/+30Yes, and that means it's finally time to put the BFG 9000 into production.
Glad I wasn't the only one to see the headline and think it was an article from the Onion... - breakerbum, on 05/27/2008, -1/+29I was a Marine, and while I think Ruth has some valid points about the value of a trained military person, I think there are plenty of non-military types with the same sort of training, psychological faculties, and philosophical perspectives.
We do not need, nor should we be desiring, to send the military on exploratory space missions. Our exploratory missions have always been best led by scientists and those who can most appreciate and contribute to scientific efforts.
If Ruth is interested in the image a Mars mission would send the world, why not just send a bunch of poets or musicians? Why not send some government diplomats? Sending people like myself who are trained in armed conflict...
I think there are better messengers, and people better fitted for the academic rigor of such a mission. - Poffeloff, on 05/27/2008, -3/+30About time someone started thinking of the whole of humanity, rather of his country. We are coming upon a stage in human life when we, as a species, really need to come together despite religion, color and culture.
- Flashman, on 05/27/2008, -4/+30To everybody who is saying, "Oh, I wouldn't do it just to be first": you're not exactly the personality profile NASA has in mind.
- newstart, on 05/27/2008, -3/+29***** It, I'll Do It Live!!!!
- dbug, on 05/27/2008, -25/+49Make history? You'll be known by generations as the idiot who went on a one-way suicide mission to mars which had no purpose other than being the first idiot on mars. Bravo.
- 9bpm9, on 05/27/2008, -6/+30If anybody is going to Mars it's going to be someone who has experience flying planes, and most people don't, know matter how well their body is suited to take on the environment of spaces and Mars.
- Gonasadude, on 05/27/2008, -6/+29I would go in a heartbeat. To get to experience something that nobody has ever done before would be the ultimate thrill. Why are you so sure that anyone who would want to go has to be a loser?
- arjie, on 05/27/2008, -2/+25That's pretty impressive, but the part I liked most was that he wanted it to be an internationally collaborative mission. Watching all the wheel reinventing that goes on as part of different countries' separate space programs has always bothered me. If only we could work together. Yeah, an Arthur C. Clarke-ish dream.
- Gonasadude, on 05/27/2008, -4/+26Then don't say anything.
- quomen, on 05/27/2008, -5/+27Wow there are so many people here that want to play the role of "hero" without knowing what that "heroism" entails. Months of solitude and being in a confined space. Not to mention limited human interaction. This is a small list of many more factors that will drive even the most determined human mind mad. This isn't teleporting into space and seeing Earth before reaching a gushing orgasmic nirvana. This is more like dying to Chinese water torture over months. Think twice about what you want, would you really do it?
- Baxident, on 05/27/2008, -6/+27Someone has to go first, who else is more able than some of these men?
It doesn't sound like they want to be the first so they can brag about it later, just that they're the most likely to be able to handle such a mission. How many people could leave everything they know behind on just a whim? - roket21, on 05/27/2008, -1/+21There's always a chance that a unicorn with a rainbow horn could come and rescue you.
- MacEnvy, on 05/27/2008, -2/+21The US military has lots of scientists. Or did you think those nuclear subs just ran themselves?
- ahawks, on 05/27/2008, -3/+21That's not really much different than "first idiot to almost freeze to death while climbing Earth's tallest mountain".
Some people go for that sort of thing, some don't. - Jhiaxuz, on 05/27/2008, -0/+16Arnold Schwarzenegger needs to get his ass to Mars.
- roystgnr, on 05/27/2008, -0/+16Two specks - Mars is close enough that you'd see the Moon too.
But even if you were ten times farther away than Mars... sometimes a speck is all you need to see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot - relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -0/+16WHY WON'T THE LANDER OPEN!! ***** THING SUCKS
- EtherGnat, on 05/27/2008, -0/+16Yeah, but wait until you see your ping times from 50 million miles away. You think Digg is slow now...
- amrhassan, on 05/27/2008, -1/+16why send one man? they could send a bunch to start a colony and wait for us to develop the technology to go and get them back..
- rmxz, on 05/27/2008, -1/+16Because mars has so many airports?!?
ISTM screening people based on how well suited their body (and mind) is to take on the environment would make more sense than picking people with piloting skills. Surely that screening could include people from many backgrounds. - Someguy101, on 02/19/2009, -0/+14We're the perfect demographic it seems... as long as we're able to access the internet we'll be fine.
- korvan504521, on 05/27/2008, -2/+16He wasn't a perfect person. But he led the expedition which opened up the new world. His actions must be taken in the context of his time period, or are you going to excise all mention of The Roman Empire because they enslaved millions and and wiped out entire countries?
the fact remains that Columbus undertook an action many considered foolish, and succeed in making Europe aware of North and South America. Whatever else he did, THAT is massively significant to our nation and our history, and should be celebrated, even if we do not condone his and his fellow's treatment of the natives. - inactive, on 05/27/2008, -9/+23The ENTIRE point of NASA was to keep space exploration out of the hands of the military.
We can find civilian volunteers for the one way trip to Mars. Keep the Marines out of the situation, those guys are nutjobs. - STKD, on 05/27/2008, -2/+16Sigh here we go again. The Van Allen belt myth. You know how long you'd have to spend in the Van Allen belt on the way to the Moon for it to have any effect (even though they went through at the narrowest point anyway just in case)? MONTHS.
Who said that? Van Allen himself. Who I tend to believe knows something on that topic. Hell it's mentioned in Mike Collin's book Carrying The Fire which was written 2-3 years after he went to the Moon.
Now, shutting the ***** up about a topic you don't understand might be a wise move next time. How about actually looking into the truth of the myths you spout? - Arcesius, on 05/27/2008, -0/+14Yeah, but it's a one-way trip. You'd end up dying there... in her vagina... *scratches head*
- bpoteat, on 05/27/2008, -1/+14When other countries besides the US decide they want to put people and machines on mars, they can decide which ones they want to send.
- smoothmann, on 05/27/2008, -10/+23SERGEANT!
- sjmulder, on 05/27/2008, -1/+14Well if you could put a man there with enough supplies to survive for a pretty long time – or means to supply them while he's there – you'd have a decade or two to come up with a return vessel.
- apmtt, on 05/27/2008, -2/+14Actually if you want to go into space, you have a much better chance if you're a test pilot.
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