One way ticket to Mars

Would you join in?

 

Id love to visit mars. Hopefully this project will be the start of the colonization of different planets other than are own.

 

What I don't understand is how it is hard for us to get back from Mars. I mean it has a lighter atmosphere than earth meaning its takes less fueled (Delta v) to get back into orbit.

Despite this it sounds really, really cool. but i'm good with earth for the time being

 

Yea, although tbh when they get there I assume it would be easy to produce the propellant and containers, think the main issue is the cycle though cause the 2 years quoted in the video is at the right launch window (which I think is separated by around 16 years lol)

 

The critical factor is time. Mars as you know is a lot further away from earth than the moon is. So being able to calculate the precise time to intercept mars' orbit whilst also taking into account where the earth and mars are in relation to each others orbit, and how much food, water, oxygen and fuel needed which in effect will increase weight. Also solar winds from the sun, and foreign objects like comets are a factor in the astronauts survival and needs a solution.

 

You know what.. 6 billion dollars for this is actually pretty unbelievable. I expect the costs to go far over this budget..

Even though, I hope they will not stop the mission..

 

We can only pray.

 

So, you think that it's not hard enough to send a ship that literally can barely get off the atmosphere with all the weight around it, it needs an extraordinary amount of fuel, weights a few thousand tons (maybe an exaggeration but you get my point) and all of that just to get to mars, and you think it would be possible to send more fuel more weight more engines etc, including calculation how to get from mars to earth which is practically almost impossible seeing as we don't know what the terrain would be like on mars.
And your solution to that problem is having the men on mars dig through unknown soil to search for propellant that might be explosive or radioactive, and use it with machinery built on earth? NO! That is practically and literally impossible to create a mission to get back from mars.

 

''If you can put people on mars it'll give people the idea that you can do anything''

Except returning back home :rlol:

Also if it does work and people get there , what would they do if one guy went rogue and started killing everyone ?

 

Probably give him 1 billion million dollars when he builds a giant laser and threatens to destroy man kind? (*** Austin Powers reference!!! ***)

 

Mars has been pretty well mapped out by the various rovers as they contain soil sampling instruments, miniature drills and not to mention the fact that there are astrogeologists assigned to mars lol. So going on that evidence Its entirely plausible the geology is not too dissimilar from earth's only abit more weathered. Which is why it can be entirely feasible to mine products from mars, hell we are already seriously considering near earth asteroid mining (so once that is perfected we could be able to build spacecraft in orbit around earth).

Anyway here are some links:
http://www.planetaryresources.com/technology/
Company backed by Google, Types of spacecraft used for prospecting & mining

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/instruments-mars-rover/
Insturments on Curiosity which landed last year, Has A MOTHERFUCKING LAZOR BEAM (for chemical analysis of rocks)

Edit: go to 1:17 on this video, Curiosity beep'd happy birthday on mars...

 

All good in theory, yes. But I wouldn't put that stuff in MY spaceship xD

 

I'm going to apply. What the hell, right? There's a good chance I won't be chosen and if I do, well.. Sweet!

And I think the reason it's a one way trip is because it's a colonization, not a visit, there's room for all kinds of keeping yourself alive stuff, it'd be so much bigger and more expensive if you'd added on everything you'd need to achieve lift off again, then plot your course back to a moving earth while maintaining your momentum with the fuel you've got left, and then surviving re-entry.