"Martha Adams" wrote in message
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"Invid Fan" wrote in message
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steve wrote:

Two teams one from the USA, one made up from a selection of other
countries (EU Russia,Japan, China) are sent to Mars.
The winner is the team that survives the longest.
Sponsership and advertising should cover the costs.
If both teams can survive for a year they will be brought back to
Earth where fame and talk shows will guarantee them riches and a place
in history.

Any takers ?

Better yet, a few weeks into the mission send a message that war
between the nations has broken out, and cut communications.

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS


Zubrin has been doing analog missions here on Terra
surface. He has a lot from those, does this mean
we are at crunch time for doing full-term analog
missions here, no matter what, even if some of the
crew dies? ?? Are we tough enough to do that?


I think that's called kidnapping, depraved indifference
and murder.



My own thinking is yes, it's time to do those hard
analog missions and yes, we *must* be tough enough
to do it all. At worst, we learn better from a
bad failure here, than if it's out there.

That's two years for an analog Mars and return; it
would cost *far* less than when we actually do it.
And it's a good bet to make the difference between
failure -- and success.



.....said Dr Mengele



Titeotwawki -- mha [sci.space.policy 2008 May 24]