To Boldly Go: What Made 400 People Volunteer for a One-Way Mission to Mars?

On Jan 23, 10:44*pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:

Even without cooperation from Earth, some of them may be more than
capable of doing the required math themselves, and thus able to put
themselves back into Earth orbit. Then it's "Do we let them die up
there, or bring them back down?"

Except they'll already be dead, having run out of air and water on the
way back.

Let's see 'em fix that with 'math'.

--
"Rule Number One for Slayers - Don't die." *
* * * * * * * * * * -- Buffy, the Vampire Slayer

We could send a number of resupply missions (aka Happy Meals, beer and
O2), at a cost of perhaps only a hundred thousand dollars per kg,
though more likely it'll end up costing us a million dollars per kg to
save their butts, only to have them arriving as dead or badly dying
from excessive radiation.

~ BG