Cheaper Mission to Mars

How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return?
I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to
volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some
equipment for experiments.

How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return?
I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to
volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some
equipment for experiments.

boy is tat a dumb idea, voters would never approve of sending someone off
intentially to their deathj

(Hallerb) writes:

How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return?
I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to
volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some
equipment for experiments.

boy is tat a dumb idea, voters would never approve of sending someone off
intentially to their deathj

Actually, this idea has been seriously proposed. And your spelling is
getting bad again, especially when you're shooting from the hip.

Jeff
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"jidi" wrote in message
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How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to
return?
I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere
to
volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some
equipment for experiments.



Just to send someone to Mars, you could send a convict for all the science
you'd get back! Just as likely/practical as your suggestion.


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Alan Erskine
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not the fifteen GWB proposes.
Give NASA a real challenge

jeff findley writes:

(Hallerb) writes:

How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to return?
I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere to
volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some
equipment for experiments.

boy is tat a dumb idea, voters would never approve of sending someone off
intentially to their deathj

Actually, this idea has been seriously proposed. And your spelling is
getting bad again, especially when you're shooting from the hip.


I missed the 2 weeks supply of food. When something like this has
been proposed, it included *far* more food, water, and oxygen. The
idea is that you send someone there and keep sending them supplies,
when needed. The astronaut core has lots of post-child raising adults
that would be good candidates

Jeff
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"Hallerb" wrote in message
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| How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to
return?
| I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor somewhere
to
| volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some
| equipment for experiments.
|
| boy is tat a dumb idea, voters would never approve of sending someone off
| intentially to their deathj
I'm surprised nobody has suggested we send criminals there and not bring
them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to
me....:-)

Brian

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jeff findley wrote:

The astronaut core has lots of post-child raising adults
that would be good candidates

Since you were getting on Hal about his spelling...

That's "corps" not "core"

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In article , Derek Lyons wrote:
jeff findley wrote:

The astronaut core has lots of post-child raising adults
that would be good candidates

Since you were getting on Hal about his spelling...

That's "corps" not "core"

I dunno... if you take astronaut cores, they're probably adult and
almost certainly in no state to raise children afterwards...

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-Andrew Gray

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
...
"Hallerb" wrote in message
...
|
| How much cheaper would it be to send a man to Mars with no option to
return?
| I'm sure you would be able to get an aging/mad/fed up Professor
somewhere
to
| volunteer. Send him in a capsule with 2 weeks supply of food and some
| equipment for experiments.
|
| boy is tat a dumb idea, voters would never approve of sending someone
off
| intentially to their deathj
I'm surprised nobody has suggested we send criminals there and not bring
them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to
me....:-)

It would be cheaper to put them under the rockets than in them

In message , "Brian
Gaff" wrote:

I'm surprised nobody has suggested we send criminals there and not bring
them back, it sounds just about right for the hang em high brigade to
me....:-)

That's not such a silly idea, really, if you ask for volunteers and
maintain them for longer than two weeks. I imagine there would be any
number of death row inmates (or even lifers) who would jump at the
chance to serve their sentence on Mars instead of in prison. The only
problem would be finding qualified candidates.
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http://marsh.orcon.net.nz/