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Edited by The Cellar Door:
2/27/2015 4:33:03 AM
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Would You Kill Yourself For Science?
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/technical-feasibility-mars-one-1014
[quote]In 2012, the “Mars One” project, led by a Dutch nonprofit, announced plans to establish the first human colony on the Red Planet by 2025. The mission would initially send four astronauts on a one-way trip to Mars, where they would spend the rest of their lives building the first permanent human settlement.
... On the topic of maintaining oxygen for the on-Mars agriculture:
As the air inside the habitat continued to leak, the total atmospheric pressure would drop, creating an oppressive environment that would suffocate the first settler within an estimated 68 days.[/quote]
If you had the chance, would you go to Mars on a one way trip that you will surely die there in a very short time? And why/why not?
While the article itself goes into fixes around some of the issues presented, let's pretend that it was an absolute that you are to die 68 days after arriving to Mars.
Would you want to be remembered as one of the first 4 humans to step on Mars? To step on another planet? To have helped pave the road for future space exploration?
Also, what if you could bring a loved one?
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1 ReplyI'd rather enjoy life instead of basking in my death. Being in a history book isn't as important to me as making people feel better.
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I'd kill myself regardless of science.
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Sure might as well do something with my life.
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If I were to die soon anyways, sure why not?
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FOR BILL NYEEE
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1 ReplyOh HHHHEEECCCCKKK no. Death = no more sandwhichs........
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If my demise would lead to great scientific advancement that would plunge our science a 100 years then yes, yes I would.
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That isn't killing yourself... You could still die from natural causes... Dumb name is dumb
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by red planet, do u mean the dogscape
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2 RepliesEdited by DukeOfStuffing: 3/2/2015 12:52:31 AMThe Mars One is just a publicity stunt. A waste of time, really. It'll do more to prevent people from extra terrestrial colonies than anything. So, no.
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Nah, i'll let the 22% that said yes do it, then i'll reap all the benefits as science makes advancements.
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Why not? Sounds like a sweet deal.
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Sure, this place blows anyway. 68 days can be as long as you want it to be; especially when all of those days are on another -blam!-ing planet.
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8 RepliesFor science, we do what we must, because we can.
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3 RepliesWhat has science ever done for me
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Hell no I'm not a scientist or astronaut I'm a gamer
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Yes. I'd be remembered for the rest of humanity's existence. Beats dying in a hospital bed
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5 RepliesIf I was to be the first person to step on the planet then I'd be down. The other 3 will be irrelevant
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Only if I could be the first one to eat Dewritos on Mars.
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4 RepliesId like to. Actually accomplish something with my life that has some meaning.
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Edited by The Fallen Zyzz: 3/1/2015 9:16:09 AMIt would be nice to leave behind that sort of legacy. If I did go, I would never bring along my loved ones on a one way trip to the grave. I would go alone and endeavour to survive. I would spend every waking hour of those 68 days working towards my survival and the survival of the group. [spoiler]With current technologies, I would not go. The mission would be impractical, needlessly costly and amateurishly done. I would rather have a self sufficient colony on Mars in 2045 than a costly, unreliable colony in 2025.[/spoiler]
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2 RepliesYes because then I could be the first guy to T-bag on another planet.
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Love the story, hell yea =)
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lol no. id rather live 68 years than 68 days. thats just me though.
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7 RepliesYeah. What more can we aspire to in life than to "boldy go where no man has gone before"?
