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True Adamance
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.01.12 18:52:00 -
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I don't know that being afraid of something like that is unreasonable.
While volunteering for advancing humanity in a meaningful way is noble of course it comes at a huge personal sacrifice, and not just your life, which admittedly is not something you'd understand until you did it.
I honestly don't know if I could do something like that.
To a Texan like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Gunlogi.
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Henchmen21
Planet Express LLC
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Posted - 2014.01.12 19:30:00 -
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Not until they can prove they can do it without exposure to high energy radiation along the way. Mars full of cancer patients does humanity no good.
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Sole Fenychs
Sinq Laison Gendarmes
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.01.12 19:58:00 -
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Henchmen21 wrote:Not until they can prove they can do it without exposure to high energy radiation along the way. Mars full of cancer patients does humanity no good.
Read the website.
They have a FAQ. It actually talks about these things. |
Henchmen21
Planet Express LLC
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Posted - 2014.01.12 20:10:00 -
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Sole Fenychs wrote:Henchmen21 wrote:Not until they can prove they can do it without exposure to high energy radiation along the way. Mars full of cancer patients does humanity no good. Read the website. They have a FAQ. It actually talks about these things.
I used the word prove for a reason.
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Sole Fenychs
Sinq Laison Gendarmes
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.01.12 20:20:00 -
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Henchmen21 wrote:Sole Fenychs wrote:Henchmen21 wrote:Not until they can prove they can do it without exposure to high energy radiation along the way. Mars full of cancer patients does humanity no good. Read the website. They have a FAQ. It actually talks about these things. I used the word prove for a reason.
So you want them to send people to Mars and then ship the radiometers to your home?
What, exactly, do you need to believe them? The website clearly states how high radiation exposure is and how they'll counter it (by warning the astronauts so that they can enter a safe room in their space ship while travelling through space during solar storms and by using soil when living on Mars), so I don't see what's there to proof.
It's not like space travel or radiation is actually new. The new part is interplanetary space travel, which can be extrapolated from known facts. |
Henchmen21
Planet Express LLC
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Posted - 2014.01.12 20:22:00 -
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Sole Fenychs wrote:Henchmen21 wrote:Sole Fenychs wrote:Henchmen21 wrote:Not until they can prove they can do it without exposure to high energy radiation along the way. Mars full of cancer patients does humanity no good. Read the website. They have a FAQ. It actually talks about these things. I used the word prove for a reason. So you want them to send people to Mars and then ship the radiometers to your home? What, exactly, do you need to believe them? The website clearly states how high radiation exposure is and how they'll counter it (by warning the astronauts so that they can enter a safe room in their space ship while travelling through space during solar storms and by using soil when living on Mars), so I don't see what's there to proof. It's not like space travel or radiation is actually new. The new part is interplanetary space travel, which can be extrapolated from known facts.
Everything works in theory.
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TunRa
NEW OMENS
360
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Posted - 2014.01.12 22:06:00 -
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This whole thread is full of fear of the unknown but also a lot of hope and curiosity. There are two types of people in this world, those who take risks and those who don't. Without out one the other would be dead. We need people to take risks to advance as a species but we need people to fear so we can survive as a species. How do you think we made it this far?
Just thought I would point this out due to the arguments going on even tho they are not serious.
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Jungian
Ahrendee Mercenaries
EoN.
290
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Posted - 2014.01.12 22:28:00 -
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Nobody in their right mind should sign up on a suicide mission these days. With an avg of 70% failrate of missions to Mars...I really dont see the virgin voyage going smoothly as they predict. Its gonna fail. Hard. Venturing into the unknown was done 200 years ago, with people going to the north and south pole and was never seen again. This Mars One thing is gonna be livestreamed for the masses and has been marketed quite wildly. Its not gonna be a venture into the unknown. Science knows a lot about Mars already.
http://www.twitch.tv/rnd_jungian/
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ANON Cerberus
Tiny Toons
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Posted - 2014.01.12 22:58:00 -
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A trip in space sounds amazing. That said - you have to be certifiable to go along on that mission. Still I wish them good luck. |
Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2014.01.12 23:16:00 -
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No. I wouldn't. Here is my reasoning: it is way too much like being dead. When you are dead, you are away from the things that give you pleasure (family, friends, possessions) and have no bearing or say in the world.
Honestly, that is how I see it. A one way trip to a new country is one thing. A one way trip 100 million miles away for complete and total uncertainty is 'death'.
Be well.
-Joseph. |
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Henchmen21
Planet Express LLC
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Posted - 2014.01.12 23:27:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:Zirzo Valcyn wrote:i predict that trip will end in total tragedy. and it will be a reality show. how are they going to censor the unknown horrors of mars? either the mental states of the colonists will collapse or some unknown horror on mars will wipe them out, the possiblities are endless. this will not end well. Space colonization is the future of humanity, it's practically unforgivable that it's taken us this long. What IS unforgivable is that governments aren't funding this research and movement every single step of the way.
Right humanity has one shot in the universe. One shot in a harsh, unforgiving and deadly universe. If we are to have any chance we have to be in two places, Earth is overdue for an extinction level event. Yet we can't get past our petty squabbles and stop killing one another. A human is perhaps the most amazing thing in this universe and humans working together are even more so.
But theses no point if the rest of the universe never knew we existed out side of our electronic signals sent into space.
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jenza aranda
BetaMax.
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Posted - 2014.01.12 23:29:00 -
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I applied on the off-chance, I dont really expect to be selected but hell! we are all going to one die one day! May as well die somewhere no human has ever been.
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Aero Yassavi
Praetoriani Classiarii Templares
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2014.01.12 23:37:00 -
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Joseph Ridgeson wrote:No. I wouldn't. Here is my reasoning: it is way too much like being dead. When you are dead, you are away from the things that give you pleasure (family, friends, possessions) and have no bearing or say in the world.
Honestly, that is how I see it. A one way trip to a new country is one thing. A one way trip 100 million miles away for complete and total uncertainty is 'death'.
Be well.
-Joseph.
To be fair, back in the days of early exploration to the West it was pretty much like that as well. There wasn't really any turning back, and once you got their you had no influence on the world you left behind. And many did leave their families to do so. However, you build a new family (even if just a symbolic family) with those who left with you. You play a big role in shaping the new world you go to.
I wouldn't call it anywhere close to "dead." In fact, the people who embark on the mission could end up knowing what living is more than anyone on Earth.
And as a side note, it is incredibly brave to be among the first pioneers to a new unknown world, to perhaps pave the way for those not yet born to have a better life. There is no telling what humanity will accomplish in the future, and it is extremely noble for anyone to risk their for a mission knowing that they will never see the fruits of their labors in their lifetime.
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