Elon Musk/SpaceX Trying to bring us humans to Mars (NT We going to mars)

Of course there are ways  to do it, but I wouldn't get sold on the idea of trying to cultivate life on another planet for the price of $200K when we haven't even sent the first human being to the planet as of yet. I'd love to be proven wrong on this though.
 
 
Of course there are ways  to do it, but I wouldn't get sold on the idea of trying to cultivate life on another planet for the price of $200K when we haven't even sent the first human being to the planet as of yet. I'd love to be proven wrong on this though.
word. sure won't be me first...it'll be nothing short of a biblical miracle for the earliest manned voyage to go well, especially considering it's estimated as a  N I N E  M O N T H   flight time.
 
word. sure won't be me first...it'll be nothing short of a biblical miracle for the earliest manned voyage to go well, especially considering it's estimated as a  N I N E  M O N T H  flight time.
You gotta always take a leap, was a big risk when the first man even orbited earth. A lot of people were concerned about ruptures, engineering obstacles, concern over material, concern of the Cosmonaut's well-being in the vacuum of Space.

Barring any random disaster or debris in space destroying the aircraft, if prepared well they should have a fair chance of making it there and back. Of course they should do unmanned test flights continuous to observe.
 
Would you volunteer for the first manned flight? I ask since you mentioned the idea of taking the leap. :nerd:
 
You gotta always take a leap, was a big risk when the first man even orbited earth. A lot of people were concerned about ruptures, engineering obstacles, concern over material, concern of the Cosmonaut's well-being in the vacuum of Space.

Barring any random disaster or debris in space destroying the aircraft, if prepared well they should have a fair chance of making it there and back. Of course they should do unmanned test flights continuous to observe.
oh no doubt man, ambition entails risk by definition. I admire the hell out of those who do make that first flight, but I'll be watching from Earth...let them get the Challengers out of the way. 
 

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Man I'd be on the first flight. Would be unbelievable to be one of the first of many to see space and even more amazing to be on another planet. Risks be damned, I'm making that leap.
 
thinking about it, it's not even about the risk--okay, fine, it's about the risk...I want to at least be guaranteed to make it off the planet before things go full Falcon 9 and we're just not at that point yet--but think about being confined to an area measuring maybe a few blocks with people you may not even like for nine. *******. months.

think of your ****** up sleep schedule with no sunrise or sunset.

think of the muscle atrophy...they have exercise machines, but at a macro level you're not taxing your body in any real way for an extended *** period.

think of almost a year in total isolation from the entire planet. not even trained, screened submariners can take it for more than 3 months...I'm willing to double that just off the pure excitement/morale boost of being pioneers in space, but still.

imagine finally running out of things to talk about, the ship being your entire world. I'm sure even the star view would get a little old after half a year or so.

all in all, it's gotta drive somebody a little crazy.

I think 9 months (and that's if everything goes perfectly, have fun calling AAA if your ride breaks down) is just too damn long a spaceflight, at least for awake and active humans. the most active danger to the mission, at least in my opinion, is the astronauts themselves.
 

yeah, I spend a lot of time reading about this.  
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Man I'd be on the first flight. Would be unbelievable to be one of the first of many to see space and even more amazing to be on another planet. Risks be damned, I'm making that leap.
I'm with you pa. We gon be space papis
 
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