Comments on: Mission to Mars

By: ck4

ck4 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 23:24:13 +0000

I agree with you. Not sure there is a point to it, other than to say that “I did it.” What is the actual accomplishment?

By: jeff

jeff — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:14:13 +0000

“your dome away from home” = a sold ticket to me

By: Brookes

Brookes — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:32:16 +0000

I am reminded of the original “Newsroom” (CA) – an episode where the news director is trying to explain to the new “celebrity” on the station. (The character has told the world he will commit suicide live- on air – but is suddenly getting offers for jobs and reconsidering. The news director reminds him – “The only reason the ratings are so high is becuase everyone is tuning in to watch you blow your f***ing brains out! That’s why they are calling! If you don’t go through with it and kill yourself – then you are nothing in this town!”

“I don’t know…I think I have a career in this…”

“In what? Killing yourself?”

And that was Toronto. Imagine Mars… 😉

By: jkash

jkash — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 20:02:57 +0000

Consider me disappointed that the “Not actual candidate.” picture has no photoshop intervention. I’d like to see someone like the Shee as “Not actual candidate.”

By: tc

tc — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:53:47 +0000

This is going to lead to a movie sequel that the world has needed for a long time….

BIO-DOME 2: Your dome away from home….ON MARS

By: Brookes

Brookes — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:31:49 +0000

The Truman Show in space…

“Accept the new reality,” Landorp said. “Literally everybody on the globe will be watching, just like when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon.”

By: Brookes

Brookes — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:22:59 +0000

When I think about the “evaluation” process for people to be on a trip to Mars, I must recall the heartbreak of so many contestants on American Idol, The Voice, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Fantasy Island and so many countless “reality” concoctions.

While $ does play a certain part in the equation…do we really think NASA or a private firm is taking YouTube submissions – and offering seats based off that -for a “flight” to Mars. It costs billions (!) to potentially even get there – if we are lucky.

To be “space-ready” a NASA astronaut needs years upon years of training and slow conditioning of their body to even stand a chance of not going insane.

My guess is that we won’t have much chance to get up there – sustainably – any time soon.

Remember, they shot monkeys into space first – for years – to see it it was okay. Now those monkeys nearly have rights (atleast the ones with glasses) – and we are turning “going” to Mars into a crowdsourced competition.

“Will you accept this rose?”

By: Tom Stortz

Tom Stortz — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:00:43 +0000

Good comment. I didn’t even think about the 7 months of twiddling my thumbs. I wonder if the people will be banging each other or what happens if you jerk off in your space suit.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:51:59 +0000

I’d freakin’ do it in a heartbeat. If I lived my normal life, 999,999/1,000,000 I’d be largely unimportant to the entire human race. This is an instant name-in-all-textbooks-everywhere move. Who cares if I die.

The real crux I think will be what the person does ON THEIR WAY to Mars. I think if you have seven months by yourself in that little space shuttle, you’re going to become extremely depressed at the thought of “why did I do this, life is over soon”. If those thoughts set in even after 6 months, that’s still a whole month of trying to make it through.

Obviously they’re screening people to make sure they’re mentally strong and yadda yadda, but we’re all human.

Also, the picture / caption made me lol.