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Wanted: People willing to die on Mars
CBC ^ | 3/16/13

Posted on 03/17/2013 9:20:37 PM PDT by LibWhacker

Mars One co-founder tells CBC about its proposed one-way trip to the Red Planet


Mars One hopes to have people living on the planet — for the rest of their lives — by 2023.(Mars One/YouTube)

The man behind the private space project dubbed Mars One is looking for people to travel to Mars, but he's not offering a return ticket.

"The technology to get humans to Mars and keep them alive there exists," Bas Lansdorp told Day 6 host Brent Bambury in an interview that aired this week on CBC Radio.

"The technology to bring humans from Mars back to Earth simply does not exist yet."

Lansdorp said he's looking for people who are utterly dependable, good in groups and "at their best when things are at their worst."

The never-to-return explorers will require eight years of training, and the search starts this year.

The flight is scheduled to leave in Sept. 2022.

To hear the complete conversation, including how Lansdorp plans to fund the trip, click the audio button above.


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Lessee... Sept. 2022 I'll be 84. Sure, I'll go. Sign me up, Scotty.
1 posted on 03/17/2013 9:20:37 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Bump


2 posted on 03/17/2013 9:21:25 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: LibWhacker

Move over...

they want younger people...

Ill only be 74...


3 posted on 03/17/2013 9:24:53 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Jet Jaguar

Volunteers? I bet the one way part will cut the number way down.


4 posted on 03/17/2013 9:25:49 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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I think I would.


5 posted on 03/17/2013 9:28:06 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Tennessee Nana

Lol, I take it back. I’ll only be 73. (What are they going to do when they find out I lied about my age, send me back?)


6 posted on 03/17/2013 9:28:30 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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No thanks.


7 posted on 03/17/2013 9:28:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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Eight years of training before they send me off to Mars to spend the rest of my life eating MREs and drinking recycled urine? How about I get to live like a Royal 0bama for eight years then you send me to Mars? lol


8 posted on 03/17/2013 9:28:55 PM PDT by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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whoa...you're already in Soylent Green territory
9 posted on 03/17/2013 9:30:38 PM PDT by stylin19a (obama - Fredo smart)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Heck, yes! I’m sick of all the libs here. But I could deal with one or two libs out there... “I’m sorry, sir. We were out behind the boulder over there, and I think a meteor must’ve hit him in the back of the head. Made a real mess.”


10 posted on 03/17/2013 9:32:44 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Vastectomies for the boys, hormone replacement to help the girls fight off PMS.


11 posted on 03/17/2013 9:33:45 PM PDT by umgud
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To: LibWhacker

Can we FReep from there?


12 posted on 03/17/2013 9:34:41 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Here on Earth, there on Mars? Not much difference in the long run. We all die of something.

I'll bet I don't have any ex-wives on Mars though.

Sign me up.

/johnny

13 posted on 03/17/2013 9:35:05 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: LibWhacker

Send all the Obama voters.


14 posted on 03/17/2013 9:35:12 PM PDT by funfan
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i’ll be 85 but how will I get my Social Security check?


15 posted on 03/17/2013 9:35:23 PM PDT by dalereed
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If it’s one-way, why not make it a colony?


16 posted on 03/17/2013 9:35:26 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Larry Lucido

lol


17 posted on 03/17/2013 9:37:56 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: LibWhacker

I would do it.


18 posted on 03/17/2013 9:38:00 PM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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To: stylin19a

I hear ya’. Turnin’ green and mushy as we speak.


19 posted on 03/17/2013 9:38:04 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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What does it cost to live on Mars?

I mean..is it like Ecuador? Can I have a maid and all that jazz really cheap?


20 posted on 03/17/2013 9:39:09 PM PDT by berdie
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