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My wife volunteered for a one-way mission to Mars
The Daily Mail ^
| August 2, 2015
| Joel Christie
Posted on 08/02/2015 5:32:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
Insanity is alive and well in VA.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:58:55 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Politicalkiddo
I don't know. The only way I would go is if my sweetie would be there with me.
If we had kids all off planet adventures would be on hold until they were 20.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:59:50 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:03:33 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:04:25 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(To defeat the democRATs, we must first defeat the Republicans.)
To: MinorityRepublican
he does know her main function is to have sex and bear children... right?
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:07:48 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Paladin2
You mean like this one?
To: mountn man
Perhaps she's uniquely qualified to be able to bring a specialized skill set to the trip? Oh, here it is-
"Van Meter, a political consultant, is married to Stanford and stepmother to his sons Henry, 13, and Hatcher, 11. They live in Alexandria, Virginia"
Makes perfect sense. Who wouldn't choose a political consultant to be one of the first colonist to another planet?
Sounds a little like a B-Ark I read something about once...
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:12:16 PM PDT
by
Slainte
To: MinorityRepublican
This is the space version of the Jamestown Settlement, a suicide mission. Always must be a return-to-Earth strategy. Jamestown failed, but Plymouth succeeded (barely) because the “mother ship,” the Mayflower, stood offshore and provided shelter & provisions through the winter for the Pilgrims. It also provided a return-to-England capability, plus multiple & continuing return trips by other vessels. A one-shot “fly and die” program is foolish and stupid. Humankind must be better than this.
To: jpsb
If you may not coming back, have infrequent resupply, and if there is a fair chance that you will be abandoned due to funding or mechanical failure, better a mature non fertile woman.
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:15:36 PM PDT
by
Pete from Shawnee Mission
("We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker... and the end cannot be far" R. Scott)
To: MinorityRepublican
Seems to me, most women in a loveless marriage would have affairs or file
For divorce. A one way ticket to Mars is the ultimate fail, dude.
To: MinorityRepublican
Okay, at least they had some hope of food and water. Where are the basic necessities on Mars? How will her leaving the planet benefit her and her family?
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:16:55 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
("How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"- Samuel Adams)
To: mountn man
Haven’t the Islamists banned space travel for Muslims?
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:17:43 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
("How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"- Samuel Adams)
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Yeah, that is a good argument.
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:20:38 PM PDT
by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
To: MNDude
My wife volunteered me. : snort! :
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:22:30 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: twister881
I think this is more like Roanoke.
To: Ouderkirk
Youd be marooned there.We are marooned here on Earth.
But it is premature. We should try terraforming for a few centuries first.
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:22:49 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: yarddog
They are obviously very, very premature in this endeavor. Yeah, but I think she wanted to tell him something now. Something subtle, like... she'd rather die on Mars than be with him.
You know... nuance...
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:24:40 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: MinorityRepublican
I think she’ll find a lot of reasons not to go as we get closer to the date.
She could quit as she’s getting into the capsule and I’m sure no one would stop her. If she quit during the final count, they’d find a way to shut down the engines and get her out. If they design an abort and re-entry system for the sake of a flubbed launch, I bet they’d use it to bring her back if she quit as the ship is climbing away. Same goes for anyone on the mission with her. If anyone in the crew decided to bail prior to trans-Martian insertion, no one goes.
I’ll bet we could design rovers or ‘bots that could what a group of stranded humans could do on Mars.
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:28:57 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BigEdLB
That was a fun movie. I suppose Deja Thoris is now officially/technically a “Disney Princess.”
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:32:15 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Tonytitan
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posted on
08/02/2015 6:35:38 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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