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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
A Virginia man has opened up about what it's like having a wife who volunteered to be part of the controversial Mars One mission - and the fact that, in just a few years, he and his sons are expected to say goodbye to her forever.
Jason Stanford refers to himself as an 'astronaut wife', because his actual wife and stepmother to his two sons, Sonia Van Meter, 36, was one of the people chosen for the Mars One Project, a privately-funded one-way mission which hopes to establish a permanent human colony on the red planet.
The first Mars One mission is slated to launch in 2026 - amid widespread criticism from scientists and space luminaries - with four people to touch down, and then another four every two years from there.
However Stanford and his wife - who live in Alexandria, Virginia, with his sons Henry, 13, and Hatcher, 11 - support the mission, and he has now accepted his own role as part of the process.
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TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: alexandria; jasonstanford; mars; marsone; soniavanmeter; virginia
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To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:34:54 PM PDT
by
MNDude
(God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Is it too late to volunteer my wife?
(I wanted to trade her in on a couple of 20s but couldn’t find a taker.)
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:36:26 PM PDT
by
JJ_Folderol
(Diagonally parked in a parallel universe...)
To: MinorityRepublican
I volunteer the administration.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:37:00 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: MinorityRepublican
I was reading about this a few months ago.
They are obviously very, very premature in this endeavor.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:37:11 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: MinorityRepublican
One of these days, Alice.....
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:37:28 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
To: MNDude
I’d volunteer my ex-wife in a heartbeat but I don’t want to start the Martian colony out with a crazy person.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:37:47 PM PDT
by
Personal Responsibility
(Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
To: MinorityRepublican
Ralph Kramden wanted to send Alice to the moon. This fellow has bigger ambitions
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:37:54 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Nope, not going to take that bait.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:38:04 PM PDT
by
absalom01
(You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
To: MinorityRepublican
The one way mission to Mars, is a one way ticket to hell and a very painful death.
The odds of this working are extremely low. It is not a viable plan without the ability to return to earth on a regularly scheduled flight.
You’d be marooned there.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:39:01 PM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: yarddog
We are better off establishing a base on the moon first.
To: MNDude
LOL My first thought was
Uh oh. He’s done p*ssed her off this time.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:39:25 PM PDT
by
KGeorge
(Hell no. We ain't forgettin'.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Soul Solo mates
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:39:26 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Psalm 1)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:40:50 PM PDT
by
Slicksadick
(We accept the love we think we deserve.)
To: MinorityRepublican
They are Baltimore Oriole fans... That explains a lot
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:40:51 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
To: MinorityRepublican
What is the point of personally going to Mars unless there are plenty of extremely hot Martian women?
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:40:51 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
To: yarddog
I would possibly consider it if there was a chance of success.
It reaks of being a tragedy in the making. Lots of desire but little practicality.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:41:01 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: absalom01
Nope, not going to take that bait. So, she's looking over your shoulder, huh? :=)
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:43:28 PM PDT
by
Bob
(No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Can I volunteer my ex-wife, just thinking?
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:43:38 PM PDT
by
fedupjohn
(America...Designed by Geniuses...Now inhabited by Idiots..Palin 2016...)
To: MinorityRepublican
Sooo...I imagine he'll get her pay, while she's in space/alive.
Not much use for money where she's going.
I wonder if they'll deduct "living" expenses out of her check?
I wonder if he'll get a "phone" call, from Mars, one day:
"I hear you've been seeing someone else while I've been gone. I want a divorce."
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:43:57 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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