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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: BigEdLB
They are Baltimore Oriole fans... That explains a lot They're from Virginia so they should support the Nationals instead.
To: MinorityRepublican
So much for the Mars secret man cave boys.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:44:40 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Psalm 1)
To: MinorityRepublican
Regardless of the alleged viability of this plan, it is super messed up to give birth to children and then do something like this.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:46:05 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
("How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"- Samuel Adams)
To: MinorityRepublican
I was hoping this article was written by Bill Clinton or Mr. Pelosi.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:46:15 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Paladin2
MEN are from Mars
WOMEN are from Venus
Maybe now we know why she wants to go to Mars
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:46:49 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Politicalkiddo
Step-children.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:47:22 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: Paladin2
What is the point of personally going to Mars unless there are plenty of extremely hot Martian women?
Ray Bradbury considered the possibility...
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:47:41 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
To: MinorityRepublican
To the moon Mars, Alice!
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:49:45 PM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(May I suggest a very nice 1788 Article V with your supper...)
To: AppyPappy
Ha, exactly.
Similar thoughts.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:50:44 PM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(May I suggest a very nice 1788 Article V with your supper...)
To: Paladin2
So did Edgar Rice Burroughs
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:51:08 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Ah. I need to read these things more carefully. Still, totally selfish on her part. Why on earth would you marry someone then go off on a suicide mission?
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:51:53 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
("How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"- Samuel Adams)
To: MinorityRepublican
Your married to Alice Kramdon??
To: MinorityRepublican
She is a poor choice, she will be 46 if they launch on 2026, well past baby making age. Someone 26 would be a much better choice.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:52:47 PM PDT
by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
To: Politicalkiddo
Jamestown was a suicide mission.
To: MinorityRepublican
I feel bad for the husband and especially the kids
They become part of HER noble sacrifice
Not buying itt
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:54:35 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: MinorityRepublican
Why would they send someone in their late 40s. If they really want to run the program, they need to send breeding stock.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:54:44 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Politicalkiddo
Ah. I need to read these things more carefully. Still, totally selfish on her part. Why on earth would you marry someone then go off on a suicide mission?Maybe she's muslim?
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:55:56 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: MinorityRepublican
She volunteered to be the first dead on Mars or along the way...
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:56:14 PM PDT
by
Molon Labbie
(Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
To: Paladin2
Yeah, they're fine UNTIL the paint wears off!
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:57:08 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
To: BigEdLB
What does Robt. Heinlein say on the issue? I need info from the best.
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posted on
08/02/2015 5:58:22 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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