[Usagi_yo]

Reminds me about the practice of Human sacrifice in past cultures. They had volunteers too.

[ansel12]

Interesting question, the military is expected to send men to fairly certain deaths, but a voluntary trip with the expectation that it is just moving to a new world, seems ethical enough, if closely screened for.

[Cyber Liberty]

No.

[DemforBush]

If NASA would take me, I’d be more than willing to do a one-way trip to Mars. To be part of the first group of humans to set foot on another planet would be more than worth the rest of my life.

[Ghost of SVR4]

I’d go.

[dfwgator]

Send all the Muslims.

Hey, NASA wants to make Muslims feel good about themselves, well here’s a chance for them to put their money where their mouths are.

[elteemike]

Thanks in large part to FUBO and the rest of the Luddites on the Left, about the only place NASA can “send” astronauts these days is the crapper...

Face it folks...If the retrograde SOBs currently setting policy in space exploration get their way, the human race will never get of this rock in any meaningful way...

Get used to lotus-eating and navel-gazing...

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Yes. Like several others on this thread, I’d like to see our “golden oldies” (astronauts, scientists, builders, whoever would be useful) be allowed to volunteer for a one-way trip to colonize Mars. In just a few trips out, you could have a lot going on there, and a really interesting group of folks doing important work. It’d be a hell of a retirement community! :)