Posted on 05/16/2014 3:21:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin
All of the remaining candidates will be interviewed by the Mars One selection committee.
Eventually, only four will be picked for the first trip. Apparently, none of them is scared off by the idea that, because of technological and financial limitations, Mars One astronauts would probably never come home.
She could be on a one-way trip to Mars A one-way ticket to Mars
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A reality TV concept is one way Mars One may make good on its $6 billion budget for getting the first four humans to Mars. Lansdorp hopes the unprecedented video opportunities will attract sponsors, partners and media coverage.
But since no one has ever been to Mars, the technology to fly people there and keep them alive has not been tested there, either. Lansdorp said last year that "no new inventions are needed to land humans on Mars," and the website says the "plan is built upon existing technologies available from proven suppliers." But the company will need to show that key systems involved in transportation and life support will work in untraversed territories.
Mars One announced in March that it will soon begin constructing the first of its "simulation outposts" to train selected astronauts and teams, giving them experience in an environment made to feel like a Martian home.
Zucker, 46, an emergency medicine physician in Washington, is doubtful that Mars One will deliver on the trip ... But if it does happen, she is on board. "There's no question."
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Dan Carey, 52, another candidate, believes humans should be spreading to other planets -- but his wife is not happy about Carey taking part in the mission. The couple, married 28 years, has two college-age children.
"She's concerned that she's going to have to watch me die on television," Carey said of his wife.
(Excerpt) Read more at whas11.com ...
Dr. 46 years old is TOO OLD to go. She knows that.
>>send single people, duh, or couples<<
Single people, if of both sexes will become couples via coupling or recoupling.
Sending a married team could be great or it could end up with someone out the air lock.
In space, no one can hear you scream “I want a divorce!”
lol
>>Mars aint the kind of place, to raise your kids.<<
In fact, it is as cold as hell...
They all look like they are or could be lefties with Star Trek fantasies. Load ‘em up and shoot ‘em into the great beyond.
Eventually, only four will be picked for the first trip... A reality TV concept is one way Mars One may make good on its $6 billion budget for getting the first four humans to Mars. Lansdorp hopes the unprecedented video opportunities will attract sponsors, partners and media coverage.
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarters Expenses?
There should be a Mars Olympics to choose the 4 winners, a physical test then a trivia game show... maybe it could get some good ratings.
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids
Bluegrass version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAyO1_0noM
Nice!
Wouldn’t is be, bisexual it with a bisexual crew?
How can we know if they are Liberals... let’s send them all there. Starting with the Obamas, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.
“I hate Mars.”
first Martian hate crime.
Trust me, they are already there!
First send some SUVs to generate CO2, then send up some plant seeds and miracle-gro.
GREAT MUSIC! Made my Saturday!
Time to end gravity inequality.
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