Saru Posted May 9, 2013 #1 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Despite there being no way get home again, thousands have rushed to sign themselves up to Mars One. An ambitious project to establish a human colony on Mars has attracted applications from tens of thousands of would-be astronauts, just two weeks after applications opened. Read more... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrooma Posted May 9, 2013 #2 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I thought there'd have been more applicants to be honest! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted May 9, 2013 #3 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I thought there'd have been more applicants to be honest! Considering the 'one way trip' aspect to this project I thought that it was called Mars One as they would only find one person dumb enough to get on the rocket. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingAngel Posted May 9, 2013 #4 Share Posted May 9, 2013 How do you survive without supply? Is it possible to create air, food, water out of nothing on Mars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted May 9, 2013 #5 Share Posted May 9, 2013 How do you survive without supply? Is it possible to create air, food, water out of nothing on Mars? Yup, its a big bar really... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libstaK Posted May 9, 2013 #6 Share Posted May 9, 2013 (edited) How do you survive without supply? Is it possible to create air, food, water out of nothing on Mars? You create a biosphere where a constant growth of plants provides the oxygen and food, moisture would be converted to water as well as fluids from the plants themselves, the humans supply the carbon dioxide the plants require as well as the fertiliser and fluids, everything is recycled - absolutely everything, this should in theory create a self sustaining environment, right up until the first inexplicable crop failure. Edited May 9, 2013 by libstaK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted May 9, 2013 #7 Share Posted May 9, 2013 (edited) You create a biosphere where a constant growth of plants provides the oxygen and food, moisture would be converted to water as well as fluids from the plants themselves, the humans supply the carbon dioxide the plants require as well as the fertiliser and fluids, everything is recycled - absolutely everything, this should in theory create a self sustaining environment Strange that a great example for how we could live on Earth might be set on Mars. right up until the first inexplicable crop failure. Classic Edited May 9, 2013 by Junior Chubb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash68 Posted May 9, 2013 #8 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Can I nominate myself and Kate Beckinsale,we'll be just fine but if Jessica Alba wants to make it a three I won't stop her 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted May 9, 2013 #9 Share Posted May 9, 2013 My colleagues and I were discussing the logistics of the Mars One project this morning. Apparently the plan is to extract the frozen water from the terrain through electrolysis. Greenhouses will be constructed to grow food (the martian atmosphere isn't quite close enough to what a plant will need to survive). Over the next 10 years or so, rovers will be sent to the red planet to build the "pods" and generally prepare the settlement area for human arrival. It's all explained on the official website: http://mars-one.com/en/mission/summary-of-the-plan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted May 9, 2013 #10 Share Posted May 9, 2013 (edited) Oh and just a personal note, I'm pretty sure the only applicants that will be selected will be the good-looking ones... a ) Because there will be 4 live HD video feeds running 24/7 so Earth can watch this historic event b ) One of the team members is a marketing/entertainment whiz c ) Because eventually procreation will need to happen or there's no point in starting a colony... Edit -- formatting Edited May 9, 2013 by Dark_Grey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted May 9, 2013 #11 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Oh and just a personal note, I'm pretty sure the only applicants that will be selected will be the good-looking ones... a ) Because there will be 4 live HD video feeds running 24/7 so Earth can watch this historic event b ) One of the team members is a marketing/entertainment whiz c ) Because eventually procreation will need to happen or there's no point in starting a colony... It would be great if they run evictions based on public voting. They could just jettison the evicted 'base-mate' into space... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted May 9, 2013 #12 Share Posted May 9, 2013 It would be great if they run evictions based on public voting. They could just jettison the evicted 'base-mate' into space... Yeah we were joking about this project turning into Big Brother: Mars Edition or Survivor: Mars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted May 9, 2013 #13 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Isnt there already a thread about this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Shade Posted May 9, 2013 #14 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Sounds like Total Recall (the first movie). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted May 9, 2013 #15 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Has anyone from UM volunteered? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted May 9, 2013 #16 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Has anyone from UM volunteered? Not that I know but I could put a few names forward... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted May 9, 2013 #17 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Oh and just a personal note, I'm pretty sure the only applicants that will be selected will be the good-looking ones... a ) Because there will be 4 live HD video feeds running 24/7 so Earth can watch this historic event b ) One of the team members is a marketing/entertainment whiz c ) Because eventually procreation will need to happen or there's no point in starting a colony... Edit -- formatting Wanta bet one of the Networks will try to show this as the ultimate reality show? Sounds like Total Recall (the first movie). The better one, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlinof2 Posted May 9, 2013 #18 Share Posted May 9, 2013 If they're still looking for applicants, let's just let the info slip that there was an accident on Mars, and some rich person may have caused it. About a Trillion lawyers will leave for Mars to jump on that issue, and improve life on Earth in the process. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted May 9, 2013 #19 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Wanta bet one of the Networks will try to show this as the ultimate reality show? Let's see - there are 10 members on the "team". 3 of those members are bringing business/communication to the table as their area of expertise. Let's not forget about our most important member of the "advisors" list: Steve Carsey - Steve Carsey is a UK television executive with a reputation for creating, developing and producing successful formatted entertainment, factual entertainment and event based programming for the international market I'm not trying to discredit this project because I really, really want it to succeed, but we ALL know how media works: if they're going to be broadcasting 4 live HD streams 24/7, project sponsors will want their logos displayed as much as possible and the people on Mars have to look like they belong on TV. This seems like a serious scientific endeavour, but also reeks of a profitable media experiment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielost Posted May 9, 2013 #20 Share Posted May 9, 2013 How do you survive without supply? Is it possible to create air, food, water out of nothing on Mars? We can make air and water, usa's nuclear subs do. For food hydroponics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starseed hybrid 1111 Posted May 9, 2013 #21 Share Posted May 9, 2013 i am not sure about these people signing up with no way back especially when its a suicide mission too.my life is valuable so i won't throw it away.anyway the best i could say to these people is good luck i love good old planet earth here so i am staying.but i have to admit mars does sound fun and exciting a new discovery and new life somewhere else is cool and fun to look forwards too i am glad to admit. what do these people get to a least increase their chances of surviving and etc though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrooma Posted May 9, 2013 #22 Share Posted May 9, 2013 if it's a one-way trip, I reckon most of the chosen will be old folks. fit ones, but still coming to the end of their three-score & ten, so I guess they'll be needin' a grave-digger.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted May 10, 2013 #23 Share Posted May 10, 2013 If they're still looking for applicants, let's just let the info slip that there was an accident on Mars, and some rich person may have caused it. About a Trillion lawyers will leave for Mars to jump on that issue, and improve life on Earth in the process. Now thats the Smartest Thing all day ! Welcome to the Show merlinof2 ! Your our kinda Thinker ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amalthe Posted May 10, 2013 #24 Share Posted May 10, 2013 It is completely idiotic notion to consider one way trip to Mars a suicide mission. Sure there will be no return, but that is a necessary first step in practical colonization of another world, and people sent there are not expected to die in 1st year after their arrival, they are expected to put grounds for future mass colonization. It's like labeling first europeans who went in Australia or Americas as suidicers. The basis of suicide is desire to end ones life, and those guys would be leaving earth to begin a life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 10, 2013 #25 Share Posted May 10, 2013 if it's a one-way trip, I reckon most of the chosen will be old folks. fit ones, but still coming to the end of their three-score & ten, so I guess they'll be needin' a grave-digger.....? Honestly, sending us 'old folks' to colonize a planet would be one heck of a dumb move. Even if any of us 50+ folks would agree to go (and I doubt many would) the physical stamina needed just isn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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