One Way Ticket To Mars
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I'd like to hear NASA's opinion of this project considering you would probably need a lot of support and cooperation from them and the international space industry.
how much oxygen do you need to last 5+ years in space? what about fresh water? they can't just blast off from earth with that much resources on board so they would have to spend months on the space station to stock a space capsule that would have to leave from there. so basically you would require the international space community to be fully cooperative and supportive of this private company. Is this company financing the entire pointless endeavor themselves?
I think the max anyone stays on the space station is 8-12 months tops. Drinking and processing your own urine constantly. no showers, cleaning yourself with napkins. is this person going to just stare out the window until they reach Mars? you would have to be capable of some extreme psychological conditioning to stay active and sane.
I am thinking about this too much but i can't because its so absurd.
- also the radiation would kill the person slowly and painfully. but i already said that.uuuuuu
- why the fuck would any company bother? accomplishes nothing, costs tens of billions.uuuuuu
- all valid points, but we have to do it sooner or later. This is a suicide mission, but maybe we'll learn something from them._niko
- actually we don't have to send people to mars. there is nothing necessary or immediate about it.uuuuuu
- so every sailor on a long trip went insane?scarabin
- boredom and difficulty are poor reasons not to pursue achievementscarabin
- its not bordom i'm talking about its staying fucking sane. astronauts go crazy. also you have to drink your own piss, not bathe and not eat real food ever.uuuuuu
- people jst freak out under the stress of no sleep or real nutrition and living in a closetuuuuuu
- thats why all astronauts under go extreme psychological training so they don't kill themselves. literally kill themselves or other astronauts.uuuuuu
- they live like kings compared to the folks who made your iphonescarabin
- but yeah, it would be no simple taskscarabin