05-11-2025, 03:30 PM
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#201
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These are still very vague generalities on what would be accomplished and whether the expenditure of resources and money warrant it.
Is it cool to send a human to and from Mars? Yes. But I still don’t see a compelling reason with all of the advances we’ve made that a robotic telepresence there can’t accomplish in the same way. What does a human form bring to the table?
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05-11-2025, 03:34 PM
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#202
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05-11-2025, 04:37 PM
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#203
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I think one day if you were going to construct something on Mars, you might need boots on the ground. But that is a long time away if it ever even makes sense to do that. You would probably want to send all the materials there first before sending people.
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05-11-2025, 06:43 PM
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#204
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Matt Damon managed it just fine!
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I'd prefer to get a ride to space with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.
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05-11-2025, 06:44 PM
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#205
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Mars is a dead planet, it's long lost it's magnetic field so it will never be terraformed because radiation will strip any kind of atmosphere you could try to bring it.
Friken ridiculous pipe dream
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05-11-2025, 06:48 PM
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#206
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by D as in David
I'd prefer to get a ride to space with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.
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Oh lets be honest, that would totally suck! Hathaway would be all over McConaughey and you'd be 3rd wheeling it for eternity.
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05-11-2025, 07:17 PM
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#207
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Originally Posted by Locke
Oh lets be honest, that would totally suck! Hathaway would be all over McConaughey and you'd be 3rd wheeling it for eternity.
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So...just like now but without the space/time travel.
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05-11-2025, 07:19 PM
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#208
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It’s easier to get to mars if you don’t plan on coming back.
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Ya, that's what I meant by "Any manned Mars mission not containing human waste". Too subtle?
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05-11-2025, 07:23 PM
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#209
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Personally, I'm on board with whatever resources and dollars it takes to send manned flights to Mars as long as Musk is on the first attempt.
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05-11-2025, 08:13 PM
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#210
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Oh lets be honest, that would totally suck! Hathaway would be all over McConaughey and you'd be 3rd wheeling it for eternity.
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Yeah, but what if something ‘unexpected’ happened to his life support system during the trip?
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05-11-2025, 08:26 PM
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Yeah, but what if something ‘unexpected’ happened to his life support system during the trip?
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So what you're saying is...if you were the only Human left available...by sheer 'unanticipated happenstance'...maybe there would be a chance??
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05-11-2025, 08:27 PM
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A non-zero chance, yes. Now if she switches her own life support off then maybe I’ve overplayed my hand.
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05-11-2025, 08:32 PM
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#213
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Originally Posted by edslunch
A non-zero chance, yes. Now if she switches her own life support off then maybe I’ve overplayed my hand.
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Hathaway: "I'm going to mop the airlock...oh no...I've hit the button...welp, sometimes life throws you curveballs...."
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05-11-2025, 10:34 PM
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#214
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Originally Posted by D as in David
Personally, I'm on board with whatever resources and dollars it takes to send manned flights to Mars as long as Musk is on the first attempt.
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Musk hasn't even gone to space on his own rocket. What kind of person builds a rocket company, and doesn't want to go? Is he afraid?
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05-12-2025, 09:35 AM
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#215
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Originally Posted by D as in David
Personally, I'm on board with whatever resources and dollars it takes to send manned flights to Mars as long as Musk is on the first attempt.
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I feel like there is much cheaper and more efficient ways to get rid of Elon
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05-12-2025, 09:57 AM
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I feel like there is much cheaper and more efficient ways to get rid of Elon
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Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
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05-12-2025, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Mars is a dead planet, it's long lost it's magnetic field so it will never be terraformed because radiation will strip any kind of atmosphere you could try to bring it.
Friken ridiculous pipe dream
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How to create an artificial magnetosphere for Mars
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...94576521005099
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The practical and engineering challenges of creating an artificial magnetic field.
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Start filling strategic knowledge gaps in preparation for colonization.
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However, I don’t think we will see people on Mars in our lifetimes, or for many generations. Too many difficulties to work out.
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05-12-2025, 10:07 AM
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#218
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I was informed that we could just nuke the poles and bam, terraformed.
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05-12-2025, 10:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Mars is a dead planet, it's long lost it's magnetic field so it will never be terraformed because radiation will strip any kind of atmosphere you could try to bring it.
Friken ridiculous pipe dream
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I got it…
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05-12-2025, 01:06 PM
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#220
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Mars is a dead planet, it's long lost it's magnetic field so it will never be terraformed because radiation will strip any kind of atmosphere you could try to bring it.
Friken ridiculous pipe dream
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Not to mention...it's well defended...
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