Comments on: A One-Way, One-Person Mission to Mars http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 8 Nov 2009 05:58:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: TVed http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-60344 TVed Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:02:10 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-60344 By: xlvehoo http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-59860 xlvehoo Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:53:10 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-59860 p28YIp <a href="http://tiloabklilmb.com/" rel="nofollow">tiloabklilmb</a>, [url=http://aroiwptiscsg.com/]aroiwptiscsg[/url], [link=http://odjucnqaslnv.com/]odjucnqaslnv[/link], http://njdtthnpvuqz.com/ p28YIp tiloabklilmb, [url=http://aroiwptiscsg.com/]aroiwptiscsg[/url], [link=http://odjucnqaslnv.com/]odjucnqaslnv[/link], http://njdtthnpvuqz.com/

]]> By: John http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-59172 John Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:51:17 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-59172 The mission is not in anyway a suicide mission. The plan would be for more people to come and: A) replace the 1st person or B) join them I wonder why NASA hasnt thought about this? The mission is not in anyway a suicide mission. The plan would be for more people to come and:
A) replace the 1st person or
B) join them
I wonder why NASA hasnt thought about this?

]]> By: Frank http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-58938 Frank Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:26:25 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-58938 "Man is not a loner, but a social animal." I'm sure that this is true to some degree for everyone but the amount of needed contact varies widely from one person to the next. There are many people who seem to function well with mostly virtual contact. The person traveling to Mars will have communications, including Internet with the new time delay protocols created just for space travel. It is true that instant messages will get less instant as the distance from Earth increases. The delay from Mars can be over 20 minutes IIRC. This will make a normal conversation difficult but many online conversations are stretched out over time just because people live in very different time zones so are not all awake at the same time. I suspect we will be able to find people willing to go who would not go 'stark raving mad' under these conditions. Also, the long range plan is to send more people as time goes on so the first colonist can be looking forward to some company in 2-3 years. That said, if there is sufficient money to send more than one person on the first trip that would be preferred. "Man is not a loner, but a social animal."

I'm sure that this is true to some degree for everyone but the amount of needed contact varies widely from one person to the next. There are many people who seem to function well with mostly virtual contact. The person traveling to Mars will have communications, including Internet with the new time delay protocols created just for space travel. It is true that instant messages will get less instant as the distance from Earth increases. The delay from Mars can be over 20 minutes IIRC. This will make a normal conversation difficult but many online conversations are stretched out over time just because people live in very different time zones so are not all awake at the same time.

I suspect we will be able to find people willing to go who would not go 'stark raving mad' under these conditions. Also, the long range plan is to send more people as time goes on so the first colonist can be looking forward to some company in 2-3 years. That said, if there is sufficient money to send more than one person on the first trip that would be preferred.

]]> By: Marjorie http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-58593 Marjorie Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:07:25 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-58593 Sending just one person doesn't make sense to me. However prepared he or she seems to be, nobody has ever experienced Mars and nobody can predict how they would react. I suspect the unfortunate person would be stark raving mad before they even arrived on the planet. Man is not a loner, but a social animal. A one-way trip might be possible if supplies have been sent in advance, enough to last many years and get a colony started, but it should be a very large group that is sent, not one person. Sending just one person doesn't make sense to me. However prepared he or she seems to be, nobody has ever experienced Mars and nobody can predict how they would react. I suspect the unfortunate person would be stark raving mad before they even arrived on the planet. Man is not a loner, but a social animal.

A one-way trip might be possible if supplies have been sent in advance, enough to last many years and get a colony started, but it should be a very large group that is sent, not one person.

]]> By: Frank http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-57231 Frank Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:28:47 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-57231 The one person mission to Mars should be able to use much from the new Mars rover mission. It will soft land with over 85% of the mass of the Apollo lander. It also has a new heat shield that is about 15% larger than the one Apollo had and able to withstand much more heat. If the lone Mars explorer lands near enough to the new Mars rover then many of its capabilities will be available. Doing so can reduce the amount of stuff that needs to be sent for this mission, as well as reduce the cost. The one person mission to Mars should be able to use much from the new Mars rover mission. It will soft land with over 85% of the mass of the Apollo lander. It also has a new heat shield that is about 15% larger than the one Apollo had and able to withstand much more heat.
If the lone Mars explorer lands near enough to the new Mars rover then many of its capabilities will be available. Doing so can reduce the amount of stuff that needs to be sent for this mission, as well as reduce the cost.

]]> By: The Crossed Pond » Obama should kick-start the space program by sending 1 person to Mars, forever. http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-56342 The Crossed Pond » Obama should kick-start the space program by sending 1 person to Mars, forever. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:00:10 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-56342 [...] It isn’t a new idea (the link is from a year ago), but the proposal is that sending a single person on a one-way trip to Mars removes the biggest obstacle to such a program (the need to relaunch off the surface to get back home) and reduces the amount of gear and stuff that the team needs to have to travel. A lot of the living quarters and materials can be sent by unmanned rockets. George Dyson mentioned a similar idea, only he was thinking about sending a group of people and some video cameras for making reality TV out of it. [...]

[...] It isn't a new idea (the link is from a year ago), but the proposal is that sending a single person on a one-way trip to Mars removes the biggest obstacle to such a program (the need to relaunch off the surface to get back home) and reduces the amount of gear and stuff that the team needs to have to travel. A lot of the living quarters and materials can be sent by unmanned rockets. George Dyson mentioned a similar idea, only he was thinking about sending a group of people and some video cameras for making reality TV out of it. [...]

]]> By: WAKE UP http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-56317 WAKE UP Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:42:03 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-56317 oh wow, you go do it then and send some pepsi cola or a beer up to them cave people living in them caves on Mars. Dont go fall in love with some cave woman now...haha oh wow, you go do it then and send some pepsi
cola or a beer up to them cave people living in them caves on Mars. Dont go fall in love with some cave woman now…haha

]]> By: feraligatr8 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-56216 feraligatr8 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:08:26 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-56216 I wanna do it! I wanna do it!

]]> By: Frank http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-56140 Frank Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:55:38 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-56140 Just because this is a one-way mission does not necessarily make it a suicide mission. If the plan includes not only basic supplies but systems that will allow the person to grow food and have other life support functions available, this is not suicide. There will be increased risk and the person will have to be extra careful since there is none to provide medical care. This is also true of other people who have gone to live alone, far from other people. This is a far more extreme environment than anyone has tried to service in alone before but that doesn't make it suicide. All it does is make the planning requirements more intense. Just because this is a one-way mission does not necessarily make it a suicide mission. If the plan includes not only basic supplies but systems that will allow the person to grow food and have other life support functions available, this is not suicide. There will be increased risk and the person will have to be extra careful since there is none to provide medical care. This is also true of other people who have gone to live alone, far from other people.
This is a far more extreme environment than anyone has tried to service in alone before but that doesn't make it suicide. All it does is make the planning requirements more intense.

]]> By: Skinny http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-53700 Skinny Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:47:24 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-53700 Jim McLane says the mission is no more risky than "any more than you would say climbing a mountain alone is a suicide mission". BAD ANALOGY! People who climb mountains intend to return. No one climbs mountains intending never to return except suiciders... which Jim McLane denies is the case for the solo Mars shot. Perhaps a better analogy would be... duh... there is none! People on this or any other planet do not go one one-way missions. Suicide for the advancement of science (or for fame or ego) is still suicide. Jim McLane says the mission is no more risky than "any more than you would say climbing a mountain alone is a suicide mission". BAD ANALOGY!

People who climb mountains intend to return. No one climbs mountains intending never to return except suiciders… which Jim McLane denies is the case for the solo Mars shot.

Perhaps a better analogy would be… duh… there is none! People on this or any other planet do not go one one-way missions. Suicide for the advancement of science (or for fame or ego) is still suicide.

]]> By: WAKE UP http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-52434 WAKE UP Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:51:26 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-52434 Breaking News....Cavemen found on Mars. Also caves, water, springs, forests, crystal rocks. Wow.....Now we go back to ancient civilization and its happening on MARS..... Breaking News….Cavemen found on Mars.
Also caves, water, springs, forests, crystal rocks.
Wow…..Now we go back to ancient civilization and its happening on MARS…..

]]> By: marsman3000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-50962 marsman3000 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:39:37 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-50962 i want to go and plant herbal things and create a new world with no government because they would just screw it up. Mars will be a peaceful planet. i will go cuz i have no job. i want a bicycle too so i can go exploring for the rest of my life. I will then write a book about my life on mars and sell it for billions of dollars. i'll use the money to buy my way home again. peace. love. mars. i want to go and plant herbal things and create a new world with no government because they would just screw it up. Mars will be a peaceful planet.

i will go cuz i have no job. i want a bicycle too so i can go exploring for the rest of my life. I will then write a book about my life on mars and sell it for billions of dollars. i'll use the money to buy my way home again.

peace. love. mars.

]]> By: mark http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-50960 mark Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:29:55 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-50960 The answer to the fuel question is a concept called perpetual propulsion. It would be a propulsion that perpetuates or in other words harnesses its own energy to increase its speed. Once you get into a constant rate of speed you can exit the earth's gravitational pull and continue on to mars without using any more fuel. In space you are in a free fall therefore Newton's first law of motion comes into play where "an object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force." so once you theoretically push off you will remain in that speed and direction indefinitely until you hit something. In other words you could throw a rock in space and it would keep going forever. The answer to the fuel question is a concept called perpetual propulsion. It would be a propulsion that perpetuates or in other words harnesses its own energy to increase its speed. Once you get into a constant rate of speed you can exit the earth's gravitational pull and continue on to mars without using any more fuel. In space you are in a free fall therefore Newton's first law of motion comes into play where "an object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force."

so once you theoretically push off you will remain in that speed and direction indefinitely until you hit something. In other words you could throw a rock in space and it would keep going forever.

]]> By: El Taco mant'e http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-20/#comment-50928 El Taco mant'e Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:23:09 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-50928 also it costs lots of $$$$$$ for fuel and the econemy is not in the greatest shape. They should wait till the econemy is a bit better. and where are they going to get all that fuel.But if they get it they have to make a HUGE FUEL TANK (im 8/////) also it costs lots of $$$$$$ for fuel and the econemy is not in the greatest shape. They should wait till the econemy is a bit better. and where are they going to get all that fuel.But if they get it they have to make a HUGE FUEL TANK

(im 8/////)

]]> By: Jhon http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-19/#comment-50927 Jhon Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:12:35 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-50927 Because it could very dangerous if one MAN goes with out any suport Because it could very dangerous if one MAN goes with out any suport

]]> By: Jhon http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-19/#comment-50926 Jhon Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:10:15 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-50926 if he goes i s**t my pants if he goes i s**t my pants

]]> By: Tim http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-19/#comment-50479 Tim Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:45:13 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-50479 may cost alot more but think it would be safer,maybe space stations along the way to mars,so we could ship water and food,fuel ,possibly tools to build green houses for vegitation,maybe transportation of some kind also for the planet mars,set up a base for all human needs. may cost alot more but think it would be safer,maybe space stations along the way to mars,so we could ship water and food,fuel ,possibly tools to build green houses for vegitation,maybe transportation of some kind also for the planet mars,set up a base for all human needs.

]]> By: Emission Nebula http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-19/#comment-49861 Emission Nebula Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:59:20 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-49861 Im not sure if Ive commented on here yet, and Im sure tons of people have already said this, but; sign me up. For years Ive said I would go on a oneway trip to Mars. I would be honored to die on another planet. And everytime someone asks me why, I simply say "to be the first". Plus it would be a whole lot better than dying on Earth. Plus all the science and understanding that could be done by a human explorer would be incredible. Im not sure if Ive commented on here yet, and Im sure tons of people have already said this, but; sign me up. For years Ive said I would go on a oneway trip to Mars. I would be honored to die on another planet.

And everytime someone asks me why, I simply say "to be the first".

Plus it would be a whole lot better than dying on Earth. Plus all the science and understanding that could be done by a human explorer would be incredible.

]]> By: kaitlyn http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-19/#comment-49762 kaitlyn Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:52:18 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-49762 you didnt answer my question; you didnt answer my question;

]]> By: doc http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-19/#comment-49293 doc Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:30:00 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-49293 they should have a one way trip to mars with the new adam and eve...I will gladly go as adam.....not for the glory or fame but to do the investagations need ed to help save earth...this would be the last great rodeo and a chance to pay back all I have taken from earth......It would be my honor........DOC they should have a one way trip to mars with the new adam and eve…I will gladly go as adam…..not for the glory or fame but to do the investagations need ed to help save earth…this would be the last great rodeo and a chance to pay back all I have taken from earth……It would be my honor……..DOC

]]> By: Joe http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-19/#comment-49044 Joe Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:47:26 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-49044 What? Why would it take a "major crisis"? I'd go there anyway! Also, why not colonise the moon & Mars, at the same time? Simple as XD What? Why would it take a "major crisis"?
I'd go there anyway!
Also, why not colonise the moon & Mars, at the same time? Simple as XD

]]> By: Dragonfire: Tobias Holbrook http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-19/#comment-48378 Dragonfire: Tobias Holbrook Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:11:49 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-48378 Flug = Flag? We don't want a Flag planting mission, we want a colony mission. 'We lived on the Moon before'? No we didn't, we went there and spent a couple of days there. 'I saw, I came, and I left'. Without cheap EtO (Earth to Orbit) transportation we won't make any progress in space. Let's develop cheap EtO, colonize the Moon (Importing long chain Hydrocarbons), move on to Near Earth Asteroids, THEN launch manned colony missions at places like Venus. Oh, and possibly Mars. Flug = Flag? We don't want a Flag planting mission, we want a colony mission.

'We lived on the Moon before'? No we didn't, we went there and spent a couple of days there. 'I saw, I came, and I left'.

Without cheap EtO (Earth to Orbit) transportation we won't make any progress in space. Let's develop cheap EtO, colonize the Moon (Importing long chain Hydrocarbons), move on to Near Earth Asteroids, THEN launch manned colony missions at places like Venus. Oh, and possibly Mars.

]]> By: Nachgedacht und festgestellt « aufgewacht und umgeschaut http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-19/#comment-47942 Nachgedacht und festgestellt « aufgewacht und umgeschaut Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:00:40 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-47942 [...] One-Way-Ticket zum Mars ? [...]

[...] One-Way-Ticket zum Mars ? [...]

]]> By: Luis http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/comment-page-19/#comment-47571 Luis Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:31:03 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#comment-47571 Yes, you're right! Yes, you're right!

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