Wanted: People willing to die on Mars

[Stoner]

Would you volunteer?.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/16/mars-one-live-die-mars.html

The man behind the private space project dubbed Mars One is looking for people to travel to Mars, but he's not offering a return ticket.
"The technology to get humans to Mars and keep them alive there exists," Bas Lansdorp told Day 6 host Brent Bambury in an interview that aired this week on CBC Radio.
"The technology to bring humans from Mars back to Earth simply does not exist yet."

• Day 6: One-way ticket to Mars

Lansdorp said he's looking for people who are utterly dependable, good in groups and "at their best when things are at their worst."
The never-to-return explorers will require eight years of training, and the search starts this year.
The flight is scheduled to leave in Sept. 2022.
To hear the complete conversation, including how Lansdorp plans to fund the trip, click the audio button above.

 

[TINY]

Nope.

 

[Boing]

Nope.

 

[oldguyzer]

Yep. Wonder what the Martian SPs are like....probably dry most of the time. And old.

 

[McGuinty]

No one wants to go ;;Hurry-up::

 

[celticman]

Yep. Wonder what the Martian SPs are like....probably dry most of the time. And old.

Their redeeming feature is they suck and blow at the same ! Ooops, some earthings do that as well

 

[Transient]

How fast is their internet?

Do they still have the freeze-dried ice cream thingy?

 

[oldguyzer]

I just wanna meet the chick with three breasts. One for each hand and...

 

[-b]

I would go.....

 

[Madman]

Their redeeming feature is they suck and blow at the same ! Ooops, some earthings do that as well

Dammit, that explains it. My ex was a martian, I KNEW IT!!

 

[Ipcr66]

Can't believe so many people registered including 35 Canadians. I can never do it, too many family members to worry about. The funny thing is they all know they cannot come back.

https://www.thestar.com/entertainme...ans_have_applied_for_oneway_trip_to_mars.html

The hundreds of one-minute videos play much like singles ads. Men and women from around the world list their interests and describe their sense of humour, cajoling viewers to pick them.

But these people aren’t looking for human relationships. They’re galactic romantics.

Each one is competing for a spot on a one-way mission to colonize Mars and will have to participate in a reality television show to earn a seat on the shuttle.

“Physically, I’m healthy and have always been,” says , a 30-year-old IP engineer from Ireland, in his application video. “I have no hereditary diseases. I have no direct ties here on Earth.”

Organizers and participants insist this isn’t a hoax and that the broadcast element of the project is the best way to build momentum and secure the billions of dollars needed to finance the extraterrestrial colonization.

Earlier this week, Mars One, the Netherlands-based non-profit behind the project, announced that in two weeks more than 78,000 prospective astronauts applied for the mission, slated to take off in 2023.

Canada ranked in the top 10 countries, with at least 35 Canucks applying.

For the next two years, judges will narrow down the field. Then television audiences will get to pick the 40 finalists, who will train for seven years in a remote region of the planet, testing themselves and their equipment.

There are no formal requirements to apply. Organizers, however, stress that astronauts will need emotional and psychological stability, personal drive and motivation.

“Once on Mars, there is no means to return to Earth. Mars is home,” according to advice on the Mars One website. “A grounded, deep sense of purpose will help each astronaut maintain his or her psychological stability and focus.”

Scrolling through the poorly-lit testimonial videos, shot in basements on cellphones and webcams, it’s difficult to determine whether people really have the right stuff.

Canadian applicants employ a variety of techniques to convince others they’re suitable for the nine-month voyage to the red planet.

“I’m 19 years old. Some of these people applying are already 40 years old,” says , wearing a red-and-white jester hat emblazoned with a maple leaf. “This won’t happen for another 10 years. They’ll already be 50. I won’t even be in my 30s yet. So I’ll be able to stay up there longer. I’ll be in much better health, much better shape,”

“I don’t know if I’m the perfect candidate. In my opinion, we’re going to need people up there that are smart and that have a variety of useful skills,” said . “I’m a pretty chilled out guy. Vote for me.”

, a 30-year-old philosophy graduate from York University who has published a book on fossil fuels, has applied for the trip.

“I want to use philosophy to create change,” he said in an interview.

Alli said the most beautiful and popular candidates are likely to prevail in a reality television scenario, but that doesn’t deter him.

“People don’t really care much about colonization. They want to see a romance and they want to see reproduction. They want to see kids,” he said. “To raise a child on Mars, that will be one of the most watched things in history. People will be glued to (their) sets.”

He’s done some research, but believes that no one’s ever had sex in space — and “that’s a problem.”

If the colonists aren’t going to be allowed to reproduce, he says, “I wouldn’t sign up for that.”

, 34, is perhaps the most qualified candidate. The Ottawa native has a PhD in aerospace and astro-engineering from M.I.T and currently works as a researcher. As if that’s not enough, he’s already participated in a reality TV show — and won.

“I won eternal fame and glory,” and no money at all he says, reflecting on his victory on the Discovery Channel’s Canada’s Greatest Know-it-all.

It’s been a dream of his for years to go to Mars — and despite the long odds of success, he’s signed on to Mars One to get there.

“This is absolutely doable … There’s no technical reason why this can’t work,” said Rader by telephone from Cambridge, Ma. “We should have gone in the 1980s.”

Because of the reality TV element, Rader says a lot of people dismiss the project as being silly. “If NASA was doing it, people would be taking it seriously,” he said. “But if (it) brings in interest from around the world and funding sources that aren’t through the government, then that’s fantastic.”

Mars One hopes to receive half a million applications by the end of August, meaning only 0.00008 per cent of people will make it.

Applicant videos can only be one minute long so use your time wisely.

“It’s been said that I’m a jack of all trades and a master of blades,” says candidate . “Should I be chosen, I’ll need fair warning. My passport expires in 2017.”

 

[Prick]

165,000 have applied. Wonder if I can sneak my boss' name there.

 

[Transient]

I nominate Fang.

 

[oldguyzer]

Can I send my ex-wife? :-Cool/"

 

[papasmerf]

Can I send my ex-wife? :-Cool/"

how many envelpoes do you think you will need?

 

[God]

[h=1]Seventy-five Canadians make the first cut for one-way trip to Mars[/h]
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/gee...rst-cut-one-way-trip-mars-171011633.html?vp=1

 

[Robintheboywonder]

I'd like to volunteer Batman, Papasmerf and Madman to spend the rest of their lives living happily ever after in Mars.