Would you make a one-way journey to Mars?

May 31, 2009

Paul Davies, director of  an Arizona State University think tank/ science research center, raises the question in an article in Astrobiology Magazine, claiming it’d be a real price-chopper.

“It would be the first step to establishing a permanent human presence on another world,” writes Davies. And no, it’s not a suicide mission.

He envisions a foursome making the move, with the expectation that eventually they would be joined by others.

“This Mars base would grow and eventually become a permanent Mars colony that might take hundreds of years to establish,” Davies said.

No question it’d be a harsh life, and with the radiation environment on Mars, probably a shorter one than what could be expected on Earth.

“You wouldn’t be going there as tourists. You wouldn’t be going there for fun. You’d be going there to do science, and emailing all this stuff back,” Davies said.

“Your publication record would be sensational,” he added. “You would no doubt have all sorts of honors heaped on you.”

Davies figures that by sending supplies and materials ahead of landing people and by living off the land, the cost of Mars mission could be cut by 50 percent or more.

“It’s the one place humans can go where we could actually make a living because it’s possible to use material on the Martian surface,” Davies points out.

“Mars has water and carbon dioxide, so you’re not saying to the people who are going on this one-way mission ‘You’ve got three days’ supplies and that’s it.’ “

While I’m sure this is against all kinds of NASA rules and regulations, it sure sounds like a winning theme for a reality TV show.

You can read the full text of Davies' article here.

(Mars: a home for the holidays -- and always? Credit: NASA) 

 

Comments

[cudmaster]

Yeah, I'd go even if it was a suicide mission.

[cudmaster]

Yeah, I'd go even if it was a suicide mission.

[czihaki Viktória HUNGARY]

Kedves asztronauták! A Föld-Mars uton az Önök élete veszélbe kerülhet.

1.-lesz olyan Tér a Föld mágnesességén kivül, ahol az idő vagy megszünik vagy annyira lelassul, hogy az élet sajnos komába kerülhet! Majd -e miatt beáll a halál. a biológiai élet-idő, mindig a bolygó élet-időtől függ.

A másik a Nap sugárörönétől 1. éget, 2. rákot, leukémiát okozhat 3 memoria és hallucinációs zavart mert áthatol a koponya szonton és égeti az agy sejteket amivel leégeti róla a képi emlékezést.

A Marson minimális garvitáció, semmi mágneses tér sugárzás és nem lesz idő. Ezeket a problémákat csak úgy lehet kiküszöbölni, ha az 1. űrhajót nagy mágneses térrel vinják be küvülről ami a sebességet is megnövelni képes, ha számítógépvezérlésű. Az asztronauták ruháját szintán mágnességgel kell ellátni! Vigyázzanak magukra ne ugorjanak mindenbe fejest átgondolás nélkül.

az idő nem állandó, az idő lassulhat és gyorsulhat de meg is szünhet kint az Űrben és itt a Földünk belsejében sincs idő! Az időt nem az ember találta ki mint valamiféle segéd eszközt hanem az energiák teremtik amikor egymást keresztezik, mint feszültségét a Térnek! Üdv. Viktória

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This is why we need to know how healthy astronauts will be on the surface of the moon and the surface of Mars and under simulated gravity environments by establishing such long term facilities. Even a rotating low gravity space station in Earth orbit would be of interest to see if it reduces the deleterious effects of bone loss in the human body.

Unfortunately, the ISS doesn't help us at all on this important issue of humans in space.