Naked Science Forum
Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: thedoc on 28/02/2013 18:55:43
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Inspiration Mars, a private company founded by former space tourist Dennis Tito, hopes to send a manned craft to fly past Mars in 2018...
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Yes. If there were alive that is.
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Probably not this flight...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23230-mars-trip-to-use-astronaut-poo-as-radiation-shield.html (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23230-mars-trip-to-use-astronaut-poo-as-radiation-shield.html)
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A year and half just to do a "flyby"? And not even get a chance to walk around on the planet? That sounds ambitious.
It is my belief that trips should be volunteer one-way colonial missions. But it would take a tremendous amount of support and planning first to design the habitat structures, greenhouses, and etc.
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Get rid of grumpy old grandma?
Is that it?
Wouldn't Bahamas be cheaper?
And more suitable for a retirement?