IF You Could Travel to Mars

March 30, 2018, 03:10 PM

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Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
It seems to me to be the height of conceit to claim that man will make Earth uninhabitable. These predictions come from the same clowns who said the ice caps would be gone, that global cooling would end us all, that the planet could never support more than 4 billion people, etc. There is always some doomsday prediction.

And one thing no one has ever explained to my satisfaction: If we have or develop the technology to make Mars a habitable place, why can't we just stay put and use the same technology to keep the Earth a habitable place?

You realize you are calling half of my neighborhood clowns and conceited . . . . which is reasonably accurate.

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March 30, 2018, 03:29 PM

Sig2340

quote:
Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
It seems to me to be the height of conceit to claim that man will make Earth uninhabitable.
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At the height of the Cold War, a full-on, everybody play, and everybody brings all their toys nuclear exchange might have done it.

IIRC that was about 62,000 megatons.

March 30, 2018, 04:17 PM

PossibleZombie

Nope, I spend enough time away from my family on deployments, I don't need to leave for some awful place I will die at.

March 30, 2018, 04:25 PM

Jus228

Even if I had a day or less to spend on Mars before I died it would be worth it. To be the first human to step foot on another planet. It would be incredible.

There is nothing for me here on earth, I'm quite tired of it.

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March 30, 2018, 04:34 PM

rpm2010

If accommodations were 1st class, and all expenses paid, it might be something to consider in retirement, or is the journey the highlight and you crash into Mars...no landing?

March 30, 2018, 04:35 PM

45_Auto

Nope, the only way I travel is on the ground. I hate flying at 35,000 feet, let alone space!

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March 30, 2018, 04:47 PM

synthplayer

Mars is absolutely over-rated. Not even worthy of being called a 'rest stop.'

March 31, 2018, 02:40 PM

TigerDore

quote:
Originally posted by synthplayer:
Mars is absolutely over-rated. Not even worthy of being called a 'rest stop.'

And Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids...

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March 31, 2018, 04:20 PM

Strambo

quote:
Originally posted by TigerDore:

And Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids...

And there'd be no one there to raise them if you did...

March 31, 2018, 04:31 PM

Doc H.

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Originally posted by Strambo:
quote:
Originally posted by TigerDore:

And Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids...

And there'd be no one there to raise them if you did...

In fact it's cold as hell....

"And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day"

March 31, 2018, 05:07 PM

Tommydogg

I would go to Mars via Recall inc, especially if there was going to be a party there and Richter was going!

March 31, 2018, 05:09 PM

synthplayer

quote:
Originally posted by Tommydogg:
I would go to Mars via Recall inc, especially if there was going to be a party there and Richter was going!

Ah - you just want to see the three-breasted girls, don't you?