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MARS: Would you go?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Rocket River, Feb 23, 2005.

  1. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    Figure the trip will take 3~6 Months
    once there you gotta help build it up

    Basic Frontier spirit type of thing
    since nothing there everyone with every skill
    is need

    the question is: WOULD YOU UNDERTAKE THIS GREAT ADVENTURE?


    If not. . what would it take for you to go?

    Rocket River
     
  2. Puedlfor

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    Yes. Without a doubt.
     
  3. KingCheetah

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    I've already been ~ and yes I would go again . . .
     
  4. KaiSeR SoZe

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    I would go

    if I die on the way I die but hopefully I'll die in space and not while going to space
     
  5. Davidoff

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    HELL NO, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS THERE!!!

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    No. The novelty of it all might be cool at first. But after awhile, it'll hit you - it's just dirt and rock.
     
  7. arkoe

    arkoe (ง'̀-'́)ง

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    I'm not willing to have to put on a space suit every time I want to leave my home.
     
  8. Uprising

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    Hells yes!
     
  9. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    Yes, as long as I can access the internet from there. I know online gaming would be out, but I should still get the BBS with a pretty long delay.
     
  10. nyquil82

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    hell no, Earth is awesome. To go, i'd have to have about 20 women of my choice, my own cook, full sets of books, comic books, dvds, season dvds, a crapload of video and computer games, the entire internet saved on a harddrive with no passwords, a lot of pot, and about 10 ipods full of songs of my choice. In other words, what I imagine heaven to be like.

    but right now, with my life, I have heaven on earth, so that's what it'll take for me to leave it.
     
  11. Air Langhi

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    This is just like the west opening up. Its chance to become rich or start over. I would def go.
     
  12. Ottomaton

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    It would not be even as exciting as the "wild west" of reality, much less fiction. Your life expectancy would probably be cut in half, and at least for the first several pioneers, I've seen analysis where the closest analogy to your lifestyle would be being in prison, since you would have to live in cramped spaces, there's limits on how far you can roam, and the only news and entertainment will be piped in from Earth, like prison cable TV.

    That having been said, I'd go in a heartbeat. It's about the only thing I can see doing with my life at this point that would leave me feeling as if I'd made a lasting, permanent contribution to the human race that I could be proud of.

    The first group that went, however, would be screwed. It'd be later "pioneers" that got rich and built the society. The first large group would live long enough to prepare the infrastructure for those who follow.
     
  13. moestavern19

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    Hell naw, I wouldn't even go anywhere near Space, I saw Armageddon and Deep Impact and Apollo 13 and all that ****.
     
  14. jbond77

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    I'm hoping to god I get the chance. I need a skill first, didn't get the job in antartica as a dishwasher, whats the chance they need a charasmatic vagabond?
     
  15. vunny1408

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    only if there were hot girls on mars and all they want is sex.
     
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    This is history, the first person to settle a planet, you have to go.
     
  17. Falcons Talon

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    Before my family, Yes.

    Now that I have a family...No.

    Sorry. I just ain't no Bruce Willis.
     
  18. kpsta

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    With the gravity on Mars being roughly 1/3 of gravity on Earth, it would be definitely worth spending a few years out there... you know, just to hone my bowstaff skills.
     
  19. MadMax

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    no, thanks. i'm partial to earth.

    one sweet world
    By: Dave Matthews Band

    Nine planets round the sun
    Only one does the sun embrace
    Upon this watered one
    So much we take for granted

    So let us sleep outside tonight
    Lay down in our mother's arms
    For here we can rest safely

    If green should slip to gray
    But our hearts still bloody be
    And if mountains crumble away
    And the river dry
    Would it stop the stepping feet

    Take all that we can get
    When it's done
    Nobody left to bury here
    Nobody left to dig the holes
    And here we can rest safely

    One sweet world
    Around a star is spinning
    One sweet world
    And in her breath I'm swimming
    And here we will rest in peace
     
  20. Chilly_Pete

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    Where can I sign up?
     

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