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I will try not to be surprised when most of the money raised is spent on the salaries of the promoters. This comment fulfills your RDA of cynical first comments on HN.
Mars One are based in The Netherlands and he was just over there after all.
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Think of all the millions of people who left places like Ireland to emigrate to the US back in the day. Most of them never saw their families they left behind again. At least nowadays we have internet... though with the 10 - 20 minute radio delay to Mars, Skyping isn't going to work so well
I don't think the Ireland example is the best. My understanding is they left because their home country was poor and the grass looked greener in America (land of opportunity and all). The grass does not look that green in Mars
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Think of all the millions of people who left places like Ireland to emigrate to the US back in the day. Most of them never saw their families they left behind again. At least nowadays we have internet... though with the 10 - 20 minute radio delay to Mars, Skyping isn't going to work so well
I don't think the Ireland example is the best. My understanding is they left because their home country was poor and the grass looked greener in America (land of opportunity and all). The grass does not look that green in Mars
Most Irish left for America during the potato famine so didn't really have much choice in the matter - it was emigrate or starve.