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Re: These people applied to go to Mars

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Post by Samuel_Michon »

mostly_harmless wrote: post #30
SCAQTony wrote: post #17

I suggest that death row inmates be selected for the "Mars One" mission. These inmates are the most practiced at being forcibly confined in a hopeless environment and would be the most inspired individuals to make a death sentence into a life sentence. Australia is a de facto example.

Then again, throwing a whole bunch of murderers into a can with no authority figures to referee is bound to end badly

So true, before you know it, they start building cars like these: http://blogs.motortrend.com/from-there-to-here-57-years-of-h...

Re: These people applied to go to Mars

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Post by iso8859-1 »

mvzink wrote: post #31
nostromo wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This felt more like a reality TV show about going to Mars. That's because that's what it is! Literally! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_One > A global reality-TV media event is intended to provide most of the funds to finance the expedition.

How could it even go to air? It would be such an incredibly deep and likely harrowing experience that it couldn't possibly be entertaining except perhaps to psychotics—and even if it was funny or something, that in itself would be absolutely horrifying. That said, I would have to see it for its depth and significance.

You clearly haven't seen enough reality TV. People would love The Truman Show.

Re: These people applied to go to Mars

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Post by Samuel_Michon »

Out of these 490 submissions, 422 are men, 68 are women (you think dating on Earth is hard? Try Mars!). 164 applicants are over 30 (they will be over 40 when this trip is supposed to happen). Then again, they’ve got at least one flight instructor[1] and one person studying to become a mortician[2], so I’m sure this will work out just fine.

[1] http://goo.gl/v7OYg

[2] http://goo.gl/Vygy4

Re: These people applied to go to Mars

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Post by buro9 »

Having read all of that I suspect it's an elaborate plot for a TV series in which they will dupe some of the applicants into believing they are going to Mars and film them in an ultra-extreme Big Brother capsule for a sustained period of time.

There is precedent, in the UK there was a program that duped 10 people into believing they were orbiting Earth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cadets_(TV_series)

Re: These people applied to go to Mars

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Post by api »

zalzane wrote: post #10

This feels like one of the most "in your face" scams I've seen in awhile. The first thing I wanted to find out when I visited the site is where they got their funding - of course that section is absent from the site. The second thing I looked up is how they expected to get there and how they were solving the engineering challenges involved. On the technology page I found a dumbed down list of the different modules in…

I was a little on the fence at first, but their insane timetable has convinced me it's either a scam or -- more likely -- some kind of reality TV or viral marketing stunt.

Too bad. I would like to see a serious effort to go to Mars. But that will probably come from Hawthorne, CA.

Re: These people applied to go to Mars

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Post by api »

skrebbel wrote: post #41
zalzane wrote: post #10

This feels like one of the most "in your face" scams I've seen in awhile. The first thing I wanted to find out when I visited the site is where they got their funding - of course that section is absent from the site. The second thing I looked up is how they expected to get there and how they were solving the engineering challenges involved. On the technology page I found a dumbed down list of the different modules in…

There's less than 500 people on that page. Let's be wild and assume they quadruple that to 2000 applicants. Times 38 dollars, that's less than 80000 dollars. For that, they made an elaborate web page, did tons of PR outreach (not just on the internet; they're Dutch, and have been in Dutch traditional media a fair lot). They even got a reputable university on board (Universiteit Twente). To scam people out of $80k? No…

A reality TV show or viral marketing stunt is more likely than an outright scam.

Re: These people applied to go to Mars

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Post by claudius »

mostly_harmless wrote: post #30
SCAQTony wrote: post #17

I suggest that death row inmates be selected for the "Mars One" mission. These inmates are the most practiced at being forcibly confined in a hopeless environment and would be the most inspired individuals to make a death sentence into a life sentence. Australia is a de facto example.

Then again, throwing a whole bunch of murderers into a can with no authority figures to referee is bound to end badly

I’d say that ‘we won’t surivive if we kill each other’ is a pretty strong authority figure.
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