Forgot your password?   Comment: Re:Can you imagine.. (Score 2)
35  by Defenestrar (#45655733) Attached to: Private Mars One
Mission Contracts Lockheed For Exploratory Mission  Personally I
always thought Mars Direct was a much better plan. I heard
Zubrin talk about it once - seemed reasonable, not dependent on
TV ratings, and you already had some proof of concept and a base
of operations before you ever launched people at the big red
rock. Of course the details is where you keep the devils and I
think Murphy would be all over this one.  I can see a place for
heroic leaps for science - including the possibility of a one
way trip off the planet, but I'd have my doubts about the sort
of people who would sign up for less than even a one cheek
effort just to walk around a bit before needing a rescue which
would never happen on time  What's worse is the precedent. Sure,
as a culture we may be willing to put in a moon-shot effort if
some legitimate (but corporate) Mars colony suffered disaster
(which could be corre