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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey
I'm all for going to Mars I just don't think people should be willing to go if there is no way for them to get back at all. Something about this just doesn't sit right with me.
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Ultimately, in the long run, by the time they have been on the planet for several years i think the tech will have developed to a point that they might have an opportunity to come back within their lifetimes.
how else are they going to go on Oprah and attend their book signings?
But imagine the quality of life.
Your job is to grow fruits and vegetables in the hydroponics pod or whatever. Every day you wake up at the butt crack of martian dawn, you take your spit bath with what little precious water can be spared for scrubbing down your dirtiest parts. You suit up and make your way to the hydroponics pod where carefully and meticulously you will spend your day taking care of plants, maintaining the mechanisms that make your space nursery possible, budgeting out every drop of water. You likely have some sort of ancillary function, maybe you are also the first seamstress on mars, when you hand off the keys to the plant nursery over to the other guy you head over to another pod where you mend clothing for the rest of the day.
the point im trying to make is that every carefully considered methodically executed thing you do every day, day in and day out for the rest of your life on mars will be carried out for the sole purpose of living one more day.
its not like on earth, In fact i cant think of a single decision i have made yet this week that was critical to my immediate survival. Hell i stayed in the bed almost ALL day Sunday for no other reason than just because i felt like it, yet despite that... it was still a 4 minute drive to the grocery store where i could instantly purchase any number of awesome foods to eat without any concern as to how much was on the shelf and i didnt have to feed the chickens and raise them from birth just so i could savor the scrambled eggs i had for breakfast. I didnt have to cut the firewood im burning right now or go outside and maintain or repair intricate equipment to grant me enough electricity to write this post before something else breaks down or fails or needs tweaking in order for me to keep living
In a situation like being on mars... you dont spill a glass of water or discard a single bit of food in a situation like that... it would be like me going over to the fireplace where i have a fire going right now and just throwing $500 in there.