I found the perfect job for you Steed

nikimcbee · 11-26-12, 08:41 PM

Start packin' your bags....
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49967348...science-space/

GoldenRivet · 11-26-12, 08:53 PM

this guy is out of touch if he thinks "most people in their mid 40s" could scrounge up a half million bucks for the ticket cost.

while he might find that kind of change in the junk drawer, car cup holders and underneath the cushions of the sofa... i dont think most people in their 40s could.

and even if they did have the ability to secure it through a loan, what bank would loan someone $500 large on the weeks leading up to what could amount to a never-to-be-seen-or-heard-from-again suicide mission?

I think its realistic to colonize mars within the near future, but i think if you are going to send a bunch of average Joes tear-assing through space its going to have to run a shade under half a million space bucks.

i think the goal should be to establish a stable colony and then create a way to make round trips so people could be rotated out... like if they want to come back and make back their money authoring books and doing talk shows and the like.

nikimcbee · 11-26-12, 09:20 PM

I just think this will never be cost effective to do. The supply line is too long and if there is some sort of emergency....

AVGWarhawk · 11-26-12, 09:25 PM

I'm in.

Red October1984 · 11-26-12, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I'm in.

I'm with you man. Mars is pretty ******* awesome. Living there? Even better!

nikimcbee · 11-27-12, 09:46 AM

On a side note, is the Space Shuttle capable of deep space travel? (Assuming the booster rocket to put it out there)

11-26-12, 08:41 PM	#1
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I found the perfect job for you Steed Start packin' your bags.... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49967348...science-space/ __________________

11-26-12, 08:53 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	this guy is out of touch if he thinks "most people in their mid 40s" could scrounge up a half million bucks for the ticket cost. while he might find that kind of change in the junk drawer, car cup holders and underneath the cushions of the sofa... i dont think most people in their 40s could. and even if they did have the ability to secure it through a loan, what bank would loan someone $500 large on the weeks leading up to what could amount to a never-to-be-seen-or-heard-from-again suicide mission? I think its realistic to colonize mars within the near future, but i think if you are going to send a bunch of average Joes tear-assing through space its going to have to run a shade under half a million space bucks. i think the goal should be to establish a stable colony and then create a way to make round trips so people could be rotated out... like if they want to come back and make back their money authoring books and doing talk shows and the like. __________________

11-26-12, 09:20 PM	#3
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I just think this will never be cost effective to do. The supply line is too long and if there is some sort of emergency.... __________________

11-27-12, 09:46 AM	#6
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	On a side note, is the Space Shuttle capable of deep space travel? (Assuming the booster rocket to put it out there) __________________

11-26-12, 09:25 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,261 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'm in.