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MAN STEPS ON MARS
Posted by lisleman • 7/06/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: moon, NASA, science, space
This will be as big as 40 years ago when we stepped on the moon.
Do you think it will happen in your lifetime?
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Sure! I think we have the tools to create the technology to do so. It's just a matter of time now. -
Yep and next time it will be man steps on a sauna in Mars.How's that?-
sauna - don't follow you on that -
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well once we step on Mars then we can build vacation homes there including saunas.
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I sure hope so. Back in '69 when the moonwalk happened, everyone thought Mars was next -- not understanding the hurdles we face with consumables, fuel, distance, what happens to your body in micro-gravity, radiation, etc.
There is a project going on now called the "Mars500" -- a collaboration between the European + Russian space agencies to study isolation in a simulated spacecraft. 6 cosmonauts grow their own food, practice communicatinos, etc. The facility is AMAZING, and even has a "room" to simulate the surface of the red planet where they will practice rock collection.
My money is on them to reach Mars... not so much on America these days, although I hope that turns around again. Getting to another planet may take the combined efforts of many space programs... and wouldn't it be great if the next "space race" wasn't AGAINST each other, but a goal of all humankind.
Once out there, a year's journey from home... the mindset better be that you're all EARTHLINGS, pulling together -- and not worried about national borders back on the little blue sphere.
I work in NASA programs that study space flight simulation, where they collect data on reactions to sustained micro-gravity. the more we learn about how to keep muscles & bones healthy, the longer durations we achieve in spaceflight. Astronaut Michael Barrett will reach his 100th day in the space station this wednesday! (July 8th) That's pretty amazing. 40 years ago, we thought it was cool to get up there for a week at a time, LOL...
NASA is desperate for healthy subjects, especially more women. If you are interested in helping the space program, definitely check out my blog
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thanks for that good info - "grow their own" that might get some volunteers if you didn't tell them what they needed to grow.
More seriously - does NASA have a protocol (I'm guessing they would call it that) for a dead astronaut?
As the timeline of the mission increases wouldn't the chances of some tragic events happening?
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Wow can't wait for that. I hope you guys speed up the process so we all can go to Mars!
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Man steps on Mars... gets chocolate all over his feet!!
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go there and live on candy bars - good idea
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I've been to Mars, nothing special. The scenery sucks, theres no girls, not even aliens. Can't even play a decent game of golf. It's definitely not my type of gig. -
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there is life there, it's just human eyes can't see it-
The Great Council resides there
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you might be right about life there being microscopic but the planet gets more radiation because it lost it's magnetic field.
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The Great Pumpkin lives there too, but I cannot confirm that. Or deny it. Drat.
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they are not microscopic, It's not their fault that humans are so insensitive
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I think they were lucky to make it past Van Halen's belt unscathed 40 years ago.
Which makes me think, did Rammstein ever make it back from the moon?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w9EksAo5hY-
lunar rock band - cool thanks
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I think Rammstein are planning another album (and there has been one since) so I'm sure they're back from the moon.
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they have to make sure they do something about the dust devils over there or people will have serious respiratory problems.
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don't know about dust devils - I just hope they don't do another War of the Worlds movie - not good.
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they shouldn't if Rammstein and The Graet Council is there
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I was born during the Truman administration, so the odds that I'll see people on Mars are not favorable. My children may very well see the event, though.
A great deal depends, I think, on what sort of interests people maintain over the next three or four decades: and how many resources they're willing to devote to a personal visit to Mars.
As the possibility of a landing by human beings gets closer, I'm pretty sure that there will be a lively debate over whether people have a "right" to land - and a somewhat more serious one over the possibility of contaminating Martian samples with the microorganisms we carry with us.
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