Would you go to Mars even if it meant it was a one way trip?

[Fuzz]

I think I would.

[Bluzmann57]

1. No

[babylonsister]

2. No. nt

[Denninmi]

3. Could be just send the Tea Party members.

I like that concept. A one way trip.

[LostInAnomie]

4. I said on a similar thread the other day...

... that if I actually got to play a role in the terra-forming of Mars I would jump at it. To be able to play a role in one of the most important events in man's history would be too hard to pass up.

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. Wife and kids = no.

Otherwise, yes.

[Warren DeMontague]

33. That's exactly how I feel. nt

[stevedeshazer]

6. Maybe in fifteen years

Healthy guys/gals in their 70's.

Hell, yeah. I'd go.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

7. NO, but not because it would be one way, but because there is no air , water or food.

[Kali]

8. 25 or 30 years ago I would have said HELL YES!

too many ties and too old now

[elocs]

9. A poll here yesterday on that very question:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x73078

[Fuzz]

10. Crappers, I did not see that.

;)

[elocs]

12. The Science Forum isn't exactly a biggie.

If you didn't see it when it briefly appeared on the Latest page you would only have seen it by going to that forum. I only remembered because I responded to the thread.

[qnr]

11. Absolutely ... one way would be my preference n/t

[Iggo]

13. Oh hell no.

The chicks are here, man. The chicks.

[mzteris]

14. YES!

I've always wanted to "go"... somewhere, anywhere.

Back in the 60's when I was a little kid and the UFO craze was on, I used to call up to the sky, "TAKE ME! I WANT OT GO!!"

[dkf]

15. Nope nope and nope.

I've discovered I am claustrophobic thanks to disneylands Nemo submarine ride. The thought of being cooped up in that thing gives me the willies.

[femmocrat]

16. No way, never.

Not interested one iota.

[Canuckistanian]

17. When I was younger, I would have

Too many responsibilities now.

But there was a time when I was single I would have JUMPED at the chance.

[XemaSab]

18. Nope

It will only be interesting when there are a lot of people there.

A lot meaning more than half a million. :P

[Cleita]

19. Hell no!

I remember the first pictures from Mars reminded me of the view from my bedroom window when I lived in the Atacama Desert. No thanks! Been there and done that.

[shanti]

20. NO

i will stay my happy ass right here on earth, thankyouverymuch.

[PavePusher]

21. Colonization trip? Certainly.

One-way to explore, then die? That's what robot probes are for.

[Norrin Radd]

22. Do you mean because of a permanent

settlement, or because of an accident that prevents a return trip?

[Fuzz]

24. Settlement, be the first.

[hyphenate]

23. No

I've gotten too old physically to try and see the universe from anything other than my hearth and home.

I doubt if anyone would want me to go, either, and that's just fine with me!

[Posteritatis]

25. I'd probably jump on the second ship out. (nt)

[WildEyedLiberal]

26. Depending on what happens in the next 25 years or so, maybe

I haven't had my fill of Earth yet, but I could see being interested in this at some point. The chance to explore a frontier that no human has ever explored is very appealing...

[Roon]

27. If I could have broadband and stay in contact with earth

yes, I would.

[petronius]

28. Sure - then everyone who came after would have to live in Petroniusville,

on the slopes of the Petronius Massif, next to the Petronius Sea, etc... :)

[TheKentuckian]

29. With a plausible colonization plan I would seriously consider it.

Pushing the horizon sounds like a worthy life.

[yurbud]

30. I would have said yes until I read about the Mars habitat on Devon Island in Northern Canada

they found the environment most like Mars on Earth, and it was on a barren, dry, cold island near the arctic.

Once the novelty of being on another planet wore off, it would be pretty damn boring.

[Raine]

31. NO, not even if it was round trip. nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

32. If the Extra-Terrestrials made a stop on Mars on their way through our solar system...

and I was for some strange reason picked to be the person going out to meet them... maybe. Probably. Okay, when do I leave?

I'd only do it for the fame.

[Warren DeMontague]

34. Would it be an opportunity to start a bullshit-free society from scratch?

Sure, why not.