Total Members Voted: 172
Voting closed: 06/01/2016 04:50 pm
Sign me up! I'm ready to go.I'll probably be too old to go in 12 years, but then again 0.38g would help a lot.
...Just as interesting is what Martians call citizens of Earth. Are we the (somewhat difficult to pronounce) Earthians? Earthers? Terrans?
Quote from: The Amazing Catstronaut on 05/02/2016 05:46 pm...Just as interesting is what Martians call citizens of Earth. Are we the (somewhat difficult to pronounce) Earthians? Earthers? Terrans? Old Worlders? Pre-Martians?
Quote from: RonM on 05/02/2016 05:41 pmSign me up! I'm ready to go.I'll probably be too old to go in 12 years, but then again 0.38g would help a lot.I just figure that I would be to old to worry about coming back ;-)
Just as interesting is what Martians call citizens of Earth. Are we the (somewhat difficult to pronounce) Earthians? Earthers? Terrans?
I'd go, perfect place for a geologist to retire! Should be able to get another 15 years productive life out of me once we leave in 12 years.Drank enough wine, dived enough in the ocean, will be done dancing with the clouds, and had enough sun on my naked skin. I'd be ready for a new, and last phase of life, in a place I always wanted to go. And what better way to honour your place of birth than looking up to the blue dot in the night sky and yearning for the kiss of a fresh breeze...
Quote from: nadreck on 05/02/2016 05:44 pmQuote from: RonM on 05/02/2016 05:41 pmhey, if they put a head, air, food and water (no need for extensive radiation protection) in a Dragon, 2018, I'd go... great 70th Birthday Present... no worries about bringing me back in 2 years, I'd be too old and weak for Earth by then... If I have to wait 12 years, I'll be 80... that "might" (he said tongue in cheek) be too old... just make sure that they let me take MY music with me... I don't want to end up like that guy in the Movie... probably get Bieber or something like that... first lunatic or suicide on Mars...
Quote from: RonM on 05/02/2016 05:41 pm
The evolution of the answers over time here is interesting. The majority of those who answered the poll quickly were willing to go permanently. Now they aren't in the majority anymore. Go figure that the more likely you are to answer this immediately the more likely you are to be willing to go.
No, never. Have you seen the place?
Quote from: nadreck on 05/03/2016 06:08 pmThe evolution of the answers over time here is interesting. The majority of those who answered the poll quickly were willing to go permanently. Now they aren't in the majority anymore. Go figure that the more likely you are to answer this immediately the more likely you are to be willing to go.Or the quicker you answer, the less you've thought about it, and the less you think about it, the more likely you are to say you would go
I would possibly be interested in living a few years in an isolated trial Mars community here on earth somewhere, which would be an extremely good and (comparatively) cheap project from a technical standpoint also. It would also be an excellent requirement for anyone before actually going to Mars.
I might consider going so long as I have access to NSF and can still keep up with the latest in space flight news.
Quote from: AJW on 05/08/2016 02:39 amI might consider going so long as I have access to NSF and can still keep up with the latest in space flight news.You can check on NSF updates to the launch you're sitting on top of. That'll be surreal.
Need a category would go but odds overwhelming that won't be above ground when BFS flies folks to Mars.
Quote from: KelvinZero on 05/05/2016 01:46 amI would possibly be interested in living a few years in an isolated trial Mars community here on earth somewhere, which would be an extremely good and (comparatively) cheap project from a technical standpoint also. It would also be an excellent requirement for anyone before actually going to Mars.That's a good idea, especially for the early missions. Make each crew stay at the test Mars community for a year to see if the individuals can stand the isolation. Changing your mind once you're on Mars isn't a good option.Thrown in a BFS trip simulation too.
Place might be going cheap too. I would love someone to figure out a way to keep these places going, perhaps as some sort of IT hermitage or something. I just really like the idea of a city around a mall with great internet right next to true wilderness, and you only need one good road/rail line connecting you to other 'nodes', the opposite of urban sprawl. This place does look a bit dank but I think we could design much nicer ones.
I would not draw to many conclusion considering the sample is:small & only the small part that took the poll of that small part of the space fans that is that forum here.