two words, James Town
Still- it is an interesting attempt to use dragons to build a mars base at least conceptually. Problem I hav is that they need "slightly larger" dragons than currently exist. The development for this would likely cause schedule drift at a minimum.
I am one of the people involved in Mars One.
Quote from: kevin-rf on 06/01/2012 07:07 pmWhat TV show has a $200 million budget then?Friends cost around 175 Million a season at the end.
What TV show has a $200 million budget then?
hmm, apparently they're building a demonstration base next year. Personally I think that will be as far as they get.
Quote from: Wyvern on 06/03/2012 09:20 amhmm, apparently they're building a demonstration base next year. Personally I think that will be as far as they get.They should try building it remotely with something similar to one of their "utility" rovers. That would be an educational experience...
I am one of the people involved in Mars One. Let me try to answer some of your criticism and perhaps some misunderstanding due to the limitations of the website. First of all we do know about the radiation problem, we are currently doing simulations with the SPENVIS system here in Europe with two modules able to simulate the dose as a function of Mars altitude. We know that the habitats need be buried by some regolith. Concerning the zer-g mitigation, it appears that with a rigorous training scheme and additional medication, 7 months could be doable to be sure that the crew can perform on the Martian surface. As an overall remark, we are not planning to develop any technical system ourselves, we have discussed with the companies on the website whether they would be able to deliver certain systems and how much time and money it will take. Again we do not have and do not want to something ourselves others are much more qualified to do. A last remark. Yes, this is a very ambitious program and controversial as well, but we think this is currently the only way to have humans walking on another body in my lifetime.
A base is started in Antarctica (or even in the top of the himalayas), staffed by only people from the culls, and funded by donations to the participants and by sponsorships. Hard locations are chosen because of the isolation, physical restraints, and need for safety awareness to even function in them. If they can’t make it in these areas for many months and keep a following then they don’t need to go to Mars.