While I'm rootin' for Mars One, I'm pretty skeptical they will actually succeed. Just wanted to see what everyone else was thinking...
ClaytonBirchenough, if you have time would you do me the favor of scouring the NSF website and linking threads that deal with other Mars one-way / 'suicide' missions?
A possibly more appropriate question is "Will a one-way / suicide Mars architecture succeed, ever?" Don't flinch. The word describes what it is.
With all due respect, how would a one-way Mars mission, provided confidence in resupply for an indefinite period of time, be a suicide any more than would be the decision to move to another country, or join a monastic community, or any of a number of other major lifestyle changes? I've seen the terminology used before on this forum and elsewhere, but I haven't actually seen any of the justification for its use.
Quote from: ARD on 03/24/2013 09:22 pmWith all due respect, how would a one-way Mars mission, provided confidence in resupply for an indefinite period of time, be a suicide any more than would be the decision to move to another country, or join a monastic community, or any of a number of other major lifestyle changes? I've seen the terminology used before on this forum and elsewhere, but I haven't actually seen any of the justification for its use. How is it a "mission"? Also, what does "resupply" really mean? Does "Mars" mean the same thing to you as it does to me? What is a "lifestyle" anyway?Please don't engage in semantic arguments. We all end up sounding like Martha Stewart.
Quote from: Hernalt on 03/24/2013 03:21 amA possibly more appropriate question is "Will a one-way / suicide Mars architecture succeed, ever?" Don't flinch. The word describes what it is.With all due respect, how would a one-way Mars mission, provided confidence in resupply for an indefinite period of time, be a suicide any more than would be the decision to move to another country, or join a monastic community, or any of a number of other major lifestyle changes? I've seen the terminology used before on this forum and elsewhere, but I haven't actually seen any of the justification for its use.
They haven't convinced the majority of us armchair critics that they've even covered the basics. SLS will fly first.
provided confidence in resupply for an indefinite period of time