Very interesting concept to say the least… Over 200,000 volunteers to be on the four man team that’s getting a one way ticket to the red planet…
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mars-one-first-private-mars-mission-in-2018
I think that they should only send Democrats! That way they could start their own perfect society! Everyone will be taken care of cradle to grave! Of course the rest of us would have to provide for them! Maybe we could say that the check is in the mail:wink:
Don’t see it happening. Were we not supposed to be all driving flying cars by now?
Key West 1720 115 HP Johnson Saltwater.
Good Luck with that. Have fun stormin’ the red planet…
I’ve got some acreage for sale on Mars if anyone is interested. Only $500 an acre. Great for an investment or hunting land…
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Originally posted by skinneejI’ve got some acreage for sale on Mars if anyone is interested. Only $500 an acre. Great for an investment or hunting land…
You know they have squirrels on Mars, right?
quote:I think it was rats, but yeah definitely some small rodents
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Originally posted by skinneejI’ve got some acreage for sale on Mars if anyone is interested. Only $500 an acre. Great for an investment or hunting land…
You know they have squirrels on Mars, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSCzUkHkPJo
If the Democrats go up there, they will already have a voter block:wink:
I’ve got some acreage for sale on Mars if anyone is interested.
Well, I own a star, and it’s for sale! Deed is around here somewhere, for $50 I’ll dig it out and it’s yours … 
I’ll bet it’s a Reelly Old star!
Just wait till that colony finds the underground Martian civilization! Going on a one way ticket to Mars… No thanks! A guaranteed trip there and back, I’d do if I were a Trillionaire and it didn’t take longer than a week.
quote:I saw a show on tv about that car. I want one. I just don't have 300k to spend on it.
Originally posted by EasyHere you go CooperRiverMan!http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/10/george_jetson_envy_first_flyin.html
Key West 1720 115 HP Johnson Saltwater.
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Originally posted by Fred67Just wait till that colony finds the underground Martian civilization! Going on a one way ticket to Mars… No thanks! A guaranteed trip there and back, I’d do if I were a Trillionaire and it didn’t take longer than a week.
The trip from earth to mars takes eight months… One way.
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Originally posted by Fred67Just wait till that colony finds the underground Martian civilization! Going on a one way ticket to Mars… No thanks! A guaranteed trip there and back, I’d do if I were a Trillionaire and it didn’t take longer than a week.
The trip from earth to mars takes eight months… One way.
Right now it does, but just wait SailFish! You’ll see, we are just waking up to technology if we don’t kill ourselves off, or have WWIII and put ourselves back in the stone ages.
ion thrusters, Hall effect thrusters, and other emerging possibilities for Space propulsion breakthroughs are out there. Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) has been around since 1977 and I believe had a successful test run in 2008. I would not be a bit surprised if our government has not tested several varieties of top secret propulsion systems that we may never learn about in our live times, but our grand kids probably will. One of the hardest things in modern times is using an actual willing human being as a test subject. Safety, Safety, Safety! Safety pretty much rules over rashness that can lead to discoveries.
Edit… Remember Project Orion? It was banned in a treaty in 1963, they said they could be to Alpha Centauri in 133 years. I’ll bet a nickle that project was not completed stopped. Imagine how much more we know since then?
Fred, there are a lot of unexplained thing out there! Explain this to me if you can?http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■.htm
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....Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) has been around since 1977....
Nah, it was Ron Jeremy:wink: