No way. Reminds me of "Jaunt".... *shudder*
Could you make the one way trip to Mars?
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Nope. To depressing to even imagine never seeing my family again. Not seeing my grandchildren would be the worst.
There is no way I would take a one way trip and to leave loved ones behind you would have to be very selfish and not really care about anyone but yourself. Obviously just wants to make a name for himself and I can think of quite a few which aren't very nice!
...on the real reality side of things, CBS News had a wonderful segment on pictures that the Mard Rovers have sent back...I never really understood the term "stark beauty" till I saw these...
...just one example....
I think it would be an amazing experience to go to a planet that hadn't seen human habitation, but I would only consider it if I was single and had no-one depending on me. The pics that you see on the news etc show what an amazing and beautiful but desolate place it is.
What Liselle said. I don't have kids, but I am close to my nephew and niece, and I have my gf. They'd keep me here. But if I didn't have those ties...show me the dotted line already.
I certainly would be happy to see him go if I were her!
I wonder if we sent the other half of the population to Mars...the half that disagrees with us...I wonder how long it would be before we were split down the middle again and what the issues would be?
Sorry...ummm, no, I couldn't wouldn't go...unless HAL is there to talk to me, keep me from going bonkers. You'd miss new releases...unless NASA could beam them up to you as you sail away...one good thing about that I spose is no ringing telephones, no irate customers. Yeah? Where is he? He installed a window ten years ago and the seal's failed! Put him on! Sorry, he's on his way to Mars. Can you imagine the sputtering on the other end? No snow shoveling. Imagine splashing down on the Martian landscape...and it's all SNOW! And...as soon as you land, it breaks loose...begins to snow, you got snow on the antenna and the module steps. HAL's trying to keep you from snapping, starts singing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer...Little Drummer Boy? Or maybe your spacesuit is hooked up to The Feed...and some whiz kid down at Mission Control slips you a mickey.
Sorry...ummm, no, I couldn't wouldn't go...unless HAL is there to talk to me, keep me from going bonkers. You'd miss new releases...unless NASA could beam them up to you as you sail away...one good thing about that I spose is no ringing telephones, no irate customers. Yeah? Where is he? He installed a window ten years ago and the seal's failed! Put him on! Sorry, he's on his way to Mars. Can you imagine the sputtering on the other end? No snow shoveling. Imagine splashing down on the Martian landscape...and it's all SNOW! And...as soon as you land, it breaks loose...begins to snow, you got snow on the antenna and the module steps. HAL's trying to keep you from snapping, starts singing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer...Little Drummer Boy? Or maybe your spacesuit is hooked up to The Feed...and some whiz kid down at Mission Control slips you a mickey.
So I can get zapped by this guy ? :
No thanks.
More seriously, no way would I leave family and friends like that. EVER.
No thanks.
More seriously, no way would I leave family and friends like that. EVER.
In short, no, I don't think I'd make that one way trip. Not this day and age anyhow.
Why? Are you afraid of a terrorist attack, sweety?
You know it. Alien terrorists are the worst. First they beam you up, then they probe you.Why? Are you afraid of a terrorist attack, sweety?
