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cprise

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53. Corporations are now in the business of marketing suicide pacts.

Sun May 12, 2013, 11:26 PM

May 2013

If anyone wondered whether modern society could degenerate into bloodsport for entertainment, then this is it!

We have no experience even colonizing Antarctica's interior, and surely these candidates have no chance of surviving for long on such a world as Mars.

Your point about the difference between a leap of faith and suicide is spot-on.

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78,000 apply for one-way mission to Mars [View all] bemildred May 2013 OP

Yes, Turbineguy May 2013 #1

I'm signing up burnodo May 2013 #2

I wouldn't go. Imagine what could happen to the community. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #3

Hell really IS other people… Imagine being stuck on another planet with them. nt MrScorpio May 2013 #4

I seriously think this is a space-horror movie waiting to happen. nt RedCappedBandit May 2013 #5

It could very well play out that way, but nothing worth having is easy or convenient... dogknob May 2013 #8

Oh, I definitely think this is worth doing. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #17

It drives me nuts, I can tell you. nt bemildred May 2013 #6

I can't even imagine burnodo May 2013 #12

The whole 'never coming back' thing is what gets me. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #18

Four at a time with regular launches of four more. longship May 2013 #39

So 'reality TV' has degenerated into bloodsport. n/t cprise May 2013 #54

Who knows? longship May 2013 #75

Colony?? Its a reality TV show. cprise May 2013 #77

Hence my two posts in this thread. longship May 2013 #80

Mandatory in-flight reading will be "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch". Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #7

Or Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. bemildred May 2013 #11

What would motivate someone to want to do this? Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #9

Anyone who has ever eaten brussel sprouts has a good reason to leave this planet. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #24

!! Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #25

Go ahead to Mars. That leaves more Brussesl Sprout for me. :) BlueStreak May 2013 #29

I must disagree with you this time... awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #49

Yes, they're great ZombieHorde May 2013 #50

Well, when I eat them... awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #51

Even Dick Cheney squirms at the thought of feeding others brussels sprouts. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #52

And anyone who has had to endure the gas of anyone who has eaten brussels sprouts Jamastiene May 2013 #55

Now imagine wearing a space suit after having eaten Brussels sprouts Fumesucker May 2013 #73

There can be many motivations...one being motivated for the possibility of one's life... yawnmaster May 2013 #40

Really hawt Martian women Blue_Tires May 2013 #86

Mars will be populated by the most antisocial people imaginable Shampoobra May 2013 #10

I think there will be some psychological screening going on during the selection process. randome May 2013 #14

and what have the "happy people" done to solve things? burnodo May 2013 #15

"The way the population is being chosen seems almost designed, in advance, to have negative results" lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #21

But in many cases, they brought family members, didn't they? Shampoobra May 2013 #74

Or a toilet, fresh water, or food. Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #26

Sounds rather like getting divorced, at least for a man anyway Fumesucker May 2013 #30

I would, out of the sense of adventure nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #32

Will the accomodations on Mars have mini-bars and spas? Frequent flyer miles? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #13

At least a Starbucks and an iPhone. We're not savages. randome May 2013 #16

On THAT basis alone, bvar22 May 2013 #19

Life is a terminal condition Fumesucker May 2013 #20

Thanks for glibly defending Medieval attitudes about life and death. cprise May 2013 #57

Bless your heart Fumesucker May 2013 #63

NASA astronauts have a substantial expectation of survival cprise May 2013 #79

Not unlike the early colonization of the Americas nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #33

You DID hear this week that archaeologists uncovered .... bvar22 May 2013 #35

Yes, and when we finally send people to mars nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #38

Corporations are now in the business of marketing suicide pacts. cprise May 2013 #53

Then LIFE itself is a suicide mission! They will be building and living out the rest of their... yawnmaster May 2013 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2013 #22

IMHO we are yet far from being able to do this. bemildred May 2013 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2013 #27

A TV-land stunt that is setup to fail seems more like it. cprise May 2013 #66

Exactly. This is basically killing people for entertainment Hugabear May 2013 #68

Oh, but there would be lots of "caring" cprise May 2013 #78

And isn't that just typical? bemildred May 2013 #85

Mars Needs Women! Buns_of_Fire May 2013 #28

Does anyone remember PATRICK May 2013 #31

They are not terra-forming Mars. They are creating livable areas, most likely underground... yawnmaster May 2013 #42

As tempting as it sounds... Incitatus May 2013 #34

I wonder if Hubby put my name down. Ilsa May 2013 #36

A one way trip to Mars? PD Turk May 2013 #37

I'd go. It has always been a life-long dream RebelOne May 2013 #43

How many of those 78,000 were signed up by someone else? Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #44

It sounds like something out of a Twilight Zone episode. n/t duffyduff May 2013 #46

To Serve Man lovemydog May 2013 #69

You read me perfectly. duffyduff May 2013 #72

I signed up 78,000 lovemydog May 2013 #71

What do you call 78,000 republicans on a one way spaceship? Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #81

haha! lovemydog May 2013 #82

Republicans are a problem begging for the Golgafrincham solution. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #83

So it really will be the Red Planet! KamaAina May 2013 #88

Yes, populated by alien creatures lovemydog May 2013 #89

I signed up Rand Paul. MineralMan May 2013 #45

good job! nt flamingdem May 2013 #61

I like the way you think. bemildred May 2013 #84

Will it have privatized prisons? mick063 May 2013 #47

Better than that... cprise May 2013 #59

I wouldn't trust any privatized outfit as far as I can throw it. duffyduff May 2013 #70

I'm with you. cprise May 2013 #76

That is much later. Incitatus May 2013 #62

A one way ticket. randome May 2013 #48

Pure insanity Hugabear May 2013 #56

Even if they do, what are the first 4 people supposed to do? Incitatus May 2013 #65

I will just wait for the movie/reality tv show about the aftermath Jamastiene May 2013 #58

That's really cool. NealK May 2013 #60

I hate to say this, but many will die before we are able to colonize Mars. Dash87 May 2013 #64

Sounds like a tall poppy harvesting operation. JVS May 2013 #67

Okies in spaaaace! MisterP May 2013 #87

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids Art_from_Ark May 2013 #90