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by 0cf8612b2e1e 1 day ago
Can we realistically send humans to Mars plus the return trip? I would maybe believe we can do a one way trip and leave those astronauts to die after snapping some pictures.
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I suspect there are substantial numbers of us in our 70's+ who would volunteer. Why not go out having made an amazing contribution?
I'd be surprised if there's a single person alive who would volunteer for a suicide mission to a miserable cold dark planet and could travel there for nine months in a tin can through a harsh radiation/muscle atrophy/psychological environment and arrive in any condition to conduct useful scientific work.
Suppose one had a diagnosis of 1 year to live. Why not expend it doing something great?
I've been excoriated for making that suggestion.