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Originally Posted by ngcles
The problem isn't technology, it's
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.. acceptance that this is a one-way ticket to an early and certain death as soon as you run out of oxygen, heat, water or food; in sub-zero temperatures, with an atmosphere that is unbreathable, with no sustainable long-term way to produce water, heat, oxygen or food, and in a location that is less hospitable than Antarctica.
With no-one to help you and no way home.
Those in favour of manned mars missions consistently overlook these basic issues.
May as well take your helmet off when you land IMHO. At least the ending will be quick. And that’s assuming you have survived the radiation exposure en-route.
Perhaps someone on death row would volunteer... I wouldn’t
