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What do you guys think about all these Mars One trip people?

Gameface said:
I imagine one of the early benefits of people actually living there will be for us to discover ways to make going back and fourth possible. As it stands it is a one way trip, but I imagine at some point it will be possible to return, they just can't say when.
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I agree that the way technology is progressing it can happen. Maybe they will create some kind of isolated environment on Mars which will simulate conditions on Earth including gravity which would let folks to prepare their bodies for trip back. But doubt in next 50 or more years. So first few decades it for sure will be one way trip.
 
AKMVP said:
I think after living on Mars for year or more your body would undergo irreversible changes due to different gravity. Doubt you would be able to live on Earth after that.
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I dont disagree that your body will go through changes, but why would it be irreversible? If the body will adapt to Mars then why wouldn't it adapt to Earth?
 
Hack said:
I dont disagree that your body will go through changes, but why would it be irreversible? If the body will adapt to Mars then why wouldn't it adapt to Earth?
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I think problem will be that due to lower gravity your regular "Earth" muscles be atrophied to the point that it will be almost impossible to get them back to "Earth" like function. Even astronauts who spend few month in space undergo significant changes in their bodies and take special training and lots of time to be back to normal when they return to Earth. Those on Mars after few years? Forget it.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-spending-prolong/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkYQZSHf4rM
 
AKMVP said:
I think problem will be that due to lower gravity your regular "Earth" muscles be atrophied to the point that it will be almost impossible to get them back to "Earth" like function. Even astronauts who spend few month in space undergo significant changes in their bodies and take special training and lots of time to be back to normal when they return to Earth. Those on Mars after few years? Forget it.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-spending-prolong/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkYQZSHf4rM
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I know that your muscles would atrophy and you would even lose bone mass because the gravity on Mars is 62% lower than Earths. But if you are a healthy adult then its possible you could gain that back over time. Its still a little bit of a mystery just how much would be effected from Mars's lack of gravity.
 
I applied. I guess they don't want insurance guys on the Red Planet. It would be an honor that any man, woman, or child would be a fool to turn down, imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcH54ksSkhE

It gives me chills to think about, tbh.
 
E.J. Wells said:
I applied. I guess they don't want insurance guys on the Red Planet. It would be an honor that any man, woman, or child would be a fool to turn down, imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcH54ksSkhE

It gives me chills to think about, tbh.
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The guy that comes on at the :30 mark my wife calls her boyfriend. We've watched a lot of his stuff about mars. He's bonkers for getting us there.

I'm very fascinated with Mars. It started when I read the Mars series by Kim Stanley Robinson.
 
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I also believe that learning to teraform Mars can help us learn how to manage Earth's environment for the better.
 
You knows whats dumb about Star Trek. Aliens are all pretty much the same size with the same bodies.

I think that all the Aliens would have to live on planets with the exact same amount of gravity for that to work. Different size planets would probably make different size beings and different shaped beings.


What if a planet was 100x the size of Earth. Wouldn't the gravity be so great that maybe life wouldn't even be able to develop or maybe life would just be be 100x bigger than Earths?.?

Things to ponder.
 
Hack said:
You knows whats dumb about Star Trek. Aliens are all pretty much the same size with the same bodies.

I think that all the Aliens would have to live on planets with the exact same amount of gravity for that to work. Different size planets would probably make different size beings and different shaped beings.


What if a planet was 100x the size of Earth. Wouldn't the gravity be so great that maybe life wouldn't even be able to develop or maybe life would just be be 100x bigger than Earths?.?

Things to ponder.
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100x bigger or 100x smaller, hard to say. But we can see here on Earth that the colder the climate the larger the animal, in general.
 
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