/sci/ - Science & Math

Yes.

>>5704250

>>5704258
OH SHIT I'VE NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN

But yeah my application video should be up by tomorrow if not tonight, I'm just having severe butterflies (as this is kinda the most important job interview of my life)

>>5704265
How will you deal with a lifetime of crushing loneliness?

I don't think I can imagine anything more depressing than leaving all your loved ones behind to go and die on an uninhabited rock in space with a bunch of other fucking weirdos

>>5704269
There'll be 23 to 39 other contestants from the Mars One launches, and while the lightspeed lag will be intolerable I'd always have my friends on Earth.
On the more optimistic side, Elon Musk has stated that he wishes to put an 80,000-strong colony on the red planet, and also mentioned he wants to retire there. Considering the metric fucktonnes of money Tesla Motors will make in the 2020s, not to mention Dragon + Grasshopper from SpaceX working out, this is entirely possible.

>>5704337
You. Pic related.

>>5704433
Isn't it glorious?

>>5704337

What's entirely possible instead is that there's no shortage of rubes like you for sharpies like Musk to take advantage of.

Tesla Motors produces a niche product that must remain a niche product for sound economic reasons. You can't electrify the USA automobile fleet. Period. It's unaffordable. Only cheap gasoline allowed us to afford it, and once that disappears, nothing can replace it.

Is there any hope for I, the common man, to be able to head along for the voyage? Or will only the best and brightest and wealthy be able to go?

>>5704433

>>5704557

>>5704537
Was asleep, and you can continue thinking that battery technology does not advance, does not get cheaper, does not charge faster, and that there's no lithium mine in Bolivia about to open up. Just more money for the rest of us.

>>5704542
No requirement for any expertise, they train you before you go. Just got to be "mature and interesting."

It says free from psychiatric disorders, which I find retarded. Of course you don't want somebody stabbing you for a slight but ANY disorders? Even a bit of a sour mood at times? People with that mild shit can be amazing in terms of creativity, humour etc with a great get-shit-done attitude!

>>5705271
Is PDD-NOS a psychiatric disorder?

>>5705319
I don't fucking know, is schizotypal a disorder?

Fucking gay, you actually have to pay 22 euros to be able to apply to throw your life away in a selfless quest to advance humanity.

I mean that kinda shit should have at least a few perks and freebies right?

>>5705363
Uhhhhh, getting to be one of the first people on another planet isn't enough for you? Getting to be the first artist on it, musician, etc.?

>>5705363
Y-Y-YOU
DENSE MOTHERFUCKER

>>5705205
>Just got to be "mature and interesting."


Welp, we're fucked.

>>5705271
It's just a clause so they can turn down whoever they want. They probably already have people selected and they're just using the entries as a means of gaining interest for ratings when they televise it.

>>5705404
>getting to be one of the first people to die on another planet isn't enough for you?

I'd imagine not.

I'd probably open the air locks and kill everyone if I had to live in a a clusterfucking crowded space with a bunch of normals and women.

fuck that shit, there's like an eight minute communications delay, how am i supposed to play WoW with that much lag?

>>5705931
>fuckin' laggy ass martians ruining the game
>USE YOUR OWN DAMN SERVERS YOU FUCKIN' ALIENS

>>5705931

The best part is they consider you their employee, which implies that they'd pay you.

But you wouldn't be able to spend any of your money on anything because you're 8 months away from the nearest UPS

>>5705931
Well at least you are not australian

>>5705935
Oh and the company owns the settlement, which means you're just helping spread corporate interests to other planets. Not human interests.

>>5705935
They pay you in oxygen.

alternatively
>UPS is proud to unveil our new interplanetary delivery system
>over year shipping available
>shipping fee of only 100 payments of $999.99!

>>5705945
>They pay you in oxygen.

>let's just dispense with the formalities and just out right state that you're only alive at the whims of your corporate masters

Yea... no.

So what. You're on fucking Mars. You don't need money, especially if it's a one-way trip. No one in that colony needs money, every single person depends on one another and their skills to survive in this situation. Money wouldn't be a concern. You all work together to build shit for the good of yourself and those around you.

>tfw Mars will be the dawning of a perfect society
>until enough Earthlings come along and fuck it up

>>5705963
what? It goes to 82. They are planning to send people in 10 years, anybody that's 82 would be in their 90's by then, they don't want to exclude a chance to have older people as part of the program to see what happens if they manage to get an old person to the red planet in one piece, but they aren't going to let on people in their 90's because in 10 years there is a good chance they won't make it to 100

>>5706020

Some form of energy based currency would arise I'm sure.

Energy is the currency of biology anyway.

>>5706026
they plan to send the first four in 2022 and 4 people every 8 months afterwards. the last 4 would be leaving by 2029 and arriving by 2030. people who are 82 now could be 97 by the time they get there

all of this is a moot point, people doing this kinda shit have to be in peak physical condition. can you imagine how much radiation they will be exposed to? old organisms tend to have a very adverse reaction to high amounts of radiation

>>5706086
So you're saying that all of the martians will gain superpowers?

What about reproduction on Mars? I feel bad for any kids born into that colony.

>>5704176
this is what i think will happen
>first launch arrives successfully
>second launch successful
>people almost there
>solar flare hits them
>they are iradiated
>blinded instantly
>die within hours
>cameras always on
>sensationalist news broadcasts and overplays their deaths and suffering
>team that is already on mars gets no supplies
>food that was coming is all irradiated
>mars people slowly starve to death
>news creates more bad pr
>sponsors get mad because of all the bad publicity
>funding is pulled
>tfw no mars colony

>>5706105
You know we can predict solar flares decades in advance right?
And that they only come out on specific vectors?

>>5705921
you are not welcome on mars sir

>>5706105
>the money poured into the program causes an international economic crisis
>governments get paranoid
>new cold war, with more factions participating
>new space race
>everyone goes to mars
>everyone

No because I don't think Mars One is serious, or if it is serious, then I don't think they will ever go. Elon Musk is our only hope for the near future.

>>5706110
>decades in advance
lel

>Think about it
>It might actually give meaning to my life
>I am too lazy to actually try hard enough to make an impressive enough application to actually be chosen.

>implying the company won't just "truman show" the whole thing for entertainment value

Yes I am.

holy fuck are you niggas serious? Is /sci/ now populated entirely by the board migrants who come to ask stupid questions and for help on their homework? ARE YOU ACTUALLY TAKING THIS SHIT EVEN THE LEAST BIT SERIOUSLY?

>>5706502

no