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I was wondering the same thing…also, what does the gravity differential mean to the recovery process?

Tenpoundbass says

Who's gonna wheel them around when they get to Mars?

Likely some exoskeleton suite like used in some warehouses to lift heavy objects. Even then the recovery will be for Mars gravity only, so no coming back to Earth, especially after another year of no gravity return space flight. If Mars is colonized and not just short term visited, it will be colonized with being we engineer to live in the Martian environment.

The only thing that the idiotic space station has proven is humans cannot withstand being in space for very long.

I'm not anti-science, not anti-exploration, but I have a clue; humans evolved on earth, and our bodies cannot live long away from it.

Nobody is going to live on Mars because it lacks something needed to grow plants; nitrogen.

People make assumptions based on artist drawings of greenhouses on Mars; it's not gonna happen.

Wait, maybe humans can live on some bacterial slime compressed into something edible; like tempeh?

Another pesky problem is they don't know how to make structures and suits that can protect people from the cosmic rays (dangerous radiation) which is 700x greater in space away from the earth's protective magnetic field.

I suppose everyone on Mars will just live underground, tending their bacteria or mushroom farms; sounds like fun, doesn't it?

If you want to live on Mars, just go to Antarctica instead; it's not quite as cold but it's a good substitute.

Although I think Musk is funny and clever sometimes, I don't believe his bullshit.

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Leaving on a trip for a cruise tonight. I'll be able to walk, but it won't look normal or feel normal when I return. Usually takes 48 hours. 9 months in space and no gravity is a whole different animal. Not using your legs with weight on them is massive atrophy.

They were doing a drop and shit went south. You have to train for months to be on the ISS.

Mars is likely not happening unless they find minerals. Otherwise there's no point. It's not habitable unless you like living in misery. Possible, sure, fun, nope. You'd have to send 30-40 starships at the same time for it to be realistic and not die on the planet.

If they have antigravidic vehicles already, Musk might already have been to Mars in a Nazi Haunebu from Anarctica. He seem awfully confident.

clambo says

The only thing that the idiotic space station has proven is humans cannot withstand being in space for very long.

Need to do the spin gravity for long term trips.

They were only supposed to be up for 10 days, not the better part of a year.

ElYorsh says

April Fool's Joke

HeadSet says

April Fool's Joke

Yup. But at his age why not? Jokes tend to be genuine and real from the person making them.

This is not a joke. If I ever had a terminal illness after watching my dad die, I'd take copious amounts of heroin and overdose. Why not shoot off to Mars? Bring a needle that will kill you if you're not having a good time and be a legacy.

I'd rather die in space than here. Musk needs to start space funerals. He's missing a market. lol.

WookieMan says

Musk needs to start space funerals.

Just say the last rights and then open the air lock. Maybe newlyweds could have a HoneyEarth on the Moon.

I'm kind of excited about the possibility of recovering the water and atmosphere that used to be on Mars.

- melt the frozen CO₂ in its polar ice caps and underground to thicken the atmosphere
- use engineered organisms convert CO₂ into oxygen and biomass
- melt the water in its polar ice caps and ship it to the equator

Might take a while.

Going to Mars is basically living in a tin can on the way there, while there and on the way back. Thanks, but no thanks.

RWSGFY says

Going to Mars is basically living in a tin can on the way there, while there and on the way back. Thanks, but no thanks.

Like the sailors who live on a submarine for months at a time.

Unlike the submarine sailors, if you come out of the tin at the surface you'll die.

RWSGFY says

Going to Mars is basically living in a tin can on the way there, while there and on the way back. Thanks, but no thanks.

Not for me either, but there are people that will do it. Ultimately it's fame and recognition. Paid interviews and probably a media job at minimum if you make it back. I'd bet they're a million people that would take the risk. I'm just fine here.

HeadSet says

Like the sailors who live on a submarine for months at a time.

Good comparison, but you have to factor in gravity. They're not going to be able to walk is my understanding after that many months in space. A sub you walk normally. And I'm sure there are devices that can help with that, but if you can barely walk or move after landing there, you're basically dead.

RWSGFY says

Going to Mars is basically living in a tin can on the way there, while there and on the way back. Thanks, but no thanks.

I'd rather live in a van! Down by the river!

Patrick says

I'm kind of excited about the possibility of recovering the water and atmosphere that used to be on Mars.

Mars does not have the gravity to hold such an atmosphere and never did. Remember, Mars sometimes gets up to 70 decrees F so any frozen CO2 or water would already be in the atmosphere. Titan can hold its thick methane atmosphere because it is 295 degrees below zero F.

Venus would be a better choice as we could engineer a kelp like plant to live floating in the clouds and start converting all that CO2 to oxygen and carbon. That would be a quick fix, but it would a good start for colonization generations from now.

https://interestingengineering.com/space/vast-ice-reservoir-found-under-mars-equator

ars may be hiding a vast stash of water beneath the Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF) near its equator.

This ice-rich deposit could be the largest known water reservoir in this part of Mars, with an estimated volume comparable to Earth’s Red Sea.

If melted, it has the potential to flood the entire planet in nine feet of water, scientists say.

Maga_Chaos_Monkey says

RWSGFY says

Going to Mars is basically living in a tin can on the way there, while there and on the way back. Thanks, but no thanks.

I'd rather live in a van! Down by the river!

It's called vanlife!

I see a good market for 'Mars Skin Moisturizer'. "Takes the wrinkles out of wizened female astronauts."