captaincranky
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You people realize that they sell cryogenic "funerals" for well to do individuals who, "may possibly be awoken later", (but we don't have the tech for that now), in a glorious future when we have developed a cure for the fatal illness they have now, blah, blah, blah. I think they even cut the heads off. What's up with that?It has nothing to do with money - we literally do not have the technology to support such a mission, and Mars One has no idea how to manage the logistics. Something as simple as growing crops on Mars would kill the crews there in less than three months due to atmospheric imbalances (the plants would produce too much oxygen,) and we currently lack the means to filter out the oxygen whilst keeping the nitrogen needed to maintain air pressure. This is only one among many different concerns that are likely to kill off any crew attempting to colonize Mars.
No pressure suits suitable for use on the surface of Mars have been developed, no actual inflatable habitats have been produced, no ISRU system (needed for any part of the mission to succeed,) has been even designed, no crew transfer vehicle has been developed, no testing has been done to ensure crews can maintain enough bone and muscle mass to function on Mars after the long journey there, Mars One has been found to be unable to calculate the right number of *calories* for it's crews, and any/all booked launches and supposed partnerships with various companies have been found to be questionable at best.
Life isn't science fiction, and we can't just "magic" these things into existence. They'll need years of development to be considered safe for usage, they'll need to undergo testing to ensure they're safe for launch on the multi-million dollar rockets they'll be riding up on, they'll need unmanned test runs which themselves will need literally years to verify their functionality, then you'll need to actually build the surface and orbital architecture needed for such a mission.
I'd be surprised if we manage it in the next 30 years - thinking it'll only take them 9 goes far and beyond wishful thinking.
If people will buy into that crap, they'll buy into anything. And no, I seriously doubt that teleportation will ever be possible either.
What does it take, 15 minutes, to set up an LLC and start begging on "Kickstarter", for money? This is the same BS fraud, on a larger scale.
And now I'm off to smoke some spice and try my hand at "folding space"