Could you leave Earth forever?

[AyumiAmakusa]

So I just read about NASA planning to send people to Mars for 'free' but the catch was that it was a one-way ticket so you essentially live out the rest of your life on Mars.

http://www.newser.com/story/103953/n...hem-there.html

It got me thinking. Would anyone here be willing to give up their lives on Earth and fly to Mars? To give up friends, family, career, *gasp* DDO, that one shop in Italy that sells the best pasta, etc.

Sure Earth has a lot of troubles. War, famine, crime, poverty, etc. But could that make you leave Earth? What do you guys think?

[Lorien_the_First_One]

You would have to be a little insane to be willing to be stranded forever on a planet with no hope of rescue, no guarentee of survival, and no ability to ever live in anything other than a little artificial box.

[Oolung]

As I read the brief article I thought of the movie "Total Recall" >_<

Let's hope that if it does go into effect it doesn't happen like that...

[Teldurn]

As I read the brief article I thought of the movie "Total Recall" >_<

Let's hope that if it does go into effect it doesn't happen like that...

Do we get aliens with three tatas?

[Llewndyn]

As I read the brief article I thought of the movie "Total Recall" >_<

Let's hope that if it does go into effect it doesn't happen like that...

If it was like total recall I would definitely go, if only for the 3 boobed chicks. My wife said the same thing. Zing!

[Cauthey]

If it was like total recall I would definitely go, if only for the 3 boobed chicks. My wife said the same thing. Zing!

+1 for having a wife that approves of another woman with three breasts.

[zorander6]

As long as Turbine sent a server for us to run DDO on I'd go.


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[NaturalHazard]

As I read the brief article I thought of the movie "Total Recall" >_<

Let's hope that if it does go into effect it doesn't happen like that...

Leave earth????? Hellssss no!!! but if there where chicks with 3 boobies?!!!!!!........ errrrm i might think about it!!!!/.......... just kidding

[FlyingTurtle]

You would have to be a little insane to be willing to be stranded forever on a planet with no hope of rescue, no guarentee of survival, and no ability to ever live in anything other than a little artificial box.

And. No. Internet. Connection. *screams*

[Lorien_the_First_One]

And. No. Internet. Connection. *screams*

Wait wait wait wait... Are you saying I'd have to quit DDO? Ok, definately out then!

[dranreb]

I saw that earlier today.

Really, it's not likely to happen anytime soon.

My first thought when I read it was 'what about the children?' Since it's supposed to be a permanent, or at least 100-year mission, is it really fair to procreate? The volunteers wouldn't just be dooming themselves. I think I have a problem with that.

[MartinusWyllt]

... Since it's supposed to be a permanent, or at least 100-year mission, is it really fair to procreate?....

I'm betting your point has been made in considering moving to the New World, exile to Australia...all the way back to considering another patch of grass across the river...(there were supposed to be monsters there or something else to make it formidable).

It is a good question to raise. Overall, though, fair does not matter because nothing about life is really all that fair much of the time.

While I would have to seriously consider a 4-5 year mission (in the role of astrobiologist) I would not consider a permanent mission.

[Samadhi]

I saw that earlier today.

Really, it's not likely to happen anytime soon.

My first thought when I read it was 'what about the children?' Since it's supposed to be a permanent, or at least 100-year mission, is it really fair to procreate? The volunteers wouldn't just be dooming themselves. I think I have a problem with that.

Is it any colder than bringing children into many of the circumstances people do so on this world?

[kinar]

And. No. Internet. Connection. *screams*

not necessarily....ever heard of DTN?

http://www.dtnrg.org/wiki

now, we aren't exactly talking about broadband access pr anything but it could feasably act as intergalactic snail mail

[Sethasoigh]

As i sit here getting yelled at by two little girls, this NASA mission looks just right.

[AyumiAmakusa]

not necessarily....ever heard of DTN?

http://www.dtnrg.org/wiki

now, we aren't exactly talking about broadband access pr anything but it could feasably act as intergalactic snail mail

Talk about super-lag. If playing DDO from the other side of Earth wasn't laggy enough, think of the lag involved if you play from Mars!

[Lithic]

Talk about super-lag. If playing DDO from the other side of Earth wasn't laggy enough, think of the lag involved if you play from Mars!

You would have a ping somewhere in the 1000000ms range. Not to mention about 90000% loss

[Aaxeyu]

You would have to be a little insane to be willing to be stranded forever on a planet with no hope of rescue, no guarentee of survival, and no ability to ever live in anything other than a little artificial box.

Sounds alot like earth:P

[EddieB_TBC]

I'd go in a heartbeat. And while I doubt my wife would go I do believe she would understand. If I won a lottery I'd be in the queue to get a ride to the ISS from the Russians so freaking fast it'd make heads spin. To actually get to go, fly, and live out there regardless of it being 6 months, 6 years, or until I drop dead would be... just, sadly, nearly unimaginable.

[donfilibuster]

Earth diseases are probably more dangerous to mars. Is an old discussion not just a sci-fi thing.

Btw, those calculating latency note that unless you are on autoattack the data makes a two way trip, so the times are double.

Now i wonder if martians begin to play ddo would they'd be complaining about the nerfs?