Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!1.us.feeder.erje.net!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 13:37:16 -0500 Message-ID: <57F0029A.6DCE@ix.netcom.com> Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 11:38:18 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,alt.astronomy Subject: Re: 1st Mars Colonists Should Be 'Prepared to Die,' Elon Musk Says References: <57EEEA3E.5698@ix.netcom.com> <57EF1E4C.2CA6@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 51 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-W5J3E1gQvp4NRS1LrLcAheCCuEA5Wu7Pvc2EdMPfIlD3fsLtraL6/SeWEFruk/8kWQgdn+EQkmVdXlY!EHKPTYca1qH6zWlj+CPS/3+ry7zz8q8QjCDAy9dbxRMdzS6fLP4X7z4CY75xapuqxdfrq2mFzK+Z!YqrovcOpHFg= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2296 Xref: csiph.com rec.arts.sf.written:452580 sci.physics:599058 sci.physics.relativity:394502 alt.astronomy:286433 The Starmaker wrote: > > Serigo wrote: > > > > On 9/30/2016 5:42 PM, The Starmaker wrote: > > > 1st Mars Colonists Should Be 'Prepared to Die,' Elon Musk Says > > > http://www.space.com/34259-elon-musk-first-mars-colonists-prepared-die.html > > > > > > > > > > > > Is he talking about dying before liftoff to Mars??? > > > > > > > no, dying as they get *cooked by radiation* on the surface of Mars. > > you gotta get off the ground first without it blowing up, what are the > odds on that???? > > then you have to hope it doesn't blow up in the sky...what are the odds > on that???? > > Does NASA sell flight insurance??? iwannareadthefineprint So, conclusion is..the only people going to Mars are people who are ...stupid enough, is that correct? I mean, if you ask Elon Musk "Would you go on the first flight to Mars?" He would probably say.. "ARE YOU FUCKIN NUTS! DO YOU THINK I'M FUCKING STUPID!!!" "I'M NOT FUCKIN PREPARED TO DIE!!!!" . . . . . . . . . . . . http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/docs/rogers-commission/Appendix-F.txt