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Offline NGTM-1R

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Re: Actual manned mission to Mars in 2018
The real problem?  You can't play DnD with only two people.

That's the reason for the bandwidth.
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Offline The E

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Re: Actual manned mission to Mars in 2018
Lag is a killer though. You'd be forced to PBEM pretty soon.
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Re: Actual manned mission to Mars in 2018
Clearly they just need a crapton of Lego and a whole lot of RPing imagination
And yet somehow, someone will still step on a piece without a doubt
"No"

 

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What if she gets pregnant?

 

Offline redsniper

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What if she gets pregnant?

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Tito says he's looking for a man and a woman — preferably a married couple beyond childbearing years. Cosmic Log's Alan Boyle says what everyone's thinking: "We're talking about sex in space, folks." Hot, hetero, middle-aged space sex.

Hopefully, they'll pick someone who can't, so we can just avoid the issue entirely.
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Re: Actual manned mission to Mars in 2018
Just the idea of zero-g sex makes me laugh. Just the thought of certain..."Fluids" floating back up into ones face makes me both laugh and gag at the same time.
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Offline General Battuta

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Re: Actual manned mission to Mars in 2018
Just the idea of zero-g sex makes me laugh. Just the thought of certain..."Fluids" floating back up into ones face makes me both laugh and gag at the same time.

People are really unattractive in zero-G because fluids don't drain properly in the body so everyone gets puffy and smelly.

 

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Sex with gas masks
"No"

  

Offline Dilmah G

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Re: Actual manned mission to Mars in 2018
Just the idea of zero-g sex makes me laugh. Just the thought of certain..."Fluids" floating back up into ones face makes me both laugh and gag at the same time.

People are really unattractive in zero-G because fluids don't drain properly in the body so everyone gets puffy and smelly.
Way to kill my fantasies, bro. :(

Anyway, this thread has motivated me to do some reading on this, but I do agree with Mongoose to some extent. This is an awfully expensive and nasty (for the couple involved) proof of concept that we can send someone around Mars, isn't it? Especially with not as much of a research bent as there could be.

 

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Re: Actual manned mission to Mars in 2018
Just the idea of zero-g sex makes me laugh. Just the thought of certain..."Fluids" floating back up into ones face makes me both laugh and gag at the same time.

People are really unattractive in zero-G because fluids don't drain properly in the body so everyone gets puffy and smelly.
Way to kill my fantasies, bro. :(
Don't worry, there's still SpaceShipTwo.  You'll be able to get four minutes' worth of weightlessness for a minimum of expense.

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Anyway, this thread has motivated me to do some reading on this, but I do agree with Mongoose to some extent. This is an awfully expensive and nasty (for the couple involved) proof of concept that we can send someone around Mars, isn't it? Especially with not as much of a research bent as there could be.
You're forgetting that plenty of research will be involved in putting together the life support systems, radiation shields, etc., as well as psychological and physiological accommodation.


Incidentally, I've been keeping my eye out for any attempts to fly this in Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator, and sure enough, one of the intrepid modders at the Orbiter forum is on the case.  He's already done it with the Delta Glider, and he's going to make an attempt with the Dragon and Falcon Heavy this weekend.

 

Offline Dilmah G

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Re: Actual manned mission to Mars in 2018
Four minutes is plenty of time! :P

And that's true, I am forgetting that. But do you think this mission is maximising utility in terms of what could be efficiently achieved?

 

Offline redsniper

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Probably not, and while I love efficiency, I'd rather see something just get done than us just keep piddling around waiting for.... something.
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Offline Dilmah G

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That's fair enough. The sooner we get to Mars, the better, I suppose!

 

Offline Goober5000

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Re: Actual manned mission to Mars in 2018
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Inspiration Mars released the results of their architecture study today, in testimony to the House Subcommittee on Space.

Press Release
Testimony to Congress
Architecture Study Report
Architecture Study Fact Sheet

It uses a Cygnus spacecraft to provide the electrical power, avionics, and habitation volume; an Orion to provide the re-entry craft; a commercial crew launch to provide the astronauts; and the SLS rocket to launch the whole thing toward Mars.