Mars-one

[Endeavour]

Space is not the Americas. Going to Mars is nothing like crossing the Atlantic. Emigrants who left Europe for America knew that they could grow plants, hunt animals, breath, drink water... It would be easier to colonize the bottom of the oceans or Antarctica than to live on Mars.

I disagree that colonizing the bottom of the oceans would be any easier. It would be the complete opposite, dealing with super high pressures as opposed to super low pressures. And the bottom of the oceans are boring, being all dark and stuff.

[Kryten]

It would be the complete opposite, dealing with super high pressures as opposed to super low pressures. And the bottom of the oceans are boring, being all dark and stuff.

True, but the bottom of the ocean isn\'t constantly bathed in ionising radiation, and isn\'t millions of kilometres away, which balances it out somewhat.

[Johno]

I disagree that colonizing the bottom of the oceans would be any easier. It would be the complete opposite, dealing with super high pressures as opposed to super low pressures. And the bottom of the oceans are boring, being all dark and stuff.

Robert Ballard would disagree with you there.

He believes (and he\'d know!) that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, and that we\'re only now starting to realise the wonders that lurk in the deep areas.

[Endeavour]

Robert Ballard would disagree with you there.

He believes (and he\'d know!) that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, and that we\'re only now starting to realise the wonders that lurk in the deep areas.

Well that makes sense. We can see the surface of the Moon with our eyes. We can\'t see the bottom of the ocean.

[LukeTim]

Whilst this is a lovely idea, and I would love to see it happen, I am not so sure it is feasible in the time-frame they have set. Getting a base built on mars and then a crew there by 2023 seems pretty short notice... especially since this project has apparently only been in existence since 'early 2011'.