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steve <stephen.colbourne at (no spam) comsuper.gov.au> wrote:

Two teams one from the USA, one made up from a selection of other
countries (EU Russia,Japan, China) are sent to Mars.
The winner is the team that survives the longest.
Sponsership and advertising should cover the costs.
If both teams can survive for a year they will be brought back to
Earth where fame and talk shows will guarantee them riches and a
place
in history.

Any takers ?

Better yet, a few weeks into the mission send a message that war
between the nations has broken out, and cut communications.

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total shit. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between
us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

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In article
dc712824-183c-4729-9d49-91bc4f7bb88e at (no spam) k10g2000prm.googlegroups.com>,
steve <stephen.colbourne at (no spam) comsuper.gov.au> wrote:

Two teams one from the USA, one made up from a selection of other
countries (EU Russia,Japan, China) are sent to Mars.
The winner is the team that survives the longest.
Sponsership and advertising should cover the costs.
If both teams can survive for a year they will be brought back to
Earth where fame and talk shows will guarantee them riches and a place
in history.

Any takers ?

Better yet, a few weeks into the mission send a message that war
between the nations has broken out, and cut communications.

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total shit. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS


Zubrin has been doing analog missions here on Terra
surface. He has a lot from those, does this mean
we are at crunch time for doing full-term analog
missions here, no matter what, even if some of the
crew dies? ?? Are we tough enough to do that?

My own thinking is yes, it's time to do those hard
analog missions and yes, we *must* be tough enough
to do it all. At worst, we learn better from a
bad failure here, than if it's out there.

That's two years for an analog Mars and return; it
would cost *far* less than when we actually do it.
And it's a good bet to make the difference between
failure -- and success.

Titeotwawki -- mha [sci.space.policy 2008 May 24]

The Moon Landings were probably working to tighter margins than I am
proposing for Mars.
I dont think the US government would now take the risks they did back
in 1969. I dont think many people refused to watch because of the
danger back then.

The people who volunteer and are chosen for this would not be the
stupid people who appear on Big Brother who are chosen on purpose for
their low intelligence to ensure an entertaining program. They would
be the people with the best chance of survival.
I am proposing a return trip, although there is a good argument for
setting up a permanaent base with no plans for return to Earth.

If we can assume sometime people will visit Mars, surely the more
money available to make it a successful trip the better.
If additional funds can be made available by making it a game show
with product placements, advertising etc. we have increased the
survival chances of the people involved. If national prestige is on
the line as well like in the "Space Race to the Moon" inthe 60's you
will then have a large amount of available resources.
Keep the public involved and they will not mind paying for it.