Phil's Old Blog

Now, the problem as I see it is this. To go to Mars, you have to take enough stuff with you to keep the astronuts alive throughout the voyage out, the visit period and the return flight. You also have to take enough fuel and technology to be able to lift off from Mars.

Well, what if you don't want to return? That reduces the payload by probably miles more than half. So, what you do is ask for volunteers from the scientific community from people who are ....getting on. Tell them straight....."Look, one day you are going to die....just like all of us. Well, why not die on Mars? Wouldn't that be cool?" That way, they can go on the mission, undertake all sorts of scientific work when they are there, then eventually....die. How proud we'd be of them, giving their lives in the cause of extending the knowledge base of humanity.

If nothing else, it would make for a good movie plot.

I would like to name this hypothesis, "Phil's Mars Visit Theory".©®™