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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 98 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Can I just say, I don't think Elon Musk would EVER go to Mars. He wants to be on Earth to say "See look, I sent people to Mars".

[–] Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 63 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Of course, life on Mars is going to be a constant minute to minute challenge for survival, and there is no golden parachute over there if things go badly. He will never go.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

And, you know, even if everything works out, all plans that have been suggested for now are one-way trips. I know there are a few people who'd be ready for that, I doubt Musk is one of them.

[–] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Not sure, maybe he is willing to give up all of that, including possibly his own life, to be in history books forever as the first person on Mars.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I can see there being one secret escape pod for the crew of like 12 or so. It would be called The Golden Parachute. And as soon as the slightest problem occurs, he jumps into that shit and rockets back to earth.

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I don't think he's healthy enough to even attempt the journey lol

[–] Vertelleus@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

You should see the other guy

Cohaagen dies

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Is that Elron Moose?

[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nobody expects teenage martians

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Oxygen consumers hate them.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 months ago

When? Sooner than later plz!

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is there not some scientific thing where a human can remain conscious for 10-30 seconds when exposed on Mars unlike the moon/space which is just an instant death? I think he'd have time to get back into the ship

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You actually could have a couple seconds in the hard vacuum of space before you pass out. I've even heard it's more hypoxia that you would die from in space and you should be able to be revived if the exposure was less than a minute or something.

Mars should be less deadly, as long as the sun isn't visible. (No magnetosphere = deadly solar radiation)

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The solar radiation is a long term problem, like not having food. Having no air is a tiny bit more of a "right now" problem.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Solving Long Term Problems, part 4d:

Take off your helmet, eat some ~~moon~~ mars rocks. Have your crewmates revive you and put your helmet back on. Chew, swalloe.

We don't know what happens after that but you might be OK. If you are hungry enough to eat a planet, you're hungry enough for science.

-Cave Johnson

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can't tell if this is an actual Cave Johnson line or not

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think the that’s a beauty of the unhinged beauty of Cave Johnson

Maybe with the bouncy moon rock jelly acting as a diet thing

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The eggheads claim that ingesting repulsion gel causes random, explosive, uncontrollable and agonizing diarrhea. So I told them to figure it out; how are we supposed to sell this stuff as a water substitute with that holding us back?!