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To go where no man has gone before....and not come back
By johncoby@sbcglobal.net (John Coby), Bay Area HoustonThis is a absolutely ridiculous idea, one the Houston Chronicle shouldn't be advancing:
The concept of a one-way mission to Mars has circulated among space buffs for years, with a Houston-based former NASA engineer, James C. McLane III, among its chief champions. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin has endorsed the plan.
Relieving NASA of the need to send fuel and rocketry to blast humans off the Martian surface, which has slightly more than twice the gravity of the moon, would actually reduce costs by about a factor of 10, by some estimates.There are enough problems facing NASA just getting to Mars such as radiation exposure, the one year trip to Mars and back, the ability to sustain life on the surface, the funding, as well as the fuel to leave the surface, but to suggest a one way trip is just irresponsible.
In this option, failure is an option.
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