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A former Canadian astronaut who holds the Canadian space endurance record with 204 days in orbit, Robert Thirsk, mentioned in a statement issued on Friday that sending humans to colonize Mars would be a suicide mission. Thirsk alleged that a private Netherlands-based group’s plan to send 24 people to settle the red planet in a decade is a death wish.
Thirsk shared that he spent much of his six-month period repairing equipment, like CO2 scrubbers and the craft’s toilet, aboard the International Space Station in 2009. He added that his experience doesn’t give him much confidence in Mars One’s plans. Thirsk stated that “I don’t think we’re ready … we don’t yet have the reliable technology to support a one-way trip to Mars” and so “it’s naive to think we’re ready to colonize Mars — it’d be a suicide mission.”
A 31-year-old short-listed candidate for the Mars One project, Calgarian Zac Trolley, alleged that Thirsk’s comments are “absolutely ridiculous.” He said that “It’s not a suicide mission. It sounds like you’re intending to die and no one wants to put themselves in harm’s way and intentionally die.” According to Trolley, any form of space travel comes with risks, recalling that the lunar module Eagle was never tested before it first touched down on the Moon in 1969. Trolley added that he respects Thirsk’s expertise and expects to meet him at an International Space University course this summer in Montreal because “I want to hear about the problems he’s had working on the space station and fix them, find solutions.”
Yep. and they signed up for it. They may die on blast off, en route, on entry, on landing, or sometime after all of those things. maybe when they’re 75 years old of congenital heart disease. but they sure will die. in fact, the mortality rate of every human being, without exception is 100% 🙂