Would you colonize Mars?

[Lord George]

But there might be space moneys, terrifying space monkeys.

I wouldn't mind exploring and colonising a new frontier, though I don't think I could cope on a ship for the however many years it would take to get there.

 

[Zhalath]

Now, it'd be an interesting study, to create an entirely new society on a new planet. I'd be for it, as long as it's affordable (relatively).

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Sure I'd go

As long as I get to be a tech Preist like this guy

Grr I'm scary and I'm in 40k

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Depends. How fast is the internet on Mars?

 

[MrGseff]

I would colonize the fuck out of mars!

 

[Satin6T]

I wouldn't, mars bars arent that delicious

 

[RanD00M]

No.To much of a hassle.

 

[coldshadow]

If I could have what ever supplies sent to me and somehow the internet, I would.

 

[Bloody Crimson]

If they terraformed it within my lifetime and my friends came with me, yeah. Just don't give us the modern-day governments where it takes 3 fuckin' years to do one thing because of constant debates.
All you have to do is make sure no republicans go to Mars with me.

 

[RagingScottsman]

Haven't you played any red faction game? Fuck that, man.

 

[toapat]

So Mars can be just as bad as Earth?

I say we should send people to colonize mars, but their IQ has to be over 120.

So we won't make the same mistakes... even if IQ doesn't show anything.

IQ doesnt show anything.

 

[Rancid0ffspring]

Won't happen in our life time. Most that will happen in our childrens life time is a manned Mission. An actual colony? 2 maybe 300 years. Unless, of course, Weyland Yutani starts creating atmosphere processors & uber fast ships derived from a Predators shoulder cannon

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I would gladly migrate to Mars!

I have nothing against Earth or the people OF Earth but thanks to sci-fi books, games and, movies [Star Wars] I would jump at the chance to live in/on another planet or some sort of orbital colony. Besides, the people who first land on Mars long term will be teraforming the planet anyway. There will be polar colonies, melting the glaciers and other colonies in charge of making Martian soil hospitable to the 'alien' plant life we'll be bringing with us.

I am not a farmer and I'm sure the process of melting ice will be a lot more difficult than I make it sound to be [and even if it isn't, the scientists sent to do it will likely have to have degrees OUT THE ASS to do it]

I honestly don't know what I would do if I were sent. By the time people can start being airlifted to Mars I'll likely be a doddering old man unable to do anything other than being a drain on what's left of Social Security ... assuming it's still there I suppose ...

 

[T3chn0s1s]

I'd like to think this is how the discussion went with the first pioneers in the new world, back in the big E.

"Uhm, can we drink the water there?"
"Yes honey, we can drink the water..."
"DO THEY EVEN HAVE AIR?! WHAT ABOUT THE DRAGONS?"
"I heard the Indians killed the dragons."
"Why did you call them Indians? Didn't we establish that it's not India, that's why we're settling there?"
"Well what the heck do you say we call them? 'New Worldians'? That's stupid."
"How about Americans?"
"BURN THE WITCH!"


EDIT: OT: I would like to go up AFTER project roanoke if that's okay.

 

[DarkLordofDevon]

I know I would personally. It would be like an opportunity to rewrite the world - to break free of everything about human society and culture, and start again from scratch. I think it would be incredibly freeing.

You do realise it would be a glorified extension of Earth right? Unless there was an uprising with significantly more power than a fledgling Mars could produce, Mars will just be another piece of the same humanity found back on Earth. Culture will be the same. Society will be the same. If we can't change on Earth, we sure as hell can't change on Mars.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

Only if I get a badass hammer and impossibly retarded police force.

 

[Acidwell]

This seems a bad idea.
Its you and 19 other people according to that article. You would go insane if all you saw for the rest of your life was the same 19 people. Also there is no way it would be a fresh start away from all of humanities divides because you would still be humans with all your personal baggage. On top of that, in the interest of fairness and balance, it would be the most diverse group possible. Therefore the 19 others would more than likely have nothing in common at all with you making being with them for the rest of your life even worse

 

[Gebi10000]

I'd send someone else to colonize to have a fallback plan in case capitalism fucks up the earth(which will happen in the next 50 years if nothing happens)

 

[person427]

For the past 2 years I've been planning how I can get there first and monitor who arrives after. So, yes.