eh, even then...Blitz wrote:Unless your dream man decides to go there.
Win a trip to Mars!
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So much fail.Termite wrote: IF GOD WANTED PEOPLE TO LIVE ON MARS HE WOULD HAVE PUT THEM THERE.
It is not so much winning a competition, as it is being selected in a very elaborate interview process. I am definitely going to apply even though I know I will likely not make it past the first stage. This is one of the biggest contributions one could make to humanity, and I am shocked that so many of you are appalled at the idea.
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Yeah right.Jesus' Princess wrote:eh, even then...Blitz wrote:Unless your dream man decides to go there.
Oh? It sounded to me like a ‘real life consequences’ version of AGT: The world watches the potential groups and votes to advance ‘favorites’ or whatever. If it’s more structured, that’s good.31899 wrote:It is not so much winning a competition, as it is being selected in a very elaborate interview process.
Are you really? I could see having a different view on it, but being shocked? It seems pretty unshocking to me to not want to leave the relative certainty of life on Earth to go on an experimental project into the ultimate unknown.31899 wrote:This is one of the biggest contributions one could make to humanity, and I am shocked that so many of you are appalled at the idea.
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I'm appalled at you being shocked! God said to populate the earth, not other planets! They would be perfectly inhabitable if we were supposed to be there.31899 wrote:So much fail.Termite wrote: IF GOD WANTED PEOPLE TO LIVE ON MARS HE WOULD HAVE PUT THEM THERE.
It is not so much winning a competition, as it is being selected in a very elaborate interview process. I am definitely going to apply even though I know I will likely not make it past the first stage. This is one of the biggest contributions one could make to humanity, and I am shocked that so many of you are appalled at the idea.
blah blah blah, humor alert, etc. etc. chill out, dude.
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no, if God wanted people to explore the vast reaches of his creation he would have equipped them with the fascination and incredible ingenuity they would need to get to other planets. You're looking at this the wrong way. >_>Termite wrote:IF GOD WANTED PEOPLE TO LIVE ON MARS HE WOULD HAVE PUT THEM THERE.Jelly wrote:You guys are insane. It sound like you're casually considering a trip overseas or something. >_>
This is MARS we're talking about.
MARS.
A NEW PLANET.
Awesome, this is refreshing to hear.Taps wrote:I am SO with Jelly here. Maybe it's just cause I'm bored right now, but to have the chance to be the first human to explore a whole new planet... it gives me chills.
lol, this is brutal.radgeek wrote:If humans keep going there we will need to send missionaries one day if the Lord tarries.
Exactly. In fact, it's a fairly disheartening, because it's a reminder of how far too many people have become so wrapped up in their ideas of comfort and safety that they'd rather ignore their God-given desire to 'go forth' and participate in new experiences, explore His creation and dwell in endless fascination. The core of man's spirit is to experience new things! Why we should we, as Christians, only consider things like "possibly sending missionaries" with such a reluctant attitude? If we claim pure faith in the Christian God for ourselves, we should have the attitude of pioneers, leading the way in culture, science, philosophy and, yes, space exploration. Lately the Church has been pathetic in this regard.31899 wrote:This is one of the biggest contributions one could make to humanity, and I am shocked that so many of you are appalled at the idea.
THAT'S RIGHT, I'M TALKING TO YA'LL.
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Yeah we need to go out explore dominate the world. Get out of our comfort zone. Not that it is a comfort zone. We build around ourselves a false sense of security while living on mars is just about as dangerous as Earth in a round about way.
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I just don't see going to Mars as useful. I would rather see Christians pressing to cure cancer, starting addiction ministries, starting a ministry to the LGBT community (what I'm trying to do). Yes, we need to do knew things but we have to ask why are we doing them. Are we doing it just because we want to or is it something God wanted of us? I would love to be the first person on Mars but God has called me to something here on earth.
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[/joke]Jelly wrote:no, if God wanted people to explore the vast reaches of his creation he would have equipped them with the fascination and incredible ingenuity they would need to get to other planets. You're looking at this the wrong way. >_>Termite wrote:IF GOD WANTED PEOPLE TO LIVE ON MARS HE WOULD HAVE PUT THEM THERE.Jelly wrote:You guys are insane. It sound like you're casually considering a trip overseas or something. >_>
This is MARS we're talking about.
MARS.
A NEW PLANET.
Srsly, guys. You ruin all my fun.
...though I still think it's odd, personally. xP Yes, I'd rather stay in my comfort with the little kiddies I can minister to and thus reach their families than go to a foreign planet. Yes, man is ingenious, but if he's not careful he might just try building another tower to Heaven. All the power to him, though; I'd like to count the stairs on that one. ^_^
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@ Jelly:
I understand what you’re saying, and I’m not saying otherwise. I am totally behind people who want to do this doing it, my point was only that you shouldn’t be incredulous that not everyone falls into that group. If someone personally doesn’t find this attractive, that’s their choice and shouldn’t be hard to understand. As I said, it’s such a radically unknown endeavor that it’s only natural for a majority of people not to jump at it. The idea of space travel freaks me out, I would never ever do it, even if we got to the point where it was safely opened to the public for causal flights. That doesn’t mean I’m against the idea, I would simply never do it myself.
-- 09 May 2013 05:00 pm --
78,000 people have applied so far.
-- 11 Feb 2019 05:46 pm --
The project may or may not now be cancelled.
An account of some of what's happened between the original announcement and now.
Not on this mission, this is one way only. That’s apparently what makes it feasible.Humby wrote:Would I get back to earth before I died?
@ Jelly:
I understand what you’re saying, and I’m not saying otherwise. I am totally behind people who want to do this doing it, my point was only that you shouldn’t be incredulous that not everyone falls into that group. If someone personally doesn’t find this attractive, that’s their choice and shouldn’t be hard to understand. As I said, it’s such a radically unknown endeavor that it’s only natural for a majority of people not to jump at it. The idea of space travel freaks me out, I would never ever do it, even if we got to the point where it was safely opened to the public for causal flights. That doesn’t mean I’m against the idea, I would simply never do it myself.
-- 09 May 2013 05:00 pm --
78,000 people have applied so far.
The project may or may not now be cancelled.
Well, this is deeply disappointing.
Haha, good thing my future plans didn't depend on this trip too much.
Haha, good thing my future plans didn't depend on this trip too much.