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 Oct 31 2006, 01:42 PM
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Yes, the title says it all.
What would be the major benefits of a mission, let's say, to Mars, with a single crew member. The reduce of weight would one major issue, I guess. Of course it would have to be someone extremely ultra prepared to correspond to the mission demandings, someone covering areas such as geology, biology not to say the technical issues concerning a spaceflight... Against? Isolation?... Maybe by reducing the mission to the minimal accepted period and inducing long periods of sleep during the voyage... Are there any available studies regarding this matter? All the things I've read point to a >1 crew, I would like to see something discussing the one man possibility. -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 31 2006, 04:27 PM
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I agree any space agency proposing a suicide mission would get fried politically. However the idea of a one-person mission raises the intriguing possibility that the solitary crew might undergo some sort of mental process (voices? visions? messianic revelation?) on the trip and simply refuse to return.
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Oct 31 2006, 04:30 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 31 2006, 04:27 PM)  I agree any space agency proposing a suicide mission would get fried politically. However the idea of a one-person mission raises the intriguing possibility that the solitary crew might undergo some sort of mental process (voices? visions? messianic revelation?) on the trip and simply refuse to return. I was saying I would go but not on a one man mission...  About what you're saying we shared some ideas some time ago... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 31 2006, 04:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 31 2006, 04:30 PM) I was saying I would go but not on a one man mission... About what you're saying we shared some ideas some time ago... Thanks, that was indeed an interesting discussion which I did not follow at the time. On a related point an interesting paper on Martian sky colours which was linked somewhere here recently (I'll find it if you want) included speculation that the buff-to-blackish sky tones might induce depression in humans. At any rate the psychological perspective cannot be ignored and would be even more unpredictable and problematic on a one person mission where all the psychological eggs are in one basket, as it were. For that reason alone I doubt if it will be tried. |
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ustrax One Man Crew Oct 31 2006, 01:42 PM
RedSky I haven't heard of a one-man Mars mission.... ... Oct 31 2006, 01:57 PM PhilCo126 Who would wanna go one-way ? An important decision... Oct 31 2006, 02:07 PM
ustrax QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Oct 31 2006, 02:07 PM)... Oct 31 2006, 02:22 PM MarkL One way trips to Mars are a very silly idea. Sick... Oct 31 2006, 04:01 PM ustrax QUOTE (MarkL @ Oct 31 2006, 04:01 PM) One... Oct 31 2006, 04:20 PM climber QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 31 2006, 05:20 PM) Is... Nov 2 2006, 09:22 PM ustrax QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 31 2006, 04:51 PM) (I... Oct 31 2006, 05:09 PM ngunn QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 31 2006, 05:09 PM) Ye... Nov 1 2006, 11:37 AM algorimancer As to the one-way mission concept...
I think one ... Oct 31 2006, 10:00 PM David Back to the original question:
The obvious ups... Nov 1 2006, 01:13 AM lyford QUOTE (David @ Oct 31 2006, 06:13 PM) If ... Nov 2 2006, 04:40 PM nprev QUOTE (lyford @ Nov 2 2006, 08:40 AM) Thi... Nov 3 2006, 12:27 AM ngunn That link is in 'Opportunity', 'JGR-Pl... Nov 1 2006, 11:48 AM ustrax QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 1 2006, 11:48 AM) That... Nov 2 2006, 05:35 PM ngunn QUOTE (slinted @ Oct 1 2006, 10:18 AM) As... Nov 1 2006, 01:57 PM MaxSt Is it possible to get into space suit without help... Nov 1 2006, 02:55 PM dvandorn QUOTE (MaxSt @ Nov 1 2006, 09:55 AM) Is i... Nov 2 2006, 03:58 AM ustrax QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 2 2006, 03:58 AM) D... Nov 3 2006, 05:22 PM AndyG Thanks to the link to the paper, ngunn. It's e... Nov 1 2006, 04:16 PM Aldebaran Can't get the song "Ground Control to Maj... Nov 2 2006, 11:46 PM Bill Harris QUOTE The psychological stress of being alone for ... Nov 3 2006, 01:57 AM PhilCo126 Although we all know that a Mars mission will have... Nov 7 2006, 09:17 PM climber You're right Phil. I'll add :
One small sh... Nov 7 2006, 09:35 PM |
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