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Monday, November 15, 2010 - 7:47amSanction this postReply
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Scientists Propose One-Way Trip to Mars

PULLMAN, Wash. – Invoking the spirit of "Star Trek" in a scholarly article entitled "To Boldly Go," two scientists contend human travel to Mars could happen much more quickly and cheaply if the missions are made one-way. They argue that it would be little different from early settlers to North America, who left Europe with little expectation of return.


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Monday, November 15, 2010 - 9:40amSanction this postReply
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I nominate the current administration and the former Speaker of the House for a one-way trip to another planet!

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Monday, November 15, 2010 - 11:10amSanction this postReply
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Heh,,,

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Monday, November 15, 2010 - 12:27pmSanction this postReply
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For most of them it would be a homecoming.  The only exception is Obama, who was born in Hawaii.

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 4:24amSanction this postReply
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Now to pause for a moment of stunning beauty on several levels:


Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson reflects on the view from the ISS's Cupola. Credit: Doug Wheelock/NASA

(Edited by Luke Setzer on 11/16, 4:25am)


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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 6:09amSanction this postReply
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Call me crazy, but the idea of being some of the first people to colonize another planet just sounds too cool despite not being able to return to earth.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 6:15amSanction this postReply
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Tim, you're crazy! ;-)

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