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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 16, 2007 8:44:24 GMT -1
What do you think; I could be one of the first people on Mars. Why not? I could do that, I'd love to do that, claim Mars as a funky planet. ;D I'm just wondering what requirements you need to go on space missions to be an astronaut and especially on exclusive missions like to Mars. I think I'd be fine physically and if it's possible in say 15 years, I'd be 35, which I think is an ideal age for that kind of thing. But do you need like a space science or physics degree just to be an astronaut? If they take like 6 or 7 people, maybe not all of them need to be geniuses, I could be the guy who could take the first photographs of Mars, I mean those photographs are going to be seen by the whole world for hundreds of years to come so they're going to have to be good. So why not have someone who is actually skilled at photography to take them, also I'd provide the comic relief (I think just the journey to Mars would take about a year or so) so they're going to need it, come on that’s me! Alright? So how do I get this underway, how do I get myself in the runnings? I know the improbablity of this but I am serious just to be clear, crazy and serious oh and funky too.
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Post by Arnold on Feb 16, 2007 8:47:46 GMT -1
Well you could either contact NASA who is running the whole thing or go it solo and build a rocket in a secret undeground bunker that you will have to dig in your garden
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 16, 2007 8:52:53 GMT -1
Contact NASA it is.
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Post by Billy on Feb 16, 2007 9:01:46 GMT -1
I'll speak to my Russian friends and see if they can knock you up a rocket on the cheap ;D
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Post by Arnold on Feb 16, 2007 9:07:30 GMT -1
I'll speak to my Russian friends and see if they can knock you up a rocket on the cheap ;D I am sure you can get a decommisoned 60's Russian Vostok rocket on the cheap on ebay. ;D
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 16, 2007 9:16:36 GMT -1
No I'm serious, what do you think?
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 16, 2007 9:18:29 GMT -1
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Post by Billy on Feb 16, 2007 9:37:18 GMT -1
No I'm serious, what do you think? Well non astronaut type peeps have done it before, so I guess getting in touch wouldn't hurt?
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 16, 2007 9:39:58 GMT -1
Thanks Billy, I reckon NASA would like at least one English person as well to show diversity.
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Post by Arnold on Feb 16, 2007 9:40:48 GMT -1
No I'm serious, what do you think? Ideally you need to have a degree in one of the sciences. I think physics is the preffered. Also knowledge in aeronautics is a plus.
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Post by Arnold on Feb 16, 2007 9:41:47 GMT -1
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 16, 2007 9:49:03 GMT -1
No I'm serious, what do you think? Ideally you need to have a degree in one of the sciences. I think physics is the preffered. Also knowledge in aeronautics is a plus. Shit, do you reckon they'll let a funkster in anyway? Billy does.
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Post by Arnold on Feb 16, 2007 9:50:55 GMT -1
I cant see why not.
This thread just had me chuckling as it reminds me of one of the best Simpsons episides ever when Homer goes into space and he lets the ants out!
Also that scene with the crisps and he is floating round eating them to the tune of Space Odyssey 2001! ;D
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Post by Arnold on Feb 16, 2007 9:59:27 GMT -1
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 16, 2007 10:03:12 GMT -1
Woo Hoo. Yeah I could be like Homer, just a little less useless. ;D
What do the rest of you think, this is quite a profound thread, yet only two people have been willing to discuss it?
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Post by Arnold on Feb 16, 2007 10:03:53 GMT -1
Well it just shows where the intelligence on this board is Lucas
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Post by Billy on Feb 16, 2007 10:17:40 GMT -1
does indeed! ;D
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 16, 2007 10:37:10 GMT -1
"To date, eighteen people have been killed on space missions, and at least ten more have been killed in ground-based training accidents." Doesn't put me off
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Post by jh1980 on Feb 16, 2007 10:46:22 GMT -1
I only just got on here. fair play to you starchild, but I'd be put off by the really-quite-dangerous nature of strapping yourself into a giant firework and shooting it into space! guess that's what sorts the bad motherfunkers from the boys...
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 16, 2007 11:08:21 GMT -1
You got it man, it would be so funky to do I'd have no fear of death. I'd want to do it so much, even if I die on the way back I won't mind too much because I will have claimed Mars as a funky planet not many people can say that. What do I have to do to do it though......
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