to go to Mars. I know it's still a decade or so away but it would give many people much hope for a better future. I am trusting the ability to acces SA Rugby from Mars would be
non existent.
Think of it CC all the fame and fanfare on departure, the whole world watching YOU. Your name in the history books. You might even have the pleasure of meeting Florence and have her as a captive audience!
Ex Business Day Live
PARIS — A comfortable, middle-class Parisian life may be the envy of many people, but Florence Porcel would give it all up to be among the first Earthlings to settle on Mars — even with no option of return. (No option of return - sounds like a complete solution!!Hahahahaha)
"I have always felt a bit cramped on Earth," the self-confessed space junkie said, delighted to be shortlisted with about 1,000 other aspiring voyagers for Mars One — a private project to colonise the Red Planet from 2024. (Florence the man of your nightmares could be waiting for you on Mars so think again. Where exactly do you expect to roam?)
"I have always dreamt of exploring other worlds," the 30-year-old journalist said. "I am not a pilot, nor a doctor, nor an engineer; I was never going to become an astronaut through the normal channels."
Ms Porcel is among roughly 200,000 people from around the world who volunteered for the extraordinary project.
It would see two dozen pioneers abandon Earth for a new start on a cold, dry, oxygen-less planet about 55-million kilometres (or six months’ travel) away.
The high cost of the project, an estimated $6bn, precludes the option of a return trip. (And costs will escalate !!!)
The trial resettlement is meant to be mainly funded by a reality-TV show about the project.
The final 24 would be sent to the Red Planet in six separate launches starting in 10 years, according to the Dutch-based nonprofit group behind the endeavour.
A short-listed 1,058 candidates from 140 countries were informed on December 30 they had made the first cut after going through an online vetting process that included an extensive questionnaire.
The criteria, according to Mars One, include an "indomitable spirit", "good judgment" and "a good sense of play" (OH NO THIS SURELY RULES OUT OU CC UNLESS SOME MONEY IS PASSED UNDER THE TABLE - DESPARATE MEASURES TO ACHIEVE A NOBLE END!). The interplanetary pioneers must also be disease- and drug-free and English-speaking.(OH NO the under the table money tag has increased dramtically! (INDEED COULD CC'S DIMENTIA AND OTHER ISSUES BE HIDDEN. HE DOES SPEAK PIGEON ENGLISH)
The list will be finalised next year after further medical and psychological tests.(OH NO- WE ARE ARE IN HUGE TROUBLE. PERHAPS WE CAN SELL IN ON A DIVERSITY BASIS - ALL SOCIETIES HAVE LOONIES)
Many experts scoff at the project’s feasibility, questioning whether the participants would survive the physical perils and demands on their sanity.(HERE CC HAS A BIG ADVATAGE HE HAS NO SANITY TO LOSE!)
Ms Porcel said she was under no illusions about the challenge.(SHE DOESNT KNOW ABOUT CC)
"We will be trying to survive on a hostile planet: even breathing, drinking and eating won’t be a given. We will need a lot of hard work, energy and expertise ... also some luck!" she said, sitting on the couch in her small apartment near Paris.
A world away from the life that awaits the pioneers — growing their own food in air-locked pods protecting them from Mars’s thin, unbreathable atmosphere and sub-zero temperatures, the decor in Ms Porcel’s apartment is cosy and girly — a cherry-red carpet and heart-shaped mirror adorn the lounge. (SOUNDS LIKE CC TYPE?)
But her life’s passion is evident from the heavy sprinkling of space paraphernalia in-between — a hanging mobile of the solar system, photos of the journalist floating in a zero-gravity experimental flight, and a large collection of books on astrophysics.
"I would really love to help find answers to some of mankind’s existential questions: who are we? Why are we alive? Why are we on Earth? How was the solar system born?" she said.(READ THE BIBLE FLORENCE MARS CANT ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. WITH CC AS CONSTANT COMPANION YOU WILL BE A RAVING LUNATIC IN A SHORT TIME IN ANY CASE)
"I am part of a generation that hasn’t seen a human set foot on a celestial body other than Earth," since the end of the Moon missions in 1972.
"If Mars One gives me the chance, I will do it! It will be a first for mankind!" Ms Porcel said, adding she had no plans to settle down or have children.
Mars One counts a Dutch 1999 Nobel Physics Prize winner, Gerard ’t Hooft, among its supporters. But there are sceptics, too.
"For now, I am ready to see this through. If I make it to the final 24 and find myself on the launch pad... perhaps it will be different... " said Ms Porcel. "I reserve the right to change my mind."
I HOPE THEY ALL CHANGE THEIR MINDS. SEND RATHER THE INTREPID CC. EARTH COULD THEN HAVE A WORLDWIDE HOLIDAY EACH YEAR CLEBRATING HIS DEPARTURE.
Our major problem is that cc is so devoted to us he wont even move permanentlky to kamp ss! The thought of leaving us will be the final hurdle that cannot be overcome alas.
