{"id":2760,"date":"2008-03-10T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galacticmuffin.net\/day17\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2012-06-28T00:54:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T13:54:15","slug":"lets-go-to-mars-or-slightly-easier-vancouver-in-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.galacticmuffin.net\/day17\/2008\/03\/lets-go-to-mars-or-slightly-easier-vancouver-in-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Lets go to Mars! Or slightly easier &#8211; Vancouver in Spring."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/2008\/03\/04\/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars\/\">Article about a one way mission to Mars<\/a>. I think it sounds AWESOME! But I am a space geek.<br \/>\nThe stupid people in the comments though. Of course if its SUCCESSFUL they will send more poeple and eventually it will probably be possible for a return trip in the future&#8230;but you need to have someone to start this and be willing to take the risk even if there is a chance of failure, the point of the article is we need to change our mindset &#8211; we have to prepare for the fact that it might not be successful. NASA is all about getting everyone home safely once the mission is complete. This idea says &#8216;lets forget that&#8217; lets get the person there, doing a job, and continue doing it indefinately if possible.<\/p>\n<p>Also &#8211; WOO I hope I get to see it next year! The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouvercherryblossomfestival.com\/2008\/\">Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival<\/a>! I wish we had something similar in oz. T.T<\/p>\n<p><small>[both via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/\">Metafilter<\/a>]<\/small><\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed I am blogging a bit more these days. 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