[ExI] Too Much Futurism or Not Enough?

[Giulio Prisco]

The "young nubile people will plenty of quirks, pop culture, sexual
activity" will be there to attract the cash, and they will be the
passengers of the Mars One ship. But Mars One will also need captain,
officers, and crew. These will be scientists, engineers and
technicians.

I love the Mars One concept. It is deliciously irreverent, and a true
child of the 21st century. I suspect that their real business plan is
to cash out after the first reality shows (the public will select the
astronauts) and forget about Mars, but I hope I am wrong and I wish
them well.

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:34 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> The latest proposal to send people to Mars involves funding it as a
> 'Big Brother' house project that advertisers will support because
> millions of viewers will watch.
>
> So the Mars explorers will have to be young nubile people will plenty
> of quirks, pop culture, sexual activity but with little knowledge of
> science or the outside world in general.