[ExI] Concerns Grow Over Conditions on Navy Carrier

[Brent Allsop]

At least we shouldn't even try to go to Mars until we figure out how to
re-engineer (so we don't need spacesuits) and back up our bodies.



On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
> Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> Subject: Re: [ExI] Concerns Grow Over Conditions on Navy Carrier
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> On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> > On 14/08/2026 18:36, spike wrote:
> > > We could however imagine a single small woman surviving that ordeal,
> given sufficient email traffic from home.
> >
> > Why a woman?
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> >...I suspect this gets back to the old line about "one small, limbless or
> prosthetic-limbed woman, to save every single kg  possible".
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> >... these arguments have been around since well before modern LLMs.
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> Ja to all.  I fear that had I asked AI, it would spew my own silliness
> back to me, an echo from the past.
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> The weight problem is severe indeed.  Do the calcs.  Prove me wrong,
> please.  I don't like what my own equations are telling me: assuming
> current technology, we aren't going to Mars.
>
> spike
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