POLL: Cheapest way to put a man on Mars?

[TommyVercetti]

Decide

 

[Fausto]

You.

Posting.

Now.

Stop.

 

[lowtech1]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Decide

Cremate a midget man then ground the residue to a powder & send it there on a Russian/French rocket.

 

[Thegonagle]

Alive?

 

[TheKub]

Tell him there is free beer and easy women there and let him figure out how to get there.

 

[Nightfall]

How many people would tune into a landing on Mars? I know millions would watch as someone landed on the planet. Look at how successful programs like Big Brother are. Why not sell advertising space on the ship and such? How many millions would McDonalds pay to have their product mentioned? What about Pepsi or Coke? The list is endless.

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Alive?

 

[alkemyst]

Same way as to India, trebuchet.

 

[hopeless879]

Big ass catapult.

 

[Quixfire]

Originally posted by: Fausto
You.

Posting.

Now.

Stop.

Please add this to the list of choices.

 

[MrBond]

Read "The Case for Mars"

The answer is, send a crew of four, for a long trip (600 days on mars), for a 3 year trip time total. Send an earth return vehicle first. This ERV will have a feedstock of hyrdrogen, and use the CO2 that exists in abundance to produce fuel for the ERV to fly home. Once the ERV is fully fueled, launch two rockets to mars. The first rocket contains the human expedition. The second rocket contains another ERV that can be used as a backup for the original ERV if something goes wrong with it. All three rockets will include a pressurized rover with a 1000km range, so even with really BAD flying/landing, the crew could get to an ERV. And even if they couldn't, their habitat module can support them long enough for an emergency ERV to be launched.

Edit: Oh yeah, all this technology exists today or can be adapted from existing technology. No more than $50 billion for the mission, and that's over twice what Robert Zurbin projected in his book.

 

[Acanthus]

i think a business will do it before nasa personally.

 

[bandana163]

1 - Teleportation: it worked with a radio wave before, why not try it on humans?
2 - Get help from StellarStone, the makers of the game Big Rigs. They have cheap Russian workforce and incredible experience.
3 - Get help from John Titor.
4 - Lv4 Spell Dimension Door.
5 - Get help from John Carmack.
6 - Get help from Bill Gates.

 

[beer]

Trebuchet

 

[JBT]

stupid poll

 

[ShotgunSteven]

LINKY!

Robert Zubrin has some excellent information and ideas on cheaper methods for getting people to Mars. If you prefer reading novels to dry information, read his book First Landing, in which he basically explains his plans via the story.

 

[tallest1]

Its pretty sad when you copy your poll from Slashdot