If there was a call tomorrow by NASA to join a band of pioneers on the first manned-mission to Mars, would you drop everything you were doing and sign up? In other words, would you give up your present lifestyle and hopes and expectations to be one of the first humans to travel past the asteroid belt and step on another planet?
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Sure, if all expense are paid for. Plus it would offer plentiful of enigmatic tales to share with my dear Earthlings, especially the Astronomy Club!
However, I fear I may be overwhelmed by the surrealistic environment and vastness of space. Perhaps I am not prepared to leave the comfort and convenience of Earth to venture other planets just yet. .
I doubt I would drop my present life and my expectations for the future. A manned-mission to Mars is quite an enormous risk. As we all know that we do live not more than once, would you actually risk your entire life just to travel to another planet? I have a place on Earth with my family, friends and education. I am definitely not going to risk it, well at least not at the moment.
On the other hand, it is worth the risk. Travelling to Mars would result in one stupendous experience! Even just conceptualizing the whole idea is mind-boggling and draws you in a pool of enigmas. It would also make a thought provoking tale that you could pass on your family in the future. Not only to your family, but to everyone else you know!
Of course i would! ....Well as long as i'll have a purpose/function on the trip. I'm not going to sit in the rocket, blast out of planet earth and then return, having done nothing consequential.
But if i was given some training and a significant role to play during the trip, I would take it up will all my heart :)
Let's think of it this way. Whoever decides to go for this mission will obviously be given lots of training and this training, which Raya also mentioned, will undoubtedly take up several years or maybe even up to a couple of decades of the person's life. In other words, if you decide to go on this mission, your future will lie in astronautics and astronautics alone. Which means that, like the post says, you will not only have to give up your present lifestyle but also all your future hopes, expectations and ambitions. So, I suppose it all depends on whether or not you want to be one of the first humans to set foot on Mars, and if you do, then how badly.
I'm sure there will be a good number of people out there who would love to be amongst the first people to set foot on Mars and have no problem committing the rest of their lives to becoming astronauts. For such people this NASA call would represent a platinum opportunity which they really shouldn't miss. But if your heart lies in some other field then there's no need to sign up out of nothing besides fascination. I've had a passion for cars since I was a toddler, so I've decided to become an automotive engineer and hence I wouldn't sign up for this mission. Stick to what you have a passion for as only then will you be at your best. The sad thing is that even at university level, I continue to encounter people who have no passion in addition to not having the slightest clue of where their heart lies.
YEESS!!!! I definitely would LOVE to be one of the first people to go to Mars, because that would be the experience of a lifetime. I know I may seem very blasé about it, but something like this is an opportunity you would never get again and even though I am signing away a lot of my time (and possibly my life), this is something I could tell my grandchildren about (or not). But if NASA started taking up and training up normal citizens, I believe I'd be the one waving at you'll from the front of the line :)
I would definitely drop everything!
Becoming a part of such a program would allow one great opportunities and an adventure beyond their wildest dreams. I would do it to become a part of something great, for the experience and adventure. Of course there would be hesitation to leave friends and family behind, yet i would do it simply for the experience. Also, there is so much beyond the sphere we live on and exploring things beyond the earth would be the greatest experience of all
I would have to say yes i would drop everything i was doing and sign up to be one of the first humans to venture into another planet.
I cannot imagine anyone passing up this upportunity because what sort of hopes and expectations could a human have that would be geater then getting on a rocket,flying through space,conquering a foreign PLANET and becoming one of the most important human beings.Maybe i am being unreasonable here but this might actually open more than a few doors for an individual in the future.
It would be utterly daft to walk away from the life your living now into an uncertain, desolated journey to the unknown. I don't think an adventure, where a lot of risks would be taken, is worth the sacrifice of our aspirations and our lives. It's too much of a gamble.
This is the first time they're going to be sending a group into another planet, just like many things here on earth, there would definitely be numerous trials and errors. I'd rather it that I embark in such journey when it is full-proof, run and tested than be one of the guinea pigs who are at the receiving end.
I wish I could be in two places at once. It would be an amazing and overwhelming experience. However, I think I would want to be with my family for as long as possible. Plus I wouldn't know when I would be back. I would still want to experience college and university and a working life. Maybe when I am reincarnated I will become an astronaut.
For those who would chuck this opportunity away for the sake of not wanting to leave behind their current life.. well this is part of your current life.
Like Aqilah vastness of space. beautifully put it, I fear that I may be overwhelmed by the surrealistic environment and vastness of space.
However, personally, i'd be quite thrilled to be part of a purposeful mission to unearth the hidden mysteries in that enigmatic planet.
I completely agree with what Moza had to say about this being your current life, as well as what Edeline had to say about this being a once in a lifetime opportunity. Sure when you grow older you could tell your grandchildren ‘I was an engineer’ or ‘I was a lawyer’ or whatnot, but wouldn’t it be extra-ordinary to say ‘I was one of the first people to venture out on a manned mission to mars’
Yes, I would definitely be nudging my way to the front of the line if NASA were to train people to take on to other planets.
Well, that would be one time where a person will actually be able to feel and sense all the emotions at once, be it fear or excitement.
I would definitely go. For all the adventure, incredible sight and nonetheless to learn something new :)
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