Comment 202,586 people volunteer to make a snuff film. (Score 0) 233
That's essentially what it is.
All you jackasses saying "Well, birth is a death sentence." can fuck off.
All pithy sayings aside, a one way Mars mission at this point is little more than a multi-victim snuff film.
These people aren't going to die of old age or related causes.
They're going to die of asphyxia, starvation, decompression, etc, as they're going to be shot out there with little to no actual means of support.
It's not like they can just get out there and live off the land.
So, great, we get video of people dying horribly in an alien environment with no hope of rescue, as the nearest people are at least 35 million miles and a MINIMUM of 40 days (with a maximum of 289 days and a median of 162 days) away.
Anybody who actually volunteered for this was an idiot.
Anyone who actually goes through with this is a suicidal idiot.
Anyone who actually facilitates these suicidal idiots is a sonofabitch and a murderer.