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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjbXVuH31xY

Mars One candidate, Heidi Hecht, is looking to finance her Mars travel expenses using Bitcoin. Today, on Reddit, she posted a link to her StartJoin fund raising page which features the above video.

According to her StartJoin description, Heidi strives to become the first Mars cosmonaut to fund her trip entirely in Bitcoin. If her name is drawn to be on the first mission, she would depart earth in 2024 and arrive on her new planetary home sometime in 2025.

Mars One is a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands that has put forward conceptual plans to establish a permanent human colony on Mars by 2025. Mars One’s current concept includes launching four carefully selected applicants in a Mars-bound spaceflight in 2024, to become the first residents of Mars, and have every step of the crew’s journey documented for a reality television program.

StartJoin, launched in February 2014, is a crowd funding technology platform that accepts cryptocurrencies like Maxcoin (MAX), and Bitcoin (BTC), in addition to traditional fiat payment methods.

Full Story: http://altcoinpress.com/2014/09/mars-cosmonaut-needs-bitcoin-for-one-way-flight-home/

There is a theory that people with Aspergers are actually highly evolved crystal children with abilities beyond our understanding.

1.622 on the moon that's the ideal gravity, we should be steam rolling moon habitation

You really need to work on your speeches. Your video is almost 5 minutes long, but the entire content you presented is just around 30-40 seconds, had you actually read a bit slower and not advertised.

Expensive trip... but one that is pretty much guaranteed to happen. Bitcoin however won't be the facilitator here, rather generous donations from people with too much money... why people give to her rather than a charity that saves lives or does essential research amazes me.

Why waste money to go on Mars? Scientists have already researched and provided enough proof that it is in fact a dead planet and there can't be a life there in future.

Why did you make two posts on the same subject? Can a mod merge them, close one, or something?

It is not a good idea nowadays. The situation there is tough for human to live. Daily necessities have to be sent from earth. Probably in the future the technology is advantaged enough. The human will build suitable base on mars like earth.

IIRC Neil deGrasse Tyson or a guest said on StarTalk that our moon is sort of a space debris magnet that has saved earth from many impacts.

You could say that to Lazslo also. Why buy 10000 BTC pizza. But he got written in history and everyone 1000 years from now will talk about him.

That would be cool, I'd want to buy a space trip with bitcoins in the future.

If I had enough money I would do both...

She's not confirmed as going. She just wants money from idiots.

Idiots? Or just people who wish they could go but haven't worked up the nerve to apply?


You can be super intelligent and still be terrified of being on camera. I thought she looked more like she had stage fright.

I dont think this trip can become reality because of some donations. Only NASA/ESA has funds+technology for this

Mars One is not relying strictly on donations. http://www.mars-one.com/

The donations are for her travel expenses as stated in her StartJoin description.

https://www.startjoin.com/MarsOneTravel

I have to admit something like this could have great results in the long run. Not too sure why people are complaining about donating if it helps her achieve her dream and potentially find out more.

Its too scary to thing of such a travel, but i hope it all goes good, i would love to see btc in mars :D

Oh cmon ! She talks like a twelve year old and anyone can buy one of those t-shirts. lmao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRrG-rQieck

Where do we look to confirm this ?

http://www.mars-one.com/

To prove you wrong about your opinion that there cannot be life on Mars in the future. A successful human colony in an environment as extreme as Mars would be a pretty big deal. I probably wouldn't want to live there though.

OK, those of you who think this girl is some kind of idiot, how many of you invested in Bitcoin in 2009? You didn't, did you? I didn't because I didn't hear about it then, but I know people who didn't want to get involved in 2009 because they thought it would go nowhere and now they're kicking themselves. Would it really be too much to give this girl (and Mars One) a chance to actually do something worthwhile? Then you can maybe sell that bronze coin on eBay not too long after that rocket with her on it takes off for Mars.

Link?   ::)

I think that Mars is an excellent candidate for terraforming. If we could raise the planet's temperature, extremely high in a short period of time, we can then focus on oxygenating it, but before that, artificially creating a magnetosphere.

Are these guys serious? Do they even have a  economical enough propulsion system for their spacecraft?Do they know that human can't survive very long in space without debilitating effects?How do they intend to keep these humans "functional" for the entire 5-9 month(based on current and projected technology for the next 5 years) trip?

well that would be the perfect life...a world of bitcoin with no women... 8) 8)

I would never live in a world without women, who will clean the bathroom? :D

That job belongs to asteroids and comets. ;)

Speaking of which ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2013_A1

Humans have lived in space for slightly more than a year and survived. A Russian Cosmonaut named Valeriy Poliyakov set the record for longest space flight with a time of 437 days 17 hours 58 minutes and 16 seconds and he lived. (I can site sources too! Here's a link to a blurb about him at the International Space Hall of Fame: http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=132) Space flight is probably never going to be as cheap as making paper airplanes, but it can be done for a lot cheaper than people seem to think. In fact, there are people trying to bring the cost per person down. Elon Musk thinks he can bring the cost per person down to no more than relatively wealthy people might pay for a good house in a good neighborhood. (See this interview: http://www.wired.com/2012/11/elon-musk-mars-colony/) The entire Mars One plan of sending 40 people to Mars could cost in the neighborhood of $40-60 billion if you calculate for the fact that the first crew of four is going to cost $6 billion. (http://www.mars-one.com/faq/finance-and-feasibility/how-much-does-the-mission-cost)

To Mars??? To Moon!!!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZQCkjVKy_I     ;D

Why not both?

Yes ,I'm very aware of Valeriy Poliyakov (the guy's a legend after all).But the fact remains that being in space is extremely detrimental(muscle and bone loss, ambient radiation, neurological and microbiological concern etc) to the human body.Unlike Earth bound landing ,there wouldn't be any ground crew to assist/rehabilitate the first settlers so they need to make them at least as fit as Poliyakov when he made landfall(he still struggled with the few yards despite his intensive off time workout regimen) or ship some very good support facilities(which they intend to do) beforehand(and hope it doesn't break midway) .I'll be wary of of the stated numbers too, cost overrun is still pretty much   almost certain with endeavours like this.Not to say that that the minimum cost of 6 billion USD is chump changes either.

My problem is their website is very shy on divulging the details of the technology(and breakthroughs) needed to support this venture and this project is very much unprecedented in terms of scale and challenges that demands addressing.Till they reveal more, I guess.

The $6 billion figure is also seen by many as an unrealistically low number, possibly by 1-2 orders of magnitude. According to their site, they have taken in roughly $633k in donations so they have a long ways to go...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRrG-rQieck

Okay, wait a minute now! You telling me that MarsOne did a medical test on Heidi and she passed. Let me guess. The gal in this video didn't quite make the cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaxECcTjCuw Ironically, according to rumors, the dude from Spain sitting in front of her is still in the running to be the astronaut.

The only saving grace is that this guy well be at the helm of MarsOne mission control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3c4viNMNk

Here's the clip of people in line to donor sperm to be carried on MarsOne to populate the planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voeg_BenJvY

What a relief, I just started questioning my sanity. That really helped - I am actualy very sane, thanks!  ;D


"It will pass Mars at a relative velocity of 56 km/s (35 mi/s)."

Now that would be a ride of a lifetime, is anyone selling tickets?

I actualy might not be very sane.  ;D

This guy above me is 100% virgin.  ::)

I bought mine from this guy. :P

http://img.techpowerup.org/140916/faceonmars.png

Did you use FaceCoin (FACE)?

I agree. It costs billions to run the international space station and to send people to/from it and the international space station is very close to earth. Each additional mile that needs to be traveled in space will be more expensive then the last because of the added weight (when on earth) and the need to have all the supplies on the spacecraft when it leaves earth.

Do you mean it?

So, in order to meet their own  "overly optimistic " schedule and budget projection, they still have to rake in around 600 million USD worth of donations per annum.This proposal sounds better the more we hear about it  ::).

The Earth is somewhat protected from stellar radiation. How much harmful radiation reaches the surface of Mars?

bitcoin will take you to hell

If all will go right Satoshi will be soon able to form colony on Mars.

You can keep the costs down by "borrowing" elements from Robert Zubrin's Mars Direct plan. Here's a link to a video of him giving a presentation to NASA Ames. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKQSijn9FBs

Nope.

I won it with a friendly game of rock, paper, scizzors. :P

Genius's without a cause.

Satoshi? You mean the Americans? Soon,the time will come that everyone will know who Satoshi Nakamoto is, its the US Government.

I think he means Satoshi will buy Mars. lol  ;D