Living On Mars

[sir.prize]

A plan being launched for people to travel from Earth to live on Mars, sometime in the next decade.

Not sure why anyone would want to do that, knowing that they will leave Earth forever.

Anyone you would nominate?

[ToraToraTora]

I saw this on the news, sounds like Big brother on mars, so I'd nominate anyone who's applied to go on big brother!

[Baldric]

Is there a News link available?

[sandyRoe]

Celebrity cooks and other television personalities who are famous for being famous. And Paris Hilton.

[emmie]

Jeremy Kyle, Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, Ken Livingstone, and plenty more.

[sir.prize]

Here is a link

http://news.sky.com/story/1135282/mars-reality-show-draws-165000-applications

- and it is being discussed on BBC News in a few minutes.

[sir.prize]

TTT definitely all the Celebs on Big Bro plus Rylan 'Shergar' Clark

[jake-the-peg]

Someone needs to tell Jeremy Clarkson that there is a free space on the most powerful vehicle ever built with his name on it

[ToraToraTora]

what load of old pony! if anyone is going to get even on a one way trip to mars they'll have to be the calibre of person that is almost another species to the 15 miniters that have no dout "applied"!

[jim360]

Even though there's no return, imagine your place in History as being the first human on Mars!! So why not nominate someone we actually like...?

[society]

I think they are all nuts.

[ToraToraTora]

I doubt they'd make it, to get there they'd have to have abilities beyond watching Eastenders and wondering what tattoo to have next!

[emmie]

jim, no we can can get shot of those we don't, that is the idea.

[jim360]

I know that's the idea, I just have a different idea.

[jackthehat]

I believe that Ludmilla Tereshkova has thrown her hat into the ring. Which has a satisifying sort of symmetry to it.

[vetuste_ennemi]

The planet of Golgafrincham was once home to the Great Circling Poets of Arium. The descendents of these poets made up tales of impending doom about the planet. The tales varied; some said it was going to crash into the sun, or the moon was going to crash into the planet. Others said the planet was to be invaded by twelve-foot piranha bees, and still others said it was in danger of beaing eaten by an enormous mutant star goat.
These tales of impending doom allowed the Golgafrinchans to rid themselves of an entire useless third of their population. The story was that they would build three Ark ships. Into the A ship would go all the leaders and scientists, and other achievers. Into the C ship were supposed to the people who made things and did things, and into the B ark would go everyone else, such as hairdressers and telephone sanitizers. They sent the B ship off first, but of course the other two-thirds of the population stayed on the planet and lived full, rich, and happy lives until they were all ironically wiped out by a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone.

[mikey4444]

I think this sort of nonsense should be best left to science fiction writers. What guff !

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

I do dearly hope that was ironic Mikey

[EDDIE51]

As it will be at least another 50 years before the technology to do this actually exists it is going to be a long wait, most if not all of the applicants will be dead long before take off.

[emmie]

well one can dream....

[bluemoon1]

Alex Ferguson