re: beautiful shot of the surface of mars from the curiosity rover

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So, again, it’s a one way trip with an agonizing end.

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It’s quite macabre and would resemble dystopian films, but why not recruit a few death row/life in prison inmates or anyone in the early stages of terminal illness as volunteers to make the trip?

I mean certainly, have a plan to try to allow them to survive and return, but also understand its high risk and low probability of survival. Better to burn out than fade away.