[FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars {From Des Moines Register}
That'll mess up some jyotish charts!
That raises an intriguing question: how would astrologers adjust their
techniques to cope with someone who was born on another planet. What a nice
puzzle.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
I am very pleased he is going to Mars. I hope he will be able to set up a TM
center there and bring peace to the Red Planet. Mars has been sending out
aggressive, warlike vibes for far too long now and it is about time some
soothing influence was brought to bear on it.
That'll mess up some jyotish charts!
I think we should stop colonists heading to Mars, I like the idea of it as the
only world known to be inhabited solely by robots.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
{From Des Moines Register}
To a former Fairfield man, a one-way flight to Mars is not science fiction. He
believes one day he could be a Martian.
Najeeb Najeeb was named one of 100 finalists from 202,000 worldwide applicants
last month by Mars One, a corporation with plans to build a human settlement on
Mars.
It's a one-way mission, and that really freaks people out, said Najeeb, 38,
who lived in Fairfield for seven years as a student and faculty member at
Maharishi University of Management before moving to Lincoln, Neb., last year to
pursue a doctorate in computer engineering.
Giving up everything on Earth for what skeptics say is a dangerous and
infeasible mission does not scare him. He considers it his chance to help the
future of humanity.
He compares it to Europeans who left comforts for a one-way trip to America,
where they fought diseases and hostile natives to build a society that
eventually saved the world in World War II. I owe my life to those people. And
now someone needs to take that initiative and do that again. That's why I did
it.
Mars One consists of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money through
donations and a for-profit corporation that seeks investors by promising a
return from media and intellectual property rights. In essence, it's a reality
TV show.
The cast/crew was whittled to 660 after weeding out applications and
conducting a physical examination. The survivors were interviewed to narrow the
list to 100. More rigorous tests are expected to reach a final list of 24
people — six four-person crews.
Najeeb sent his video application on a lark, showing his sense of humor by
joking about the color of his pumpkin shirt and about passing the torch of
human evolution unless we burn ourselves up in the process.
They wanted to know if you had a sense of humor and your motivation, he said
in a telephone interview from Lincoln.
He said he was selected after more extensive written applications, the most
rigorous physical he has ever experienced and a Skype interview with Mars One
medical director Norbert Kraft, who examined his psychological health.
Obviously, I'm sane. At least that's what they think, he said.
Najeeb gathered his wonder and appreciation for life from experiences both in
Iraq and the U.S. He was studying for an undergraduate degree in his birthplace
of Baghdad
when the U.S. invaded.
Any night you might not wake up the next day, he said. So you learn to find
peace, make sure you enjoy every moment you have.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield eased his
longing to be near his extended family, who had moved to Jordan. The
philosophies he learned there would help him in space, he believes.
You talk to anyone in Fairfield, they try to focus on the good. They don't
think about bad things that could happen. It doesn't mean they aren't preparing
for it, but it's a very good, optimistic approach. They believe life is not a
struggle. Good things always happen.
Being from Fairfield makes me not think about negatives.
Others are not so optimistic, noting the dangers in extensive media reports.
The trip will take half a year, and there are concerns if enough food can be
shipped there, or even if they can land on the dusty, radiation-filled
environment through the thin atmosphere, experts have said. An MIT analysis
claims that people could start dying within 68 days of oxygen-related issues.
Even if long-term survival is possible, doesn't Najeeb fret about not being
able to come back?
That hasn't hit me yet, he said. What would scare me isn't related to the
mission itself but to the people back home — the best friend's wedding you miss
or family. I was telling my mom the other day, sometimes when you are close to
them you don't see them, but
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars {From Des Moines Register}
The way astrology currently works it would take centuries to observe the
effects on Mars by it's moons and the planets. If we figure out how
astrology really works via patterns it might get resolved quicker. This
issue has frequently been discussed so a search should reveal what
different astrologers think of the problem.
On 04/02/2015 03:37 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
That'll mess up some jyotish charts!
That raises an intriguing question: how would astrologers adjust their
techniques to cope with someone who was born on another planet. What a
nice puzzle.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
I am very pleased he is going to Mars. I hope he will be able to set
up a TM center there and bring peace to the Red Planet. Mars has been
sending out aggressive, warlike vibes for far too long now and it is
about time some soothing influence was brought to bear on it.
That'll mess up some jyotish charts!
I think we should stop colonists heading to Mars, I like the idea of
it as the only world known to be inhabited solely by robots.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
Najeeb Najeeb
{From Des Moines Register}
To a former Fairfield man, a one-way flight to Mars is not science
fiction. He believes one day he could be a Martian.
Najeeb Najeeb was named one of 100 finalists from 202,000 worldwide
applicants last month by Mars One, a corporation with plans to build a
human settlement on Mars.
It's a one-way mission, and that really freaks people out, said
Najeeb, 38, who lived in Fairfield for seven years as a student and
faculty member at Maharishi University of Management before moving to
Lincoln, Neb., last year to pursue a doctorate in computer engineering.
Giving up everything on Earth for what skeptics say is a dangerous and
infeasible mission does not scare him. He considers it his chance to
help the future of humanity.
He compares it to Europeans who left comforts for a one-way trip to
America, where they fought diseases and hostile natives to build a
society that eventually saved the world in World War II. I owe my
life to those people. And now someone needs to take that initiative
and do that again. That's why I did it.
Mars One consists of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money
through donations and a for-profit corporation that seeks investors by
promising a return from media and intellectual property rights. In
essence, it's a reality TV show.
The cast/crew was whittled to 660 after weeding out applications and
conducting a physical examination. The survivors were interviewed to
narrow the list to 100. More rigorous tests are expected to reach a
final list of 24 people — six four-person crews.
Najeeb sent his video application on a lark, showing his sense of
humor by joking about the color of his pumpkin shirt and about passing
the torch of human evolution unless we burn ourselves up in the process.
They wanted to know if you had a sense of humor and your motivation,
he said in a telephone interview from Lincoln.
He said he was selected after more extensive written applications, the
most rigorous physical he has ever experienced and a Skype interview
with Mars One medical director Norbert Kraft, who examined his
psychological health.
Obviously, I'm sane. At least that's what they think, he said.
Najeeb gathered his wonder and appreciation for life from experiences
both in Iraq and the U.S. He was studying for an undergraduate degree
in his birthplace of Baghdad
when the U.S. invaded.
Any night you might not wake up the next day, he said. So you learn
to find peace, make sure you enjoy every moment you have.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of
Transcendental Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the
eastern Iowa town and the university, he found the friendly, smiling
people of Fairfield eased his longing to be near his extended family,
who had moved to Jordan. The philosophies he learned there would help
him in space, he believes.
You talk to anyone in Fairfield, they try to focus on the good. They
don't think about bad things that could happen. It doesn't mean they
aren't preparing for it, but it's a very good, optimistic approach.
They believe life is not a struggle. Good things always happen.
Being from Fairfield makes me not think about negatives.
Others are not so optimistic, noting the dangers in extensive media
reports. The trip will take half a year, and there are concerns if
enough food can be shipped there, or even if they can land on the
dusty, radiation-filled environment through the thin atmosphere,
experts have said. An MIT analysis claims that people could start
dying within 68 days of oxygen-related issues.
Even if long-term survival is possible, doesn't
[FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars {From Des Moines Register}
The spirit of bold curiosity ahead..:
Mineshaft gap - Dr. Strangelove https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybSzoLCCX-Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybSzoLCCX-Y
Mineshaft gap - Dr. Strangelove https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybSzoLCCX-Y
Peter Selelrs and George C. Scott discuss the Cold War mineshaft gap
View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybSzoLCCX-Y
Preview by Yahoo
TurquoiseBee writes:
I think Bevan would be an asset for any Mars mission. If they run out of food,
they could eat him, and survive for months until a supply ship arrived.
No. Dear Mr. TurquoiseBee; the science on 'large'
within morbidity tables should most likely
preclude the trip in Bevan's application for space prior to the
mission launch. If Rick should activate the polling function
we could have a FFL pool on the question or at least a survey.
feste37 writes: I am very pleased he [Najeeb Najeeb] is going to Mars. I hope
he will be able to set up a TM center there and bring peace to the Red Planet.
Mars has been sending out aggressive, warlike vibes for far too long now and it
is about time some soothing influence was brought to bear on it.
Michael Jackson writes:
Yeah, like I said, I hope he takes Bevan and Johnnie Hagelin - maybe you could
go to so they can have a cheerleading section.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
Beauty and Truth be known,
You talk to anyone in Fairfield, they try to focus on the good. They don't
think about bad things that could happen. It doesn't mean they aren't preparing
for it, but it's a very good, optimistic approach. They believe life is not a
struggle. Good things always happen.
Being from Fairfield makes me not think about negatives.
JaiGuruYou,
-Buck a meditator from Fairfield, Iowa
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
That is all true about Fairfield, Iowa but TM itself is not necessarily a way
of life. TM itself is just a simple natural innocent practice. Yes it unfolds
life but it in itself is not a way of life.
Culture though is way of life. For a small portion of people there possibly
is a meditation way of life but that is not TM itself. That would entail a
small number and a small number getting smaller all the time demographically.
Though certainly one can be a practitioner without being part and member of a
narrow culture. For instance, one could be a practicing transcending meditator,
even have no valid Dome badge and have little or nothing to do with the
movement, or the campus or up in the Global Country of World Peace and yet live
in Fairfield, Iowa. Which culture is that as way of life. ..The un-affiliated
Fairfield, Iowa meditator culture. Spiritual Fairfield, Iowa is a pretty nice
place to live for its culture. Culture is not necessarily cult as some here
would like to make it. JaiGuruYou, -Buck, a meditator in meditating
Fairfield, Iowa
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
Yeah he is one of us, a Fairfield meditator. All around good person from
Fairfield yet not representative of FFL yahoo-group.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
{From Des Moines Register}
To a former Fairfield man, a one-way flight to Mars is not science fiction. He
believes one day he could be a Martian.
Najeeb Najeeb was named one of 100 finalists from 202,000 worldwide applicants
last month by Mars One, a corporation with plans to build a human settlement on
Mars.
It's a one-way mission, and that really freaks people out, said Najeeb, 38,
who lived in Fairfield for seven years as a student and faculty member at
Maharishi University of Management before moving to Lincoln, Neb., last year to
pursue a doctorate in computer engineering.
Giving up everything on Earth for what skeptics say is a dangerous and
infeasible mission does not scare him. He considers it his chance to help the
future of humanity.
He compares it to Europeans who left comforts for a one-way trip to America,
where they fought diseases and hostile natives to build a society that
eventually saved the world in World War II. I owe my life to those people. And
now someone needs to take that initiative and do that again. That's why I did
it.
Mars One consists of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money through
donations and a for-profit corporation that seeks investors by promising a
return from media and intellectual property rights. In essence, it's a reality
TV show.
The cast/crew was whittled to 660 after weeding out applications and
conducting a physical
[FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars {From Des Moines Register}
I am very pleased he is going to Mars. I hope he will be able to set up a TM
center there and bring peace to the Red Planet. Mars has been sending out
aggressive, warlike vibes for far too long now and it is about time some
soothing influence was brought to bear on it.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
{From Des Moines Register}
To a former Fairfield man, a one-way flight to Mars is not science fiction. He
believes one day he could be a Martian.
Najeeb Najeeb was named one of 100 finalists from 202,000 worldwide applicants
last month by Mars One, a corporation with plans to build a human settlement on
Mars.
It's a one-way mission, and that really freaks people out, said Najeeb, 38,
who lived in Fairfield for seven years as a student and faculty member at
Maharishi University of Management before moving to Lincoln, Neb., last year to
pursue a doctorate in computer engineering.
Giving up everything on Earth for what skeptics say is a dangerous and
infeasible mission does not scare him. He considers it his chance to help the
future of humanity.
He compares it to Europeans who left comforts for a one-way trip to America,
where they fought diseases and hostile natives to build a society that
eventually saved the world in World War II. I owe my life to those people. And
now someone needs to take that initiative and do that again. That's why I did
it.
Mars One consists of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money through
donations and a for-profit corporation that seeks investors by promising a
return from media and intellectual property rights. In essence, it's a reality
TV show.
The cast/crew was whittled to 660 after weeding out applications and
conducting a physical examination. The survivors were interviewed to narrow the
list to 100. More rigorous tests are expected to reach a final list of 24
people — six four-person crews.
Najeeb sent his video application on a lark, showing his sense of humor by
joking about the color of his pumpkin shirt and about passing the torch of
human evolution unless we burn ourselves up in the process.
They wanted to know if you had a sense of humor and your motivation, he said
in a telephone interview from Lincoln.
He said he was selected after more extensive written applications, the most
rigorous physical he has ever experienced and a Skype interview with Mars One
medical director Norbert Kraft, who examined his psychological health.
Obviously, I'm sane. At least that's what they think, he said.
Najeeb gathered his wonder and appreciation for life from experiences both in
Iraq and the U.S. He was studying for an undergraduate degree in his birthplace
of Baghdad
when the U.S. invaded.
Any night you might not wake up the next day, he said. So you learn to find
peace, make sure you enjoy every moment you have.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield eased his
longing to be near his extended family, who had moved to Jordan. The
philosophies he learned there would help him in space, he believes.
You talk to anyone in Fairfield, they try to focus on the good. They don't
think about bad things that could happen. It doesn't mean they aren't preparing
for it, but it's a very good, optimistic approach. They believe life is not a
struggle. Good things always happen.
Being from Fairfield makes me not think about negatives.
Others are not so optimistic, noting the dangers in extensive media reports.
The trip will take half a year, and there are concerns if enough food can be
shipped there, or even if they can land on the dusty, radiation-filled
environment through the thin atmosphere, experts have said. An MIT analysis
claims that people could start dying within 68 days of oxygen-related issues.
Even if long-term survival is possible, doesn't Najeeb fret about not being
able to come back?
That hasn't hit me yet, he said. What would scare me isn't related to the
mission itself but to the people back home — the best friend's wedding you miss
or family. I was telling my mom the other day, sometimes when you are close to
them you don't see them, but when they are far away you communicate more.
When he told the news to MUM computer engineering colleague Maryam Naraghi,
she was shocked. I told him if he goes there he would not see his parents
again and would not have the life his parents expect of him, she said. I'm a
mother so I told him my point of view. And he convinced me that was selfish. If
you hold on to your daughter and not let her live the life she wants, that is
selfish, he said. I now support what he wants and hope he makes it.
While some scientists
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars {From Des Moines Register}
Yeah, like I said, I hope he takes Bevan and Johnnie Hagelin - maybe you could
go to so they can have a cheerleading section.
From: feste37 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 11:29 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
{From Des Moines Register}
I am very pleased he is going to Mars. I hope he will beable to set up a TM
center there and bring peace to the Red Planet. Mars hasbeen sending out
aggressive, warlike vibes for far too long now and it is abouttime some
soothing influence was brought to bear on it.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
{From Des Moines Register}To a former Fairfield man, a one-way flight to Mars
is not science fiction. He believes one day he could be a Martian. Najeeb
Najeeb was named one of 100 finalists from 202,000 worldwide applicants last
month by Mars One, a corporation with plans to build a human settlement on
Mars. It's a one-way mission, and that really freaks people out, said
Najeeb, 38, who lived in Fairfield for seven years as a student and faculty
member at Maharishi University of Management before moving to Lincoln, Neb.,
last year to pursue a doctorate in computer engineering. Giving up everything
on Earth for what skeptics say is a dangerous and infeasible mission does not
scare him. He considers it his chance to help the future of humanity. He
compares it to Europeans who left comforts for a one-way trip to America, where
they fought diseases and hostile natives to build a society that eventually
saved the world in World War II. I owe my life to those people. And now
someone needs to take that initiative and do that again. That's why I did it.
Mars One consists of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money through
donations and a for-profit corporation that seeks investors by promising a
return from media and intellectual property rights. In essence, it's a reality
TV show. The cast/crew was whittled to 660 after weeding out applications and
conducting a physical examination. The survivors were interviewed to narrow the
list to 100. More rigorous tests are expected to reach a final list of 24
people — six four-person crews. Najeeb sent his video application on a lark,
showing his sense of humor by joking about the color of his pumpkin shirt and
about passing the torch of human evolution unless we burn ourselves up in the
process. They wanted to know if you had a sense of humor and your
motivation, he said in a telephone interview from Lincoln. He said he was
selected after more extensive written applications, the most rigorous physical
he has ever experienced and a Skype interview with Mars One medical director
Norbert Kraft, who examined his psychological health. Obviously, I'm sane. At
least that's what they think, he said. Najeeb gathered his wonder and
appreciation for life from experiences both in Iraq and the U.S. He was
studying for an undergraduate degree in his birthplace of Baghdad when the U.S.
invaded. Any night you might not wake up the next day, he said. So you
learn to find peace, make sure you enjoy every moment you have. He found
peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation,
which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the university,
he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield eased his longing to be near
his extended family, who had moved to Jordan. The philosophies he learned there
would help him in space, he believes. You talk to anyone in Fairfield, they
try to focus on the good. They don't think about bad things that could happen.
It doesn't mean they aren't preparing for it, but it's a very good, optimistic
approach. They believe life is not a struggle. Good things always happen.Being
from Fairfield makes me not think about negatives. Others are not so
optimistic, noting the dangers in extensive media reports. The trip will take
half a year, and there are concerns if enough food can be shipped there, or
even if they can land on the dusty, radiation-filled environment through the
thin atmosphere, experts have said. An MIT analysis claims that people could
start dying within 68 days of oxygen-related issues. Even if long-term
survival is possible, doesn't Najeeb fret about not being able to come
back?That hasn't hit me yet, he said. What would scare me isn't related to
the mission itself but to the people back home — the best friend's wedding you
miss or family. I was telling my mom the other day, sometimes when you are
close to them you don't see them, but when they are far away you communicate
more. When he told the news to MUM computer engineering colleague Maryam
Naraghi, she was shocked. I told him if he goes there he would not see his
parents again and would not have the life his parents expect of him, she said
[FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars {From Des Moines Register}
Beauty and Truth be known,
You talk to anyone in Fairfield, they try to focus on the good. They don't
think about bad things that could happen. It doesn't mean they aren't preparing
for it, but it's a very good, optimistic approach. They believe life is not a
struggle. Good things always happen.
Being from Fairfield makes me not think about negatives.
JaiGuruYou,
-Buck a meditator from Fairfield, Iowa
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
That is all true about Fairfield, Iowa but TM itself is not necessarily a way
of life. TM itself is just a simple natural innocent practice. Yes it unfolds
life but it in itself is not a way of life.
Culture though is way of life. For a small portion of people there possibly
is a meditation way of life but that is not TM itself. That would entail a
small number and a small number getting smaller all the time demographically.
Though certainly one can be a practitioner without being part and member of a
narrow culture. For instance, one could be a practicing transcending meditator,
even have no valid Dome badge and have little or nothing to do with the
movement, or the campus or up in the Global Country of World Peace and yet live
in Fairfield, Iowa. Which culture is that as way of life. ..The un-affiliated
Fairfield, Iowa meditator culture. Spiritual Fairfield, Iowa is a pretty nice
place to live for its culture. Culture is not necessarily cult as some here
would like to make it. JaiGuruYou, -Buck, a meditator in meditating
Fairfield, Iowa
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
Yeah he is one of us, a Fairfield meditator. All around good person from
Fairfield yet not representative of FFL yahoo-group.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
{From Des Moines Register}
To a former Fairfield man, a one-way flight to Mars is not science fiction. He
believes one day he could be a Martian.
Najeeb Najeeb was named one of 100 finalists from 202,000 worldwide applicants
last month by Mars One, a corporation with plans to build a human settlement on
Mars.
It's a one-way mission, and that really freaks people out, said Najeeb, 38,
who lived in Fairfield for seven years as a student and faculty member at
Maharishi University of Management before moving to Lincoln, Neb., last year to
pursue a doctorate in computer engineering.
Giving up everything on Earth for what skeptics say is a dangerous and
infeasible mission does not scare him. He considers it his chance to help the
future of humanity.
He compares it to Europeans who left comforts for a one-way trip to America,
where they fought diseases and hostile natives to build a society that
eventually saved the world in World War II. I owe my life to those people. And
now someone needs to take that initiative and do that again. That's why I did
it.
Mars One consists of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money through
donations and a for-profit corporation that seeks investors by promising a
return from media and intellectual property rights. In essence, it's a reality
TV show.
The cast/crew was whittled to 660 after weeding out applications and
conducting a physical examination. The survivors were interviewed to narrow the
list to 100. More rigorous tests are expected to reach a final list of 24
people — six four-person crews.
Najeeb sent his video application on a lark, showing his sense of humor by
joking about the color of his pumpkin shirt and about passing the torch of
human evolution unless we burn ourselves up in the process.
They wanted to know if you had a sense of humor and your motivation, he said
in a telephone interview from Lincoln.
He said he was selected after more extensive written applications, the most
rigorous physical he has ever experienced and a Skype interview with Mars One
medical director Norbert Kraft, who examined his psychological health.
Obviously, I'm sane. At least that's what they think, he said.
Najeeb gathered his wonder and appreciation for life from experiences both in
Iraq and the U.S. He was studying for an undergraduate degree in his birthplace
of Baghdad
when the U.S. invaded.
Any night you might not wake up the next day, he said. So you learn to find
peace, make sure you enjoy every moment you have.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield eased his
longing to be near his extended family, who had moved to
[FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars {From Des Moines Register}
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
I am very pleased he is going to Mars. I hope he will be able to set up a TM
center there and bring peace to the Red Planet. Mars has been sending out
aggressive, warlike vibes for far too long now and it is about time some
soothing influence was brought to bear on it.
That'll mess up some jyotish charts!
I think we should stop colonists heading to Mars, I like the idea of it as the
only world known to be inhabited solely by robots.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
{From Des Moines Register}
To a former Fairfield man, a one-way flight to Mars is not science fiction. He
believes one day he could be a Martian.
Najeeb Najeeb was named one of 100 finalists from 202,000 worldwide applicants
last month by Mars One, a corporation with plans to build a human settlement on
Mars.
It's a one-way mission, and that really freaks people out, said Najeeb, 38,
who lived in Fairfield for seven years as a student and faculty member at
Maharishi University of Management before moving to Lincoln, Neb., last year to
pursue a doctorate in computer engineering.
Giving up everything on Earth for what skeptics say is a dangerous and
infeasible mission does not scare him. He considers it his chance to help the
future of humanity.
He compares it to Europeans who left comforts for a one-way trip to America,
where they fought diseases and hostile natives to build a society that
eventually saved the world in World War II. I owe my life to those people. And
now someone needs to take that initiative and do that again. That's why I did
it.
Mars One consists of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money through
donations and a for-profit corporation that seeks investors by promising a
return from media and intellectual property rights. In essence, it's a reality
TV show.
The cast/crew was whittled to 660 after weeding out applications and
conducting a physical examination. The survivors were interviewed to narrow the
list to 100. More rigorous tests are expected to reach a final list of 24
people — six four-person crews.
Najeeb sent his video application on a lark, showing his sense of humor by
joking about the color of his pumpkin shirt and about passing the torch of
human evolution unless we burn ourselves up in the process.
They wanted to know if you had a sense of humor and your motivation, he said
in a telephone interview from Lincoln.
He said he was selected after more extensive written applications, the most
rigorous physical he has ever experienced and a Skype interview with Mars One
medical director Norbert Kraft, who examined his psychological health.
Obviously, I'm sane. At least that's what they think, he said.
Najeeb gathered his wonder and appreciation for life from experiences both in
Iraq and the U.S. He was studying for an undergraduate degree in his birthplace
of Baghdad
when the U.S. invaded.
Any night you might not wake up the next day, he said. So you learn to find
peace, make sure you enjoy every moment you have.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield eased his
longing to be near his extended family, who had moved to Jordan. The
philosophies he learned there would help him in space, he believes.
You talk to anyone in Fairfield, they try to focus on the good. They don't
think about bad things that could happen. It doesn't mean they aren't preparing
for it, but it's a very good, optimistic approach. They believe life is not a
struggle. Good things always happen.
Being from Fairfield makes me not think about negatives.
Others are not so optimistic, noting the dangers in extensive media reports.
The trip will take half a year, and there are concerns if enough food can be
shipped there, or even if they can land on the dusty, radiation-filled
environment through the thin atmosphere, experts have said. An MIT analysis
claims that people could start dying within 68 days of oxygen-related issues.
Even if long-term survival is possible, doesn't Najeeb fret about not being
able to come back?
That hasn't hit me yet, he said. What would scare me isn't related to the
mission itself but to the people back home — the best friend's wedding you miss
or family. I was telling my mom the other day, sometimes when you are close to
them you don't see them, but when they are far away you communicate more.
When he told the news to MUM computer engineering colleague Maryam Naraghi,
she was shocked. I told him if he goes there he would not see his parents
again and would not have the life his parents expect of him, she said. I'm a
[FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars {From Des Moines Register}
That is all true about Fairfield, Iowa but TM itself is not necessarily a way
of life. TM itself is just a simple natural innocent practice. Yes it unfolds
life but it in itself is not a way of life.
Culture though is way of life. For a small portion of people there possibly
is a meditation way of life but that is not TM itself. That would entail a
small number and a small number getting smaller all the time demographically.
Though certainly one can be a practitioner without being part and member of a
narrow culture. For instance, one could be a practicing transcending meditator,
even have no valid Dome badge and have little or nothing to do with the
movement, or the campus or up in the Global Country of World Peace and yet live
in Fairfield, Iowa. Which culture is that as way of life. ..The un-affiliated
Fairfield, Iowa meditator culture. Spiritual Fairfield, Iowa is a pretty nice
place to live for its culture. Culture is not necessarily cult as some here
would like to make it. JaiGuruYou, -Buck, a meditator in meditating
Fairfield, Iowa
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
Yeah he is one of us, a Fairfield meditator. All around good person from
Fairfield yet not representative of FFL yahoo-group.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
{From Des Moines Register}
To a former Fairfield man, a one-way flight to Mars is not science fiction. He
believes one day he could be a Martian.
Najeeb Najeeb was named one of 100 finalists from 202,000 worldwide applicants
last month by Mars One, a corporation with plans to build a human settlement on
Mars.
It's a one-way mission, and that really freaks people out, said Najeeb, 38,
who lived in Fairfield for seven years as a student and faculty member at
Maharishi University of Management before moving to Lincoln, Neb., last year to
pursue a doctorate in computer engineering.
Giving up everything on Earth for what skeptics say is a dangerous and
infeasible mission does not scare him. He considers it his chance to help the
future of humanity.
He compares it to Europeans who left comforts for a one-way trip to America,
where they fought diseases and hostile natives to build a society that
eventually saved the world in World War II. I owe my life to those people. And
now someone needs to take that initiative and do that again. That's why I did
it.
Mars One consists of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money through
donations and a for-profit corporation that seeks investors by promising a
return from media and intellectual property rights. In essence, it's a reality
TV show.
The cast/crew was whittled to 660 after weeding out applications and
conducting a physical examination. The survivors were interviewed to narrow the
list to 100. More rigorous tests are expected to reach a final list of 24
people — six four-person crews.
Najeeb sent his video application on a lark, showing his sense of humor by
joking about the color of his pumpkin shirt and about passing the torch of
human evolution unless we burn ourselves up in the process.
They wanted to know if you had a sense of humor and your motivation, he said
in a telephone interview from Lincoln.
He said he was selected after more extensive written applications, the most
rigorous physical he has ever experienced and a Skype interview with Mars One
medical director Norbert Kraft, who examined his psychological health.
Obviously, I'm sane. At least that's what they think, he said.
Najeeb gathered his wonder and appreciation for life from experiences both in
Iraq and the U.S. He was studying for an undergraduate degree in his birthplace
of Baghdad
when the U.S. invaded.
Any night you might not wake up the next day, he said. So you learn to find
peace, make sure you enjoy every moment you have.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield eased his
longing to be near his extended family, who had moved to Jordan. The
philosophies he learned there would help him in space, he believes.
You talk to anyone in Fairfield, they try to focus on the good. They don't
think about bad things that could happen. It doesn't mean they aren't preparing
for it, but it's a very good, optimistic approach. They believe life is not a
struggle. Good things always happen.
Being from Fairfield makes me not think about negatives.
Others are not so optimistic, noting the dangers in extensive
[FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars {From Des Moines Register}
Yeah he is one of us, a Fairfield meditator. All around good person from
Fairfield yet not representative of FFL yahoo-group.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
{From Des Moines Register}
To a former Fairfield man, a one-way flight to Mars is not science fiction. He
believes one day he could be a Martian.
Najeeb Najeeb was named one of 100 finalists from 202,000 worldwide applicants
last month by Mars One, a corporation with plans to build a human settlement on
Mars.
It's a one-way mission, and that really freaks people out, said Najeeb, 38,
who lived in Fairfield for seven years as a student and faculty member at
Maharishi University of Management before moving to Lincoln, Neb., last year to
pursue a doctorate in computer engineering.
Giving up everything on Earth for what skeptics say is a dangerous and
infeasible mission does not scare him. He considers it his chance to help the
future of humanity.
He compares it to Europeans who left comforts for a one-way trip to America,
where they fought diseases and hostile natives to build a society that
eventually saved the world in World War II. I owe my life to those people. And
now someone needs to take that initiative and do that again. That's why I did
it.
Mars One consists of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money through
donations and a for-profit corporation that seeks investors by promising a
return from media and intellectual property rights. In essence, it's a reality
TV show.
The cast/crew was whittled to 660 after weeding out applications and
conducting a physical examination. The survivors were interviewed to narrow the
list to 100. More rigorous tests are expected to reach a final list of 24
people — six four-person crews.
Najeeb sent his video application on a lark, showing his sense of humor by
joking about the color of his pumpkin shirt and about passing the torch of
human evolution unless we burn ourselves up in the process.
They wanted to know if you had a sense of humor and your motivation, he said
in a telephone interview from Lincoln.
He said he was selected after more extensive written applications, the most
rigorous physical he has ever experienced and a Skype interview with Mars One
medical director Norbert Kraft, who examined his psychological health.
Obviously, I'm sane. At least that's what they think, he said.
Najeeb gathered his wonder and appreciation for life from experiences both in
Iraq and the U.S. He was studying for an undergraduate degree in his birthplace
of Baghdad
when the U.S. invaded.
Any night you might not wake up the next day, he said. So you learn to find
peace, make sure you enjoy every moment you have.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield eased his
longing to be near his extended family, who had moved to Jordan. The
philosophies he learned there would help him in space, he believes.
You talk to anyone in Fairfield, they try to focus on the good. They don't
think about bad things that could happen. It doesn't mean they aren't preparing
for it, but it's a very good, optimistic approach. They believe life is not a
struggle. Good things always happen.
Being from Fairfield makes me not think about negatives.
Others are not so optimistic, noting the dangers in extensive media reports.
The trip will take half a year, and there are concerns if enough food can be
shipped there, or even if they can land on the dusty, radiation-filled
environment through the thin atmosphere, experts have said. An MIT analysis
claims that people could start dying within 68 days of oxygen-related issues.
Even if long-term survival is possible, doesn't Najeeb fret about not being
able to come back?
That hasn't hit me yet, he said. What would scare me isn't related to the
mission itself but to the people back home — the best friend's wedding you miss
or family. I was telling my mom the other day, sometimes when you are close to
them you don't see them, but when they are far away you communicate more.
When he told the news to MUM computer engineering colleague Maryam Naraghi,
she was shocked. I told him if he goes there he would not see his parents
again and would not have the life his parents expect of him, she said. I'm a
mother so I told him my point of view. And he convinced me that was selfish. If
you hold on to your daughter and not let her live the life she wants, that is
selfish, he said. I
[FairfieldLife] Re: Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars {From Des Moines Register}
The gravity on Mars’ surface is much lower than it is here on Earth – 62%
lower to be precise. Someone who weighs 100 kg on Earth would weigh only 38 kg
on Mars. So this chap's butt hops could be seriously impressive.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Former MUM grad/faculty selected for trip to Mars
{From Des Moines Register}
To a former Fairfield man, a one-way flight to Mars is not science fiction. He
believes one day he could be a Martian.
Najeeb Najeeb was named one of 100 finalists from 202,000 worldwide applicants
last month by Mars One, a corporation with plans to build a human settlement on
Mars.
It's a one-way mission, and that really freaks people out, said Najeeb, 38,
who lived in Fairfield for seven years as a student and faculty member at
Maharishi University of Management before moving to Lincoln, Neb., last year to
pursue a doctorate in computer engineering.
Giving up everything on Earth for what skeptics say is a dangerous and
infeasible mission does not scare him. He considers it his chance to help the
future of humanity.
He compares it to Europeans who left comforts for a one-way trip to America,
where they fought diseases and hostile natives to build a society that
eventually saved the world in World War II. I owe my life to those people. And
now someone needs to take that initiative and do that again. That's why I did
it.
Mars One consists of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money through
donations and a for-profit corporation that seeks investors by promising a
return from media and intellectual property rights. In essence, it's a reality
TV show.
The cast/crew was whittled to 660 after weeding out applications and
conducting a physical examination. The survivors were interviewed to narrow the
list to 100. More rigorous tests are expected to reach a final list of 24
people — six four-person crews.
Najeeb sent his video application on a lark, showing his sense of humor by
joking about the color of his pumpkin shirt and about passing the torch of
human evolution unless we burn ourselves up in the process.
They wanted to know if you had a sense of humor and your motivation, he said
in a telephone interview from Lincoln.
He said he was selected after more extensive written applications, the most
rigorous physical he has ever experienced and a Skype interview with Mars One
medical director Norbert Kraft, who examined his psychological health.
Obviously, I'm sane. At least that's what they think, he said.
Najeeb gathered his wonder and appreciation for life from experiences both in
Iraq and the U.S. He was studying for an undergraduate degree in his birthplace
of Baghdad
when the U.S. invaded.
Any night you might not wake up the next day, he said. So you learn to find
peace, make sure you enjoy every moment you have.
He found peace of mind in Fairfield. As a practitioner of Transcendental
Meditation, which is a way of life among many in the eastern Iowa town and the
university, he found the friendly, smiling people of Fairfield eased his
longing to be near his extended family, who had moved to Jordan. The
philosophies he learned there would help him in space, he believes.
You talk to anyone in Fairfield, they try to focus on the good. They don't
think about bad things that could happen. It doesn't mean they aren't preparing
for it, but it's a very good, optimistic approach. They believe life is not a
struggle. Good things always happen.
Being from Fairfield makes me not think about negatives.
Others are not so optimistic, noting the dangers in extensive media reports.
The trip will take half a year, and there are concerns if enough food can be
shipped there, or even if they can land on the dusty, radiation-filled
environment through the thin atmosphere, experts have said. An MIT analysis
claims that people could start dying within 68 days of oxygen-related issues.
Even if long-term survival is possible, doesn't Najeeb fret about not being
able to come back?
That hasn't hit me yet, he said. What would scare me isn't related to the
mission itself but to the people back home — the best friend's wedding you miss
or family. I was telling my mom the other day, sometimes when you are close to
them you don't see them, but when they are far away you communicate more.
When he told the news to MUM computer engineering colleague Maryam Naraghi,
she was shocked. I told him if he goes there he would not see his parents
again and would not have the life his parents expect of him, she said. I'm a
mother so I told him my point of view. And he convinced me that was selfish. If
you hold on to your daughter and not let her live the life she wants, that is
selfish, he said. I now support what he wants and hope he makes it.
While some scientists doubt the technology exists to pull off
