Re: [silk] Want a one-way ticket to Mars? A Dutch company is looking for you
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: My first thought was that this is some kind of stealth marketing My first thought was that I already do live on Mars. And the occasional Snickers bar. C
Re: [silk] Want a one-way ticket to Mars? A Dutch company is looking for you
If I was 70 years of age or more in 2023, I'd take this. Would be the ultimate fantasy come true to see space. And then die on Mars. I mean friggin' Mars! Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com Sender: silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:56:37 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Want a one-way ticket to Mars? A Dutch company is looking for you On 03-Aug-12 9:11 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: http://mars-one.com/en/ If you've always wanted to live on a distant world, Dutch company Mars One wants to give you your chance to settle on the red planet. There's only one catch: You'll never be able to return to Earth. My first thought was that this is some kind of stealth marketing campaign for the remake of Total Recall [1] - except that the 2012 version does not have the Mars setting. Hm. Udhay [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall_%282012_film%29 -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Want a one-way ticket to Mars? A Dutch company is looking for you
Heh, at age of 70 the question you should be answering is 'will they take me' :) On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.comwrote: If I was 70 years of age or more in 2023, I'd take this. Would be the ultimate fantasy come true to see space. And then die on Mars. I mean friggin' Mars! Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com Sender: silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:56:37 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Want a one-way ticket to Mars? A Dutch company is looking for you On 03-Aug-12 9:11 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: http://mars-one.com/en/ If you've always wanted to live on a distant world, Dutch company Mars One wants to give you your chance to settle on the red planet. There's only one catch: You'll never be able to return to Earth. My first thought was that this is some kind of stealth marketing campaign for the remake of Total Recall [1] - except that the 2012 version does not have the Mars setting. Hm. Udhay [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall_%282012_film%29 -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Want a one-way ticket to Mars? A Dutch company is looking for you
Well, if they take me into the training program at 60, I'll take my chances. Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: Sriram Karra karra@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 18:49:24 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Want a one-way ticket to Mars? A Dutch company is looking for you Heh, at age of 70 the question you should be answering is 'will they take me' :) On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.comwrote: If I was 70 years of age or more in 2023, I'd take this. Would be the ultimate fantasy come true to see space. And then die on Mars. I mean friggin' Mars! Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com Sender: silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:56:37 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Want a one-way ticket to Mars? A Dutch company is looking for you On 03-Aug-12 9:11 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: http://mars-one.com/en/ If you've always wanted to live on a distant world, Dutch company Mars One wants to give you your chance to settle on the red planet. There's only one catch: You'll never be able to return to Earth. My first thought was that this is some kind of stealth marketing campaign for the remake of Total Recall [1] - except that the 2012 version does not have the Mars setting. Hm. Udhay [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall_%282012_film%29 -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Want a one-way ticket to Mars? A Dutch company is looking for you
On 03-Aug-12 6:49 PM, Sriram Karra wrote: Heh, at age of 70 the question you should be answering is 'will they take me' :) ObSF: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765348276 Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
