People do crazy things for love, and apparently NASA astronauts are no exception. On a mailing list, a friend wrote “We’ll never get to Mars at this rate.”
Actually I think we can fund the Mars mission(s) via advertising by making it a “reality” TV show, as well as by government-run gambling.
- Phase 1: Lottery to sellect hundreds of candidates. Proceeds to NASA.
- Phase 2: Winnowing of candidates by TV show in “American Idol” format.
- Phase 3: Selection of actual astronauts by TV show in “Survivor” format. Parimutuel betting with NASA getting the house take.
- Phase 4: Actual Mars mission. In this phase, the astronauts will really need to make sure they pull their weight and don’t piss off their crewmates in order to avoid being voted off the spacecraft!
I normally despise “reality” TV shows (and most other TV shows, for that matter), but I think I’d watch this one.
Taking NASA TV mainstream, and funding a Mars mission
People do crazy things for love, and apparently NASA astronauts are no exception. On a mailing list, a friend wrote “We’ll never get to Mars at this rate.”
Actually I think we can fund the Mars mission(s) via advertising by making it a “reality” TV show, as well as by government-run gambling.
I normally despise “reality” TV shows (and most other TV shows, for that matter), but I think I’d watch this one.