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I am so excited that Virgin and Google have announced that they are going to start colonizing Mars.
Although I am very excited to live on earth and have seen many places and had lots of plans here it would be wonderful to make a brand new start on a new planet.
I do have a few questions though:
1. what kind of temperatures should I expect in summer and winter? I am under the impression that winter is really cold on Mars and I suspect I will be OK since i live in Calgary already.
2. What are the schools like? I have two kids, one is 8 and the other is 4. They both need a school and I am not sure how good the schools on mars are like. Do the martians run them? Heck I guess we will be martians.
3. What is the state of TCP/IP going to neighboring planets. I heard an awful rumor that the latency would stop internet access as we know it on Mars and my son really likes to play video games.
4. What kind of electricity will I need. I know that all of my appliances and stuff are set for north american power but it would be really embarrassing to bring my big old 50 inch rear projection TV that weighs so much and then find out that the power doesn’t work.
5. On last thing. Is there good fresh fruit or am I going to have to grow my own garden. I am not much of a gardener or handyman and that would be a bit of a deal breaker.
Anyway. I am really excited and even though I didn’t sign up yet I am going to be talking to my wife tonight and giving notice at work tomorrow so I am really hoping that soon I can catch a flight.
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Congrats on being selected for the Mars settlement! I am somewhat familiar with Mars, having gone on a brief and insanely expensive summer vacation there, and I have to tell you, the thing to look out for is “Red Sky Effect.”
I thought the red sky would be really pretty, but myself and about 40% of my group hadn’t gotten our Light Spectrum Biochecks done in time for the trip (they let us go anyway, thank god!), and about 24 hours into the tour, we reacted psychotropically to the spectrum. It started with this feeling of having a racing mind, lots of thoughts too fast, and then I couldn’t help it, I just went berzerk. We came to in the ship sick ward in restraints (this illness is pretty intense, haha!), and I was surprised to see so many of us had come down with it.
So definitely get your Light Spectrum Biochecks in beforehand for each family member, because everyone reacts differently to the light! Have a good trip!