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Your Astronaut's Luggage

ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
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According to NASA, a vessel with humans on it would take roughly six months to travel to Mars and another six months to travel back from Mars. In addition, astronauts would have to stay 18-20 months on Mars before the planets re-align for a return trip. In all, the mission would take roughly 2 1/2 years.

So, with that stated, what would you bring?

If you had a 50 lb. case for your personal belongings, how would you fill it? One can imagine that the space station itself will cover food, clothing and also have general technology (television screens/computers).

So, what do you bring on your trip to Mars?

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  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    My pokeymans.

    All of them.

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    Blackjack. And hookers. Eh, screw the trip to Mars.

  • ToxTox I kill threads they/themRegistered User regular
    Do they have porn on Mars?

    I'd bring 50 lbs of porn.

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  • KadithKadith Registered User regular
    50lb sex bot

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited March 2016
    Buncha video games and VR stuff to stave off space madness.
    Buncha music for the same.

    edit: obviously games and music are the cheat answer, because as digital entities, they are lightweight.

    darleysam on
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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Do we have a functionally unlimited source of electricity?

    If so, a 3DS and a laptop loaded up with Unity 3D and Photoshop

    If not, just a shitload of books and maybe a board game or two

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    Digital media really simplifies the question.

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  • DysDys how am I even using this gun Registered User regular
    I would finally catch 'em all.

  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    Aside from obvious distractions meant to fill time between maintaining the means by which we survive on Mars for those months, I'd probably bring one or two things of sentimental value, or something to leave behind as a testament to humanity's achievement of finally becoming, essentially, a two planet species. Like a plaque or some classic rock vinyl record or something that wouldn't negatively impact the environment, such as it is.

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    I've never left the country, so I got a lot of terrestrial exploring to do before I'd even remotely consider seeing another planet. In theory it'd be amazing, but I just don't think I have enough of an adventurous spirit to do it.

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited March 2016
    A laptop and/or tablet loaded up with all the media and software I could expect to go through in a three-year period. A controller or two. A drawing tablet. A camera. One or two handhelds. A couple of earphones.

    A Marvin the Martian t-shirt.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    vidya games
    board games
    music
    books
    movies

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited March 2016
    Some marshmallows to throw out into space.

    My fennec fox plushies.

    My Kochikens plush.

    Some beef jerky.

    ChicoBlue on
  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    Like, I doubt they'd let you leave anything behind on Mars that hasn't been planned for.

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Like, I doubt they'd let you leave anything behind on Mars that hasn't been planned for.

    Depends on if we make Mars a national park.

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited March 2016
    Three decks of playing cards
    Manual navigation equipment (binoculars, sextant, et cetera)
    Large quantities of paper, along with pencils and pens for both writing and drawing
    A couple of basic roleplaying game sourcebooks
    Dice
    The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid (Fagles translation for all)
    Several hundred feet of parachute cord
    Multiple sets of knives
    A whetstone
    Hand sewing kit
    A large book of crossword puzzles
    A guitar

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    That's all assuming that digital media is cheating and also that I have to leave in like twenty minutes and just need to grab everything and throw it in a bag right now

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited March 2016
    50 lbs of
    Tox wrote: »
    Do they have porn on Mars?

    I'd bring 50 lbs of porn.

    fuck

    Moriveth on
  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    N3DS
    Kindle
    Cell phone (for camera, writing, music)
    NVidia Shield (I don't own one but it plays some PC games decently I hear)

    I mean just with the first two I have functional access to at least fifteen 100+ hour RPG's, a vast library of books, and 50 hours of assorted music. The future is now.

  • ToxTox I kill threads they/themRegistered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Digital media really simplifies the question.

    What do you suppose is the best weight-to-mass ratio? Probably not platter drives, maybe blu-ray, possibly SSD?

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  • QanamilQanamil x Registered User regular
    Why is Mars sucking away our culture?

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  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    Qanamil wrote: »
    Why is Mars sucking away our culture?

    It has none of it's own. Yet.

    The machine spirits will change that soon enough.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    50lbs of Skub

  • QanamilQanamil x Registered User regular
    Corehealer wrote: »
    Qanamil wrote: »
    Why is Mars sucking away our culture?

    It has none of it's own. Yet.

    The machine spirits will change that soon enough.

    That helps explain my other question of why the Mars font is so ominous.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »
    50lbs of Skub

    If Skub is unavailable, 50lbs of Salve.

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »
    50lbs of Skub

    Don't stop at 50 lbs. Take it all so we can finally be rid of all skub here on Earth.

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  • Zombie HeroZombie Hero Registered User regular
    -Obviously loading up the kindle with my huge backlog of books. Probably will need several batteries as well.
    -Ipad for music, notes, etc.
    -A few D&D source books.
    -A sketch book for my terrible drawings of mars
    -A few board games, but not too many since they can take up the weight pretty quickly. Small footprint games like Love Letter for sure. It would depend on my fellow 'nauts as to which other couple I bring.
    -Mars has like, 40% of earth's gravity, so I would probably bring a baseball bat and a few baseballs and just hit the crap out of them.
    -That's at least two birthdays of mine, so i'll bring two packs of Oreos and hopefully they keep for that long.

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    A guitar is a pretty great idea

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    OmnipotentBagel wrote: »
    Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »
    50lbs of Skub

    Don't stop at 50 lbs. Take it all so we can finally be rid of all skub here on Earth.

    Whoa whoa whoa... Are you anti-skub?

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »
    OmnipotentBagel wrote: »
    Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »
    50lbs of Skub

    Don't stop at 50 lbs. Take it all so we can finally be rid of all skub here on Earth.

    Whoa whoa whoa... Are you anti-skub?

    How are you not?

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    50 lb worth of laminated stripper business cards to scatter around Mars.

    Gonna confuse the fuck out of whoever comes to colonize.

  • JunpeiJunpei Registered User regular
    Who's the goose dissing Skub?! I'll fight you.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    OmnipotentBagel wrote: »
    Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »
    OmnipotentBagel wrote: »
    Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »
    50lbs of Skub

    Don't stop at 50 lbs. Take it all so we can finally be rid of all skub here on Earth.

    Whoa whoa whoa... Are you anti-skub?

    How are you not?

    Swords at dawn!

  • ReginaldReginald When I am Pres., I will create the Department of ______Registered User regular
    A violin, a deck of cards, something memorable from each member of my family, a thumb drive with a ton of my favorite movies music and books, and a couple of knives in case shit goes Event Horizon.

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    The best portable digital sketching device money can buy.

    And maybe a decent camera.

    phots on my flickr pics on my tumblr
  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    A guitar is a pretty great idea

    The first music played on Mars: country.

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    One 50lb kettle bell so I can get swole on Mars.

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Madican wrote: »
    Xaquin wrote: »
    A guitar is a pretty great idea

    The first music played on Mars: country.

    The first music played on Mars would be punk rock

    Because I definitely don't know more than three chords

  • GustavGustav Friend of Goats Somewhere in the OzarksRegistered User regular
    Important question- Are booze part of the ship's rations?

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