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There was a post somewhere - I can't find it now - which stated that the Soviets were to send a cosmonaut to Mars, knowing full well he'd just wander around and

There was a post somewhere - I can't find it now - which stated that the Soviets were to send a cosmonaut to Mars, knowing full well he'd just wander around and die with no way to come back. They had volunteers. Then the Berlin wall fell and it ceased to be an important pursuit to conquer the stars.

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nikster 16y ago
Doubtful. Wouldn't be much of an achievement to be able to say: "Look, we put a man on the Mars and left him to die there", now would it?
- Dylan16807 16y ago
  I think it would be quite an accomplishment.
  - fedd 16y ago
    thank god our (Russian) leaders of that times didnt think the same :)
rsaarelm 16y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/etu2s/i_was_born_in_shchigry_ru_in_1932_i_worked_as_a/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/etu2s/i_was_born_in_sh... This Reddit IAmA has the poster claiming his grandfather was pretty deeply involved in the plan. Relevant subthread: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/etu2s/i_was_born_in_shchigry_ru_in_1932_i_worked_as_a/c1aw29e http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/etu2s/i_was_born_in_sh...
nradov 16y ago
Encyclopedia Astronautica has the full list of Russian/Soviet Mars expedition concepts. http://www.astronautix.com/fam/rustions.htm http://www.astronautix.com/fam/rustions.htm They had ideas to do a lot of things related to Mars but never even came close to developing flyable spacecraft.
anamax 16y ago
> I can't find it now - which stated that the Soviets were to send a cosmonaut to Mars, knowing full well he'd just wander around and die with no way to come back. They had volunteers. What makes you think that it's just Soviets? Lots of folks have knowingly made one way trips to "new territory". Heck, I'd do it given reasonable resources for "just wander around".

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There was a post somewhere - I can't find it now - which stated that the Soviets were to send a cosmonaut to Mars, knowing full well he'd just wander around and

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nikster 16y ago
Doubtful. Wouldn't be much of an achievement to be able to say: "Look, we put a man on the Mars and left him to die there", now would it?
- Dylan16807 16y ago
  I think it would be quite an accomplishment.
  - fedd 16y ago
    thank god our (Russian) leaders of that times didnt think the same :)
rsaarelm 16y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/etu2s/i_was_born_in_shchigry_ru_in_1932_i_worked_as_a/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/etu2s/i_was_born_in_sh... This Reddit IAmA has the poster claiming his grandfather was pretty deeply involved in the plan. Relevant subthread: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/etu2s/i_was_born_in_shchigry_ru_in_1932_i_worked_as_a/c1aw29e http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/etu2s/i_was_born_in_sh...
nradov 16y ago
Encyclopedia Astronautica has the full list of Russian/Soviet Mars expedition concepts. http://www.astronautix.com/fam/rustions.htm http://www.astronautix.com/fam/rustions.htm They had ideas to do a lot of things related to Mars but never even came close to developing flyable spacecraft.
anamax 16y ago
> I can't find it now - which stated that the Soviets were to send a cosmonaut to Mars, knowing full well he'd just wander around and die with no way to come back. They had volunteers. What makes you think that it's just Soviets? Lots of folks have knowingly made one way trips to "new territory". Heck, I'd do it given reasonable resources for "just wander around".