You forget that astronauts were lining up to fly the Space Shuttle even after two of them exploded. There will be no shortage of qualified volunteers for the f

You forget that astronauts were lining up to fly the Space Shuttle even after two of them exploded. There will be no shortage of qualified volunteers for the first Mars mission, and the idea that people will go insane simply by being in a capsule for 9 months has been pretty much disproven by the recent Mars500 project.