# What would you send to a lost astronaut? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 1, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134 "2015-10-01T14:43:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/1 "2015-10-01T14:43:44Z")
I haven’t read the Martian, but this was inspired by it. Assume that there’s a person stuck on Mars. They have food, air, a suit to go outside, and an amazingly fast internet connection somehow. We’re coming to get them, but it will take a while, and in order to keep them in people’s minds and show them we care NASA has arraigned to allow the public, for a small fee of 5.99 a pop, to give the astronaut entertainment (with minor censorship, such as death threats and such, but that aside the person is an adult so if you really must send them porn you could) You can beam them movies, TV shows, or books to their super-advanced computer. What do you send? ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/2 "2015-10-01T14:56:38Z")
A membership to the SD, the MMP would be more epic. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/3 "2015-10-01T15:15:30Z")
They are gonna need some really good porn… ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/4 "2015-10-01T15:29:15Z")
**What would you send to a lost astronaut?** A _map!_ Wokka-wokka-wokka! ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/5 "2015-10-02T00:41:21Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > They are gonna need some really good porn… Or, if possible,[a sexy robot girl\*!\*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonely_(The_Twilight_Zone)) ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/6 "2015-10-02T00:44:47Z")
A comprehensive library of 70s television and music. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/7 "2015-10-02T01:10:09Z")
All of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom novels. Just to twist the knife, as you will understand. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/8 "2015-10-04T18:13:16Z")
I would ask him - or NASA - what he wants, and then send that. If that were impossible, the complete Shakespeare and the Bible would be a good start. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/9 "2015-10-04T18:16:43Z")
_The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/10 "2015-10-04T18:18:53Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > A comprehensive library of 70s television and music. Are you trying to drive him to suicide? ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/11 "2015-10-05T05:07:00Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ First - a towel. Then the Guide. You’ve really got to know where your towel is. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/12 "2015-10-15T23:49:52Z")
Instructions/blueprints for building a spaceship. ---
**Author:** ![northporlarbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@northporlarbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/northporlarbear)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/13 "2015-10-16T00:10:32Z")
URLs to online forums like this place for boredom. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-send-to-a-lost-astronaut/733134/14 "2015-10-16T05:38:18Z")
An astronette.