# Who Will Be The First To Land Humans on Mars **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928 "2011-05-06T04:01:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928/41 "2011-07-27T10:54:19Z")
Facetious answer: it’s never gonna happen Serious answer: Chuck Norris ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928/42 "2011-07-27T11:13:26Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > Interesting that you use the word “strawmanning” in a post that completely misstates what I said. Anyway, sorry I answered your poll wrong, I’ll go away and let you draw your pre-ordained conclusion now. Yes, it’s the fact that you voiced your opinion, and not the fact that you just called all religious people stupid, therefore calling the OP stupid. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928/43 "2011-07-27T11:51:10Z")
Suppose that a Manned Mars expedition is launched, with great fanfare. Three months into the trip, the oxygen system breaks down-and repairs are impossible. The whole world now is viewing the impending death of the crew, on live TV. It might pt people off. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928/44 "2011-07-27T12:10:19Z")
Other. Probably a wealthy entrepreneur, or a partnership among a few uber wealthy entrepreneurs and multinational teams/governments. It would be a good idea to commercialize the whole thing with lots of advertising, product placement and reality show 24/7 TV coverage. At least one of the entrepreneurs will be American, so once the project starts looking like a real possibility, whoever is US president at the time will shove some money into it and get the flag in there someplace. Someone asked what would happen if something went wrong and we got to watch doomed astronauts complete a suicide mission or something. Answer: highest television ratings ever. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928/45 "2011-07-27T12:57:29Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Putting a man on the Moon was a way of poking the Russians in the eye with the biggest pointiest stick ever. What’s the reason for going to Mars? We need a new flavor of Tang. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928/46 "2011-07-27T13:46:00Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Other. > > Probably a wealthy entrepreneur Yes, this is why I voted other too. Business will get there before government does. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928/47 "2011-07-27T15:10:17Z")
I voted Other. “Other” being Jamaica, of course. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928/48 "2011-07-27T16:27:22Z")
Other. You have to define ‘land on Mars’. If this happens in the near future, some humans will die on Mars, maybe at impact, maybe later when they can’t get back off, assuming they make it that far. The country that lands humans on Mars and returns them to Earth alive may not exist yet. ---
**Author:** ![eddiec3434](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@eddiec3434](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddiec3434)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928/49 "2011-07-27T16:37:57Z")
I don’t think the funding for the technology will be there for 30-50 years. The technology is there(says NASA) but we’re a long way off. It will probably be a multinational effort. Our children’s grandchildren? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928/50 "2011-07-27T17:49:59Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > We need a new flavor of Tang. Indeed, being the first human to step foot on Mars would be an excellent way of getting plenty of Tang. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928.md?page=2)