Why do we capital-N Nerds love Mars so much? Because it's beautiful, it's tough, it's buried in our mythic, childhood memories. It's covered with human triumphs but also with sad stories of failure.
So, guys. I'm thinking we wait for three more people to join before starting. I was thinking we could do the first round of posts the day before Prof. Hall vanishes, just to get a feel for what their normal life it like. I was thinking they could live in a house super isolated from the rest of the world. Did any of you have any ideas or questions?
Uh, Lisa, the whole reason we have elected officials is so we don't have to think all the time. Just like that rainforest scare a few years back: our officials saw there was a problem and they fixed it, didn't they? — Homer Simpson