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Should I go to Mars?

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:12:55 GMT

Putting to one side the long flight, meagre mountain restaurant facilities and lack of an atmosphere, is a trip to Olympus Mons worth it?

On the plus side, I understand that the slopes are quiet, the natives friendly (at least the ones without ray guns) and, most importantly, you do get 22,000m vertical.

If anyone has been, I would be interested in some feedback.

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:15:01 GMT

What are the Hotels like Barney ???? :lol:

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:16:11 GMT

The last person to ski there had this to say...

It's cold outside; there's no kind of atmosphere. I'm all alone, more or less. Let me fly, far away from here. Fun, fun, fun ...

So I think they enjoyed it. You'll have to hike for your turns though...

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:18:40 GMT

So does make it similer to Austria then -)

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:17:57 GMT

Id go if it wasn't for the transfer, it's outta this world on a Saturday

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:49:03 GMT

I find there is no atmosphere to be honest

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:13:41 GMT

At least there's no buses

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:36:29 GMT

Tony_H wrote:At least there's no buses

hurrah

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 23:06:18 GMT

I have a wide ranging knowledge of ski areas, but this is one that is just on the edge of my past experience. You could try skimars.com ~ they certainly offer good deals, and the lift pass is linked with Uranus.

There are some issues. The flight time is eight months. On the plus side, you probably won't need to pay for a return journey. The mean atmospheric pressure is about 600 Pascals, about 0.6% of that of the earth. So, without the pressurised suit, (I checked with Ellis Brigham, and they are just out of stock), you would errm, explode.

Still we don't worry about that, just find the right gear eh. The gear might need to be a bit more than your average TKMax stuff, given that the mean sea level temp is -63 deg C.

That's just great for those of us who like to ski on ice, but slightly less attractive to snow-lovers. You can't get a drink of water, errm, because there isn't any.

Still, no bother, eh. You can always get a beer at the Mars Bar....

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 07:52:32 GMT

Will the natives allow ski hosting?

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 10:13:03 GMT

Is this the new general wibble thread?

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:22:18 GMT

Iceman wrote:Is this the new general wibble thread?

All comments have seemed very pertinent to the thread title to me.
:mrgreen:

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:23:54 GMT

Exactly, bang on topic this one.

I'm hanging on to get a late deal though.

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 21:07:12 GMT

Twinned with eSPACE Killy, one hears....

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:17:48 GMT

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:03:11 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:.....and the lift pass is linked with Uranus.

:lol: :lol:

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:45:10 GMT

What's the transfer time like?

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:51:03 GMT

Well, I wouldn't go.

Just think what a ski trip to Mars would do to my carbon footprint :shock:

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:12:57 GMT

It is OK Ally, I hear that Parker's cabs have a service that is out of this world and very reasonable ;)

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:40:13 GMT

Iceman wrote:It is OK Ally, I hear that Parker's cabs have a service that is out of this world and very reasonable ;)

Have they got a solar shuttle yet?

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:09:40 GMT

Is there a Folie Douce there yet?

Re:Should I go to Mars?

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:50:24 GMT

AllyG wrote:

Iceman wrote:It is OK Ally, I hear that Parker's cabs have a service that is out of this world and very reasonable ;)

Have they got a solar shuttle yet?

According to New Scientist they're designing one but it's not quite ready yet:

The question is whether solar power can generate the 100 kilowatts that Martian Skiers will need to power the ski lifts and to make the fuel needed for the journey back to Earth. To find out, NASA commissioned a study by energy specialists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

:lol: :wink: