Mission to mars

[OneLight]

God allows us to look into outer space for the purpose of seeing his glory.  He didn't make planets that were inhabitable like ours.   We are on the outer cusp of the Milky Way and this gives us a front row seat to be able to look into space and see all that he has made.  We able to send satellites and probes and learn more about space, but we are nowhere near capable of the kind of technology that would allow us to colonize other planets.  

 

Everything, the entire universe was created for us, for God to show us how powerful He is and when we see the 10 octillion stars that Einstein estimated occupy our universe and when we consider that He made them out of nothing and even knows them all by name, He is more than capable of taking care of us.

 

Even Einstein was making his best estimation. Personally, I don't believe we will ever see the end of His creation, or all of it, even during eternity.

[Guest shiloh357]

Yes, there is likely no limit to his creation or his creative power.  We probably only see an infinitesimal portion of our universe.   

[RustyAngeL]

I saw something about it on the news.  It seems they plan to send people up there like 4 at a time, every two years, which I don't think is sufficient enough, especially for the first group which will be responsible for all of the set up and getting things started.    Not only that, but there are a million things to consider. I am not convinced that we are technologically or morally prepared for all of the stuff that has to be taken into consideration for such an existence.

I wouldn't want to stay there but if I could be given assurance that I could get back safely I wouldn't mind going, what an adventure.

[Guest]

Has any one been following this?

What are your thoughts?

Would you take a one way trip to Mars?

Are there any scriptural or theological concerns?

 

 

Once They Leave This Wonder-Filled Home God Created To Substance Them

 

For this is what the LORD says-- he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited-- he says: "I am the LORD, and there is no other. Isaiah 45:18 (NIV)

 

I Rather Doubt Their Evolutionary Idol

 

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. Jeremiah 23:17

 

Will Be Of Any Help

 

And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. Jeremiah 18:12

 

To Them

 

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psalms 73:25-26

[Blue Moon]

I saw something about it on the news.  It seems they plan to send people up there like 4 at a time, every two years, which I don't think is sufficient enough, especially for the first group which will be responsible for all of the set up and getting things started.    Not only that, but there are a million things to consider. I am not convinced that we are technologically or morally prepared for all of the stuff that has to be taken into consideration for such an existence.

I wouldn't want to stay there but if I could be given assurance that I could get back safely I wouldn't mind going, what an adventure.

They couldn't give you any guarantees.

[Guest shiloh357]

It's just not practical.  There is no way to guarantee that if we managed to send a group up there, that they would be alive by the time they arrived at the planet and there is no guarantee that we could land the transport safely on the planet surface, with our current technology.  And it would likely require more than one spacecraft. You would need a convoy of space crafts carrying the needed supplies to survive and in addition,  regular re-supply missions would need to be deployed every few months.  And those would also be one way trips meaning that we would have continuously build brand new ships for every mission.  Mars would be littered with space crafts, but they could be converted into housing.  There would have to be ways of mining natural resources from the planet as well as medical treatment, doctors, nurses, medicine, sanitary facilities to that end.  How would you safely dispose of waste and sewage/garbage?

 

Then there is the need to know how they would be governed and how it would be enforced.  The need for a government, a constitution, laws  and law enforcement so they don't end up murdering each other up there.  The plan is to send four people at a time, every two years.   Can you imagine what it would be like to be stuck with four people for two years on a desolate rock and no hope of ever leaving?  

 

They would have no idea what is happening on earth, no movies, internet, no contact with family and friends...   That is another problem that would need to be solved. 

 

I just don't think we have the budget to handle even the most basic logistic considerations to make a trip to Mars feasible.