NASA and Mars One Could Use This VR Sex Toy for Astronauts - http://clapway.com/2016/01/05/this-vr-sex-toy-could-be-used-by-nasa-and-mars-one-for-their-astronauts-123/

Virtual reality has a lot of applications, especially when it comes to space. NASA’s team at ISS has been contemplating the use of virtual reality to link Houston to the International Space Station. One day they could also get VR sex toys on board.

Life in Space Is Pretty Boring for NASA Astronauts

Let’s face it – there’s not a lot to do at the International Space Station. When astronauts are on missions for an extended amount of time, they risk a lot of things. Astronauts are always in danger of bone and muscle mass loss, impaired senses motion sickness. In a more realistic sense, they also are pretty limited in the pleasure department.

The Way Out of a Sticky Situation is This VR Sex Toy

There’s very little movement around ISS, which limits privacy. But the truth is people have needs. And now that VR is coming into the picture, it’s possible that the eJaculatr becomes part of the equation. This gadget is a VR sex toy made up of a silicon sleeve that can be inserted into male genitalia. Paired with a VR headset, users can go into the app and browse for adult content. Once they pick their show, they can just sit back and relax. The eJaculator does everything else for them.

How Would This VR Sex Toy Work With Microgravity?

If this were to actually happen, NASA and Mars One would have to straighten out how the device could be adjusted to work in the astronaut’s environments. Becoming properly aroused is difficult in microgravity. Bodies that are suspended in microgravity have blood flow directed mostly to the chest and head. If the device was adjusted to fit the conditions, astronauts could go through with long-term missions without sacrificing sexual health.

Engaging in actual sexual activity in space is difficult. This has become a predominant issue to NASA and other organizations. Studies have shown that libido levels lower in astronauts while in space. This would be very inconvenient if future missions require long stays in space.

NASA and Mars One Need the eJaculator for Sexual Health

The only other option is a device like eJaculator. American astronauts currently do not have access to adult content while in space. This VR sex toy could help preserve sexual health in astronauts and could clue NASA into its effects on the astronaut and on the environment. Not to mention it would be a lot cleaner and easier than the alternative.

The team behind eJaculator are also working on a version for women. This will surely be announced once the eJaculator properly launches into the market. Until then, NASA should consider this side of human nature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTMQ0EIfnLY

NASA and Mars One Could Use This VR Sex Toy for Astronauts

Mars One, NASA and ESA Part of Paris Opera’s New Journey - http://clapway.com/2016/01/01/mars-one-nasa-and-esa-part-of-paris-operas-new-journey-123/

The Opera National de Paris is famous for using material from space agencies for their productions. After using material from NASA and ESA, the Paris Opera has made a production of La Damnation de Faust inspired by Mars One.

New Paris Opera Performance Inspired by Mars One Astronaut Candidates

The story encompasses the power of Mars One, and how it has the power to move and inspire people. Mars One made the announcement about the new production, adding that the agency is both proud and grateful. Mars is set to be humanity’s first home away from home in the true sense. The new production gave the piece a new twist in terms of art, technology and science. The myth behind La Damnation de Faust was made more modern.

The Original Story of Faust

La Damnation de Faust is an opera based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s play in two parts. It tells the story of Faust, a figure of German myth. Goethe’s piece recounts how the devil, by the name of Mephistopheles, tries to lure God’s favorite human, Faust, away from the righteous path.

Faust is a man who thirsts for knowledge more than anything else. As such, Mephistopheles believes he can easily be lured into lusting after knowledge that strays from the path of God. The man meets Mephistopheles, and they sign a pact. The devil will help Faust accomplish whatever he pleases, and in exchange, Faust must serve the devil in Hell after he dies.

The director of the Paris Opera, Alvis Hermanis, fashions Stephen Hawking as a modern Faust. Hawking has been a pivotal figure in the development of 21st century science and has the respect of the entire world. He has specifically given special approval of manned missions to outer space. Here is where Hermanis saw the Mars One factor. This project, in his eyes, is the perfect portrayal of Stephen Hawking’s ambitions for humanity tied to space exploration.

This is Not the Paris Opera’s First Rodeo

The Paris Opera made a film about the wonders of the world we live in to accompany the new production. It will be shown in the architecture used throughout the rendition of La Damnation de Faust. According to the official press release, this film enhanced the play to take the audience on an incredibly immersive journey.

 

Modern La Damnation de Faust Reception

The run of the show began on December 5, with a premiere date of December 8, until December 29. To critics, the production was not all it was cut out to be. Some believed that it asphyxiated the concept of other renditions.

Critics said that its principles were good, but execution was lacking. The video backdrop turned out to do more harm than good, and it gave the piece an almost comedic take when it should not have. In terms of music, however, critics raved about the immense talent of the all-star cast. It included Jonas Kauffman as Faust and Byran Hymel as Mephistopheles; Sophie Koch as Marguerite and Dominique Mercy as Stephen Hawking. In other words, the show was deemed as great in theory, but poor in execution.

Mars One, NASA and ESA Part of Paris Opera’s New Journey

Earth One Will Become the New Mars One - http://clapway.com/2015/12/10/earth-one-will-become-the-new-mars-one123/

The Canadian side of the Arctic is so similar to Mars that initiatives like Mars One to make an Earth One expedition to prepare for travel to Mars. The region in question is specifically Devon Island, and it is the larges uninhabited island on Earth.

The Closest Thing to Earth One is the Haughton-Mars Project

The island is host to the Haughton-Mars Project, which is a field research project that is preparing for Martian exploration missions with human crew. The project was started in 1997, and it has had support from NASA ever since. Its location and extreme temperature make it a tough field, but it is the biggest research venture NASA has funded on Earth.

What Makes Devon Island Earth One Material?

The climate at Devon Island is cold and dry, though not as dry as the Red Planet. There’s no vegetation, no infrastructure and the ground is frozen and laden by glaciers. The nature of the terrain makes it so remote that feigning a Mars mission is easy. The area is even pierced by a glacier that’s 23 million years old, and can give insight as to early colonization of life on Earth.

The current research is hoping to give some leads to explain how Mars went from wet and warmer to cold and dry. The researchers believe it has always been warm, but further research is naturally necessary to say for sure.

This Place Should Be the Test Drive to Martian Exploration

It’s possible that if this center continues to provide valuable research that NASA sends their astronauts to train here. Though they won’t exactly be affected by temperature and other atmospheric factors, it can give some valuable insight as to why Mars is the way it is, and how it will evolve. Mars One should surely consider a venture like Earth One.

Earth One Will Become the New Mars One

Mars One to be Renamed To Moon One - http://clapway.com/2015/11/24/mars-one-to-be-renamed-to-moon-one123/

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden claims that the secret to get humans to the moon lies in private businesses. He spoke about the need for a market in low-Earth orbit where NASA is not the only consumer.

This can possibly include maintaining the American side of the International Space Station, which acts as a unique microgravity lab and a testing ground for human trips into deep space. Bolden does not think the work of exclusive firms will end there.

NASA and Private Businesses Can Benefit From Each Other

In reference to the commercial space market, Bolden said, that NASA looks forward to new ideas regarding exactly what to do next, and how the agency will keep that market humming. Their main focus lies in getting to Mars for now, and private businesses and international partners will take a leading role in bringing those efforts to fruition.

NASA Has its Eyes Set on the Red Planet

Bolden was not the only speaker at SpaceCom going over the demand for industrial business to take control of more duties on the station, or to produce brand-new orbiting research laboratories to replace it. NASA is devoted to maintaining its part of the terminal via 2024, however as Bolden said, the company wants to dedicate its sources to more pressing objectives, like sending out humans to Mars. The effort as it currently stands is astoundingly small.

NanoRacks allows customers to carry out small experiments to the station, and Made In Space, a company that sent out the initial 3D printer right into microgravity, can use its device for commercial use. Companies with even more resources can also pay to have scientific payloads released on top of office rockets, but there is currently no option to put an experiment in space for a longer amount of time. Bolden noted that commercial spaceflight companies will be having a bigger role in NASA’s human spaceflight program compared to ever before when personal firms start supplying NASA astronauts to the International Space Station as a component of the Commercial Crew Program.

What of Initiatives like Mars One?

With NASA stacking up cash for manned missions again, companies like Mars One are greatly affected. NASA has made promotions out of its efforts to get to Mars through films like The Martian and grants given to underserved communities to scout for astronauts while companies like Mars One downgrade.

With the decline of Mars One, there is a possibility that their focus even changes so that they’re more concentrated on Lunar missions. While still an exciting feat, it feels like a downgrade. Hopefully, Mars One can be one of the private businesses to join the efforts.

Mars One to be Renamed To Moon One

Colonizing Mars Might Not Be Possible After All - http://clapway.com/2015/10/15/colonizing-mars-might-possible/

In our past articles, we briefly mentioned Mars One, a not-for-profit Dutch company looking to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. This once in a lifetime opportunity, which was originally set to launch in 2024, has already drawn the attention of over 200,000 eager adventurers and soon-to-be astronauts. Yet, according to a new analysis by a team of grad students at MIT, this trip may be too good to be true. In fact, new arrivals would most likely begin dying within just 68 days of touching down.

Specifically, the biggest problem concerns the amount of breathable air that is available. On Earth, plants inhale what animals exhale and visa versa. This creates a perfectly stable habitat to provide all life with enough carbon dioxide and oxygen to survive.

However, to recreate the same environment on Mars is a bit more complicated. The problem arises with lettuce and wheat, both of which are considered essential crops to our diet. Bringing the crops to Mars, however, would push 02 levels past “3 molar fractions”, or the point at which the threat of fire rises to dangerous levels. The risk is especially high after 30 days, when lettuce matures and again at 68 days, when wheat matures.

A simple solution to the problem would be to vent the excess O2 out. However, at this time, venting apparatuses are not able to distinguish one gas from another. Thus, nitrogen – an essential gas needed to make up the atmosphere – would also be filtered out. Without nitrogen, the internal pressure of the planet would be too low to survive in.

The equipment that Mars One plans to use also raises some questions. Although much of the hardware has already been proven functional aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Mars’ gravity – which is 40% of Earth’s – is entirely different from the micro-gravity (essentially zero gravity) that the hardware currently operates in. Thus, a piece of equipment weighing 10 lbs. on Earth would weigh 0 lbs. in zero gravity and 4lbs. on Mars. The difference in partial gravity will “inevitably lead to different [environmental] technologies.”

Without taking this into consideration, technical breakdowns are certain to occur at alarming frequencies. In fact, according to the MIT graduates, over the course of 130 months, the need for spare parts would consume 62% of the payload space on resupply missions. This leaves little room for the essentials, such as food and medicine.

Then there are the smaller details to take care of, such as the budget. The graduates predict that the estimated price tag of $6 Billion would barely scratch the surface of the actual amount needed to successfully go through with the mission. But until these kinks in the plan are catered to, don’t expect to see any flags on Mars just yet. We can’t say we aren’t hopeful though.

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Take SHOWME with you on Mars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5cxM-g_b9w

Colonizing Mars Might Not Be Possible After All

“I’m nearly 100 percent certain that I’ll get to #space in my lifetime and about 70 percent certain that I’ll get to be on #Mars,” the #MarsOne candidate said. - http://clapway.com/2015/09/02/american-for-mars-one123/

Sue Ann Pien is a tech industry employee, and the only American of the 100 finalists for the non-profit Mars One mission that aims to create a Mars colony by 2027.

On her Mars One Community Platform page, Pien describes herself as “incredibly idealistic yet courageously passionate” and states that she has “always believed space is the next frontier for humankind and was born with my eyes fixed into the galaxies”.

Pien, as journalists have pointed out, is willing to die on Mars – if the mission is successful, she won’t come back to Earth. Naturally, her live-in girlfriend was upset when she heard that Pien intended to be a red planet colonist.

WHY SHE WANTS TO GO THERE

Pien, who is from Los Angeles, cites concerns about the sustainability of Earth life and a proclivity to adventure as motivating factors in the huge personal decision to go to Mars. Some space exploration advocates, like Elon Musk, consider Mars colonization to be a response to climate change.

“Hundreds of years down the road we have to be a space-faring civilization,” Pien said. “Mars One gives us the opportunity to do that.”

WILL SHE BE A MARS COLONIST FOR MARS ONE?

Whether or not she actually goes to Mars depends on the outcome of a series of lengthy interviews, teamwork tests and isolation-chamber living that will all take place next year, according to The New York Post. The 24 best performing candidates on these tests will then undergo ten years of training, after which the first four-person mission of Mars One will take place.

The odds, of course, are against her going to Mars: more than three quarters of the hundred remaining finalists will be rejected. And even then, there are some doubts about the scientific and technical components of the Mars One plan.

But Pien thinks otherwise. “I’m nearly 100 percent certain that I’ll get to space in my lifetime and about 70 percent certain that I’ll get to be on Mars,” the candidate said.

CITIZEN MARS

Along with four other potential Mars colonists, Pien is profiled in the Citizen Mars series made by AOL’s Engadget. You can check out the first episode of the five-part series here.

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We’ll see Sue Ann Pien in space. In the meantime, we’re preparing with Space Scouts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdcU4nKKV2E

Meet the American Willing to Die for Mars One

Buzz Aldrin Wants to Colonize Mars by 2040 #mars #MarsOne #BuzzAldrin - http://clapway.com/2015/08/28/buzz-aldrin-colonize-mars123/

With all the hubbub currently going on about space, it seems that everyone is looking to cross the atmospheric boundaries of Earth. As such, it’s only natural that Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, would join this effort. He is now teaming up with the Florida Institute of Technology to develop a “master plan” to colonize Mars within 25 years.

Buzz Aldrin Speaks About His “Master Plan”

Aldrin, now 85, landed on the moon roughly 46 years ago on July 21, 1969, following Neil Armstrong. On Thursday, he took part in a signing ceremony at the Florida university, which is conveniently located less than an hour away from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

His “master plan” will push for the colonization of Mars by 2040, although Aldrin is keen on the year 2039 – as this marks the 70^th anniversary of his own Apollo 11 moon landing (the first manned lunar landing in history). To reach the Red Planet, Aldrin plans to use Phobos and Deimos, Mars’ moons, as “stepping stones” for the astronauts.

However, the colonization process and travel to Mars, in general, is not something new. At the moment, NASA is currently working on its own projects to send astronauts to Mars by the mid-2030s.

Mars One, a Netherlands-based not-for-profit organization is also seeking to establish the first, permanent colony on the Red Planet, starting in 2024. The selling point of the venture is that it is a one-way ticket, as the technology to return from Mars is not yet feasible.

Aldrin’s “master plan” takes a slightly different route, as he dislikes the idea of “one way.” Instead, he is opting for tours of duty that would last roughly 10 years. He stated:

“The Pilgrims on the Mayflower came here to live and stay. They didn’t wait around Plymouth Rock for the return trip, and neither will people building up a population and a settlement” on Mars.

In the meantime, and before the launch of his plan, Buzz Aldrin will be serving as a research professor of aeronautics as well as a senior faculty advisor for the Buzz Aldrin Space Institute, which will open at the Florida Institute of Technology this fall.

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Buzz Aldrin wants to colonize Mars. Shouldn’t our kids learn more about the Red Planet?

Buzz Aldrin Wants to Colonize Mars by 2040

Celebrating New Year"s in Mars.- http://clapway.com/2015/06/15/june-19-marks-the-new-year-in-mars-145/

Another year will have come and gone on the red planet come June 19. To celebrate the New Year in Mars, NASA plans to celebrate this Friday, June 19 in a town called Mars, Pennsylvania. Apparently, it pays to have a town name with such a namesake.

The Martian Festivities

Celebrating the New Year in Mars will be beneficial to the Mars, Pennsylvania community. NASA and Red Planet enthusiasts will be traveling to the town of Mars for three days of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM!) activities. Mar’s New Year festivities lasts from June 18-20, starting with a “blast-off dinner” the night of June 18th.

NASA plans to bring on the exhibitions, booths and fun outreach activities prepared for the celebration. Their keynote speaker will be Jim Green, NASA’s director of Planetary Science at the NASA headquarter’s in Washington. He will be speaking on what else but NASA’s journey to Mars. Other notable guests will be: Gregg Hartung, mayor of Mars and Mike Harvey, honorary chairman and meteorologist for WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh.

Mars, Pennsylvania and NASA are very excited for this upcoming New Year in Mars. There’s even a countdown on the webpage. Not to mention, this is a town with a flying saucer sculpture. This event occurs every two Earth-years at the Northern Hemisphere’s Spring Equinox on Mars (this equinox occurs this month on Earth). There are roughly 684 Earth days to one Mars year and there aren’t months on Mars at all. For more information on how the Martian calendar works, click here.

NASA’s Latest Mission In Honor of the Red Planet

The New Year in Mars festival will have a mission not unlike NASA’s other missions: to encourage and inspire young people to pursue careers in the STEAM fields of study. Cultivating this enthusiasm and passion in future generations will be what makes further journeys to Mars possible for NASA.

How will you be celebrating the new year in Mars? For an idea and full listing of the schedules New Year in Mars events, please visit here: http://www.marsnewyear.com.

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For every future space cadet who can’t make the Mars New Year festivities:

June 19 Marks The New Year in Mars

3D Print Challenge To Create Mars One Homes for Citizens - http://clapway.com/2015/05/17/3d-print-challenge-to-create-mars-one-homes-for-citizens-123/

NASA 3D printing has a new game-changing use! In the past couple of years, it has not been possible to have missed word of NASA’s mission to bring humans to Mars for resettlement. There has to be a six-degrees-of-separation thing–or less degrees–where people are connected to someone who quietly applied for Mars One! With the Mars One challenge still a real goal of NASA’s, a NASA 3D printing challenge has come into play.

The space agency created a competition called the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. Its goal? To create a place for Mars One explorers to live and stay once reaching their new planetary homes. The competition will attract the savvier in 3D printing design, planning to award $50,000 to winners on architectural merit, as well as $1.1 million to the two competitors who manage to build something of real materials able to shelter against true conditions in Mars. How is that for a new way to become a millionaire?

Why Mars One Needs 3D Printing

This is invaluable to the Mars One initiative because 3D printing could be a solution that makes its possible to resettle in Mars having to bring crazy amounts of construction supplies from Earth all the way to Mars. Imaginably, the costs for that would really be unearthly and even implausible. Another reason a well-design 3D printed habitat would be a godsend is that if some home repairs were needed, it would be possible to do it without having to await resupply materials from such a long way away.

The biggest question of late in the Mars One initiative has not been how to get humans to Earth for resettlement–but then what? How do they survive once there? Volunteer citizens probably even would like to know where they would be living and in what. While the Mars One mission won’t be until around 2035, it is never too early to plan for a mission as essential as this one.

3D printing is becoming a tour de force, a technology that can improve life on Earth and the extraterrestrial world.  Sam Ortega’s the systems engineer for NASA speaks of 3D printing. “The future possibilities for 3D printing are inspiring, and the technology is extremely important to deep space exploration.This challenge definitely raises the bar from what we are currently capable of, and we are excited to see what the maker community does with it.”

Joining The 3D Printed Habitat Challenge: Mark Those Calendars

Lately, NASA has been opening up a lot of challenges to the general public, particularly the young. Interested competitors and 3D printmakers can register beginning September 26. For more information, rules and to register for the 3-D-Printed Habitat Challenge, please click here.

3D Print Challenge To Create Mars One Homes for Citizens