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11/10/2021

What did I do today to get to mars:
I drank a bit last night so I'm proud of myself for getting up on time today and doing cardio first thing. For 50 minutes. :) I also did some shoulder rehab work and stretched out. During my incline treadmill walk I also was reading, not audio book but an actual physical book. Not really related to mars, a nonfiction book on whiskey and a classic, crime and punishment. But the fact that I'm multi tasking during my cardio makes me happy.

11/9/2021

Decided to start writing this today. Been drinking. If that's any indication, seems like drinking will be involved in a few of these posts. I just turned 40. I'm over weight, 6'1.5" 230 lbs. Not sure why I think I'll be able to go to Mars but where there's a will there's a way right? My plan is to try to expand my rental portfolio and then hopefully soehow get up to the magical $500,000 ticket to ride. I'm hoping I have about 10 years or roughly 5 cycles between now and when I'd go there.

I just looked it up. I'd leave 2033 april and arrive at Mars in December. I'd be 51 when I left and 52 when I landed there. So why go, it'll take all my finances and a serious effort to get physically fit enough to go. Also, to be a viable candidate I'll need to start seriously aquiring skills that would be useful there if I want to be considered. So why do it at all. There's the real chance I could invest a bunch of time and effort and have it amount to nothing if I'm not able to procure passage. Well, the answer is because it's there. As of right now nobody's ever done it before.

The one advantage I have as an older individual is the radiation on mars. For younger individuals, such a high radiation dose could signifigantly impact their over all lifetime risk of radiation exposure. For someone in their 50's, who cares if they get a serious dose of radiation, they're on the back half of the lifetime curve anyway. If I get cancer and die in my 60's, I'll still be doing fairly well. Much better than a 20 something that makes the trip and dies in their 30's due to radiation.

Anyhow, hopefully this is one of many posts.

For now, chase your dreams, they want to be caught.

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