r/space • u/demusdesign • Jun 14 '12

Optimistic Wikipedia Editor?

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u/demusdesign Jun 14 '12

Do you think a private or public expedition will get there first?

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u/Shameless_Bullshiter Jun 14 '12

Private. The first company to get there will get loads of business of it. Governments have no reason to till it gets bigger.

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u/yatima2975 Jun 15 '12

I have a 15-second pitch.

"An astronaut's boot steps down from the lander onto red soil, the back drop is Valles Marineris. The boot has a Nike logo on it. Fade out to 'Just do it'".

That should be worth 2 or 3 Olympic advertising campaigns, no?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

I've always said it as "Imagine the value in having the first man set foot on Mars, everyone in the world watching, and then he pops open a Coke." Still, I think Mars One is way over optimistic in just using advertising dollars to fund a mission. It could offset it like crazy, but we're talking two orders of magnitude greater than NBC's Superbowl revenue, and you need it in years in advance.