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"Mars 2023: Inhabitants Wanted. Mars One will establish a permanent human settlement
on Mars. We invite you to participate by sharing our vision with your friends, and, perhaps,
by becoming the next Mars astronaut yourself."
Has anyone else heard about this? Of course it wll never work but its a heck of an idea.
(Apart from the fact its a one-way ticket.)
I know I shouldn't laugh but you have to love the visionaries that come up wth these ideas. 
Actually, hang on a minute - there are thousands of applicants....
(Runs off to make tin foil space hat.)
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How long would it take and how much would be delivery for a Sony telly on Mars ? Cripes, I wouldn't want to receive a faulty one and have to arrange a courier pick up - probably better to fix it yourself 
@Jonnie1266 wrote:
How long would it take and how much would be delivery for a Sony telly on Mars ? Cripes, I wouldn't want to receive a faulty one and have to arrange a courier pick up - probably better to fix it yourself
Well..... We could work this out 
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It costs roughly $10,000 per pound to put an object into orbit. 2.2lb to the KG = $22,000.
Lets assume this is Geostationary Orbit which is 22,236 miles (above equator). Mars is 33,900,000 miles from Earth at its closest point. Therefore Mars is 1,524 times the distance of the Earth geostationary orbit.
Cost per KG to Mars = $22,000 x 1,524 = $33,528,000
Sonys 65" 2014 4K TV (KD-65X9005B) is 46.6KG with stand.
Cost to send KD-65X9005B to Mars is US$1,562,404,800 or £1,010,576,454 (at current prices)
(Anyone want to check my Math?)
Edit:
All of this assumes that the cost is constant throughout the full journey (ie cost is the same to leave earths gravity all the way to mars). Cost would drop significantly after leaving Earths orbit/gravity (cannot find resources to know how much by though)
Resources:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/background/facts/astp.html_prt.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit
http://www.space.com/16875-how-far-away-is-mars.html
http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/televisions/x9000b-series/specifications
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LOL
That serves me right for the throw away comment - I really do not have the time of day to work that one out !
Not sure what the gravity is on Mars but I think it's less than here so at least it should be cheaper to send back ?
Regarding the duration of the journey that's another matter - I 've found that UPS are good at next day delivery
Quinnicus wrote: Anyone want to check my Math?
Here in the UK we say MATHS 
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Thats a very good point about the gravity!
I think that with the right trajectory plotted it may be possible to just throw the TV back.
I demand serious research starts immediately into whether an underarm or overarm delivery is needed to break the atmosphere. 
@Jonnie1266 wrote:
Quinnicus wrote: Anyone want to check my Math?
Here in the UK we say MATHS
Everyones a critique, I also say Maths too, just forgot the ESSSSSSS 
The Language used on Mars:
"I cdn'uolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg: the phaonmneel pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rseearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Scuh a cdonition is arppoiatrely cllaed Typoglycemia .
"Amzanig huh? Yaeh and you awlyas thguoht slpeling was ipmorantt."
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