Re: Academics
"And we will be very happy to send him. One way."
You may think of this as a disparaging jest, sir, but I would *love* to be dumped on our Luna for what remains of my life if it were possible to land me with a tool kit and some spare parts so I could fix up the various rovers and landers and other bits of kit while helping to build a Farside Telescope Farm.
I'd prefer Mars, even though she has a greater gravity field because there would be more opportunities for discovery on that more varied landscape and more toys to fix but Luna would do.
If ESA, JPL or someone else wants a willing volunteer ... email soon.
Hell, if you could give a 0.01% chance of surviving long enough, I'd even ride an Apollo-style box to the planets of Proxima for you.
Sometimes, banishment is exactly what a person would dearly love.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
