Talk:The Colonization Application/@comment-184.89.159.25-20150212145858

I am shocked that Sheldon was originally going to go to Mars without Amy, and I am even more shocked that he would leave Leonard behind.

Colonizing Mars is a one way trip, and the planet is barren and desolate. No oceans or other bodies of water, no mountains, no forests, no plains. Exposure to the atmosphere without a space suit would be impossible, and so one would be confined to the bio-dome or pod that they live in...FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. Additionally, if the pod malfunctioned or supplies ran out, it would take years to get assistance from Earth. Who's up for that?