Saru Posted July 14, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 14, 2014 A non-profit organization based in the Netherlands, Mars One is aiming to set up a permanently manned colony on Mars within 11 years with the first astronauts launching within 10 years. A number of candidates have been picked from a long list of applicants signing up for what is being billed as a one-way trip. Funding will come from sponsors and donations as well as from the proceeds of a reality TV show covering the lives of the astronauts. Private companies are on board to build the rockets, spacecraft and other technologies needed for the project. Based on even the most conservative estimates however, NASA's plans for a manned mission to Mars are unlikely to come to fruition for decades, even with international co-operation. So how does Mars One, a private organization with no spaceflight experience, hope to accomplish all this within the space of 10 years ? Where is the technology going to come from ? Does Mars One really believe that it can do this ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted July 14, 2014 #2 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Reality TV? that has killed it for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted October 9, 2014 #3 Share Posted October 9, 2014 They announced today that the Mars One project now has a 100 % Failure precentage ! Hum ? In reading the Article Makes one think,It was Full Baked plan to Fail,Not just Half baked ! Oh well Thats at least a drop into the Space Exploration Bucket ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occams Razor Posted October 10, 2014 #4 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) They announced today that the Mars One project now has a 100 % Failure precentage ! Hum ? In reading the Article Makes one think,It was Full Baked plan to Fail,Not just Half baked ! Oh well Thats at least a drop into the Space Exploration Bucket ! Who announced today that Mars One had failed? Do you have a link to the article? MIT certainly doesn't think much of their plan: http://web.mit.edu/s...lysis IAC14.pdf Edited October 10, 2014 by Occams Razor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted October 13, 2014 #5 Share Posted October 13, 2014 It was on Front Page Yahoo ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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