Mars One Project
The Mars One Project is a not-for-profit organization based in the Netherlands, founded by Bas Landorp and Arno Weilders in 2011. The project proposes to establish a colony on Mars, starting with a first manned landing in 2025, but offering a one way trip only. The rationale is that there is no current technology to land and return from Mars, and a one way trip simplifies the delivery system, reducing weight and leaving more capacity for cargo.
This is a series of articles which take an in depth look at the Project and ask the question....
"Mars One - A Mission to Nowhere?"
Total number of articles = 6
Mars One - a mission to nowhere - an introduction
The Mars One Project is a not-for-profit organization based in the Netherlands, founded in 2011. The project proposes to establish a colony on Mars, but offering a one way trip only. The rationale is that there is no current technology to return from Mars, and a one way trip simplifies the delivery system, reducing weight and leaving more capacity for cargo.
Explore the time table, the issues, and the technological challenge.
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Mars One - Technologies for life support
The required life support systems are at best still at early stage development - projects that use novel technologies take a lot longer than expected ? it would be foolish to presume that a system to sustain human life on Mars is going to be any different.
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Mars One - Psychological Challenge and the Ethical Questions
Even if the physical basis for survival can be achieved, the psychological problems are enormous.
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Mars One - Astronaut selection
The project invited applications from anyone in the world, and reputedly received some 200,000 applications, although some sources put the actual figure at only around 87,000. Whittled down to 1058, but the applicants appear to lack any real perception of the risk they might be taking.
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Mars One - the other technological challenges
Aside from life support, there is the technolgical challenge of getting everything to Mars and setting up a long term, workable habitat
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Mars One - A Conclusion
Is the Mars One project a serious attempt at a manned landing on Mars? There is little to suggest it is.