Mars One - First Private Mars Mission in 2018

Posted by markmassie on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @01:12PM
from the indiegogo.com dept.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mars-one-first-private-mars-mission-in-2018

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Re:Mars One - First Private Mars Mission in 2018 by Crunsher on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @01:41PM (#6882672)

This still looks like a giant scam to me. Not because their goal is set high, but because they have yet to release viable technical information. Just take a look at the founders ama on reddit[1] from a year ago.

1: http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ufb42/ama_i_am_fo...

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Re:Mars One - First Private Mars Mission in 2018 by bad_alloc on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @01:25PM (#6882543)

Wait Lockheed Martin is working with them? I had the impression the project was not being taken seriously by professionals. Did that change lately?

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Re:Mars One - First Private Mars Mission in 2018 by markbot on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @01:45PM (#6882699)

This exactly what I was wondering. I'm guessing that if Mars One brings them a pile of cash to their door, Lockheed will be happy to do some design work.

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Re:Mars One - First Private Mars Mission in 2018 by danmaz74 on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @01:50PM (#6882737)

How could a mission like this cost just $400K? I'm no rocket scientist, but that amount looks WAY too little.

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