userlame
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I know this is horribly off topic, but I'm hoping there's a few aerospace nerds here to make this worthwhile:
Mars One project is a not-for-profit aiming to send human beings on a one way trip to Mars to establish a permanent colony. I know this sounds extremely far-fetched, but the mission would be acheivable using current generation technology, given enough funding.
They are in the process of contracting Lockheed Martin to provide a design study into an unmanned lander mission to perform a few experiments and test 'live' HD video comms with the red planet.
Since this is a non-commercial venture, they're funding the mission from donations by the interested public. They currently are just over 250k on their latest fundraiser. (see here: Mars One - First Private Mars Mission in 2018 | Indiegogo)
You can see more about the long term mission here: Mars One The cost of the long term mission will be in the *billions* which I think is highly unlikely to happen, but it's still an interesting project.
Since this is a forum:
Would you go on a one way mission to Mars, with no real prospect of coming back?
Do you think the project is viable?
Mars One project is a not-for-profit aiming to send human beings on a one way trip to Mars to establish a permanent colony. I know this sounds extremely far-fetched, but the mission would be acheivable using current generation technology, given enough funding.
They are in the process of contracting Lockheed Martin to provide a design study into an unmanned lander mission to perform a few experiments and test 'live' HD video comms with the red planet.
Since this is a non-commercial venture, they're funding the mission from donations by the interested public. They currently are just over 250k on their latest fundraiser. (see here: Mars One - First Private Mars Mission in 2018 | Indiegogo)
You can see more about the long term mission here: Mars One The cost of the long term mission will be in the *billions* which I think is highly unlikely to happen, but it's still an interesting project.
Since this is a forum:
Would you go on a one way mission to Mars, with no real prospect of coming back?
Do you think the project is viable?