So far, 200 candidates from 140 countries have signed up for the one-way trip to Mars, the oldest of whom is 83 years old and the youngest is an eight-year-old boy.
Mars One will launch its first unmanned mission to Mars in 2016, according to one of its founders Bas Landsdorp.
As you may recall, the Mars One company became famous after it offered to send humans on a one-way ticket to a colony that would be established on Mars starting in 2023. The company announced that it would launch a small spacecraft that would test new technologies required for the establishment of a manned colony" and that it was inviting partners to join the mission. The first step will be to examine whether it is possible to create suitable conditions for the stay of humans by launching experimental systems on a lander.
Lansdorp, who revealed the details about the test mission at an international space conference held in London, said that he calls on anyone who has a reason to place something on Mars to contact him, including space agencies on the one hand and companies that want their brand to be the first on Mars on the other.
More of the topic in Hayadan:
- Spaceship humanity
- The members of the "Mars 500" experiment crew left the chamber in which they had been confined for 500 days in a simulation for a flight to Mars
- A private company wants to establish a colony on Mars by 2023 - in one direction
Later, the company proposes to launch in 2018 a robot that will locate the exact location of the human colony. In 2020, a supply spacecraft will be launched that will also activate the life support system and produce water and breathable air for the landing of the first manned expedition in 2023.
So far, 200 candidates from 140 countries have signed up for the one-way trip to Mars, the oldest of whom is 83 years old and the youngest is an eight-year-old boy. About 80% of the applicants are men, something Lansdorp hopes to correct with time and publicity. Registration is done through videos where the candidates introduce themselves and explain why they should be chosen. By the end of the year, a short list will be selected from which the candidates will ultimately be selected.
There is no encouragement in this news to register for the project. Those who register do so at their own risk.
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In my opinion, a project of this magnitude could only be realized with the cooperation of several powerful countries. For example, the International Space Station, or the Iter project.
Hello Neta, you can find answers to questions like this on the FAQ page of the mission website:
http://www.mars-one.com/en/faq-en
From my super-amateur reading it looks like they know what they're doing.
(There is no encouragement in this response to sign up for the project.)
The idea is that most things are on Mars. Oxygen production in the almost non-existent red atmosphere is possible.
Water production - there is a name.
Growing food is therefore possible. You just can't take a train with all the food, water, air there.
The first settlers on Mars will have to take care of themselves like the settlers in America did. Only harder.
Help will come within two years. this is what there is.
I understood that there would be no Facebook. What's the point of getting to Mars and living on it if you can't do Instosh? (It was irony for those who didn't understand).
And now seriously:
Water and air is pretty good for a few weeks. But what about food? Radiation protection? Could you walk around outside and explore? Telemetry and communication documentation? Spare parts? Can you produce spare parts?
Life on the space station is complicated anyway. Now think that any aid will arrive between a few months and a few years (assuming that the aid spacecraft is already standing at the space port ready) and you will find that every problem requires an infrastructure to be repaired in place because the help will arrive too late and cost lives.
Exactly how many tons of equipment do you intend to reach? Even cooperation between superpowers can yield quite small spaceships for such distances.