Mars One a scam?

[satanboy]

I'm holding out for the first flight to the sun.

 

[Unhappy1]

the idea is very nice; and sooner or later its bound to happen; but not in this way;
by scamming people and fairy tales or space travel when the furthest mans gone is the moon (allegedly)

I definitely do believe that space travel will become cheap and that we will eventually leave earth; but not in our lifetimes its gonna happen;

Im definitely a proponent of encouraging ideas for furthering space travel but stuff like Mars One only hinders that imo.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

1. Get people riled up
2. Start Kickstarter campaign to gib moni pl0x
3. Make a few, very cheap token offers to pretend you're actually doing something.
4. Profit!!
5. Take profits and retire to the Bahamas.

like all the other con artists, or any ponzi scheme worth its salt......

so sad they had to be on a very noble idea;

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

I'm holding out for the first flight to the sun.

you wanna be like comrade julius; Ill fly to the sun at night

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

Once Endemol and Mars One was mentioned in one sentence last year, it was obvious that this would go nowhere (who in his right mind would sign up where the main sponsor was former produce of Big Brother?)

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Once Endemol and Mars One was mentioned in one sentence last year, it was obvious that this would go nowhere (who in his right mind would sign up where the main sponsor was former produce of Big Brother?)

so sad they had to involve TV stations; just like that axe apollo thing;
showed it on discovery channel;

 

[CataclysmZA]

I'd trust Elon Musk more than these guys.

 

[Ricard]

I have been to Mars

http://abkltd.co.uk/resources/uploads/2012/08/20120809-162004.jpg

There people dont realise its a place that makes chocolate. (They give free MarsBars on tours!)

 

[Knyro]

Of course it's a scam. How was that not obvious?

+1

Anyone who even for a second fell for this is a moron of the highest order and should be institutionalised.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

+1

Anyone who even for a second fell for this is a moron of the highest order and should be institutionalised.

I think its a bit harsh,
The idea is noble, the goal uplifting,

Just the exceution isnt right,
Most of us knew little in the planned mechanics of how and when.

 

[Hoekachaka]

the idea is very nice; and sooner or later its bound to happen; but not in this way;
by scamming people and fairy tales or space travel when the furthest mans gone is the moon (allegedly)

I definitely do believe that space travel will become cheap and that we will eventually leave earth; but not in our lifetimes its gonna happen;

You contradict yourself! Either it is happening in your lifetime or you should change the word 'we' with the word 'humans'. I on the other hand do not think either words are correct. Yes, within the next century or so, intelligence will leave earth but it won't be human based. Which means we have to wait. Not for human space travel but for quantum computing

 

[TelkomUseless]

This.

+1

 

[Rubberpigg]

Mars One CEO responds to criticism of the spacefaring project

By Sean O'Kane
on March 19, 2015

Bas Lansdorp is the CEO of Mars One, a company that's running a competition with the goal of establishing a human settlement on Mars by 2025. The project has faced much scrutiny since its announcement in 2012, but this week an interview with one of the final 100 candidates for the mission has sparked a debate about whether or not Mars One is a scam. Lansdorp has finally addressed some of the issues online and in a video published to Mars One's YouTube account.

"The suggestion was made that our candidates were selected on the basis of how much money they donate to Mars One, and that's just simply untrue," he says. He goes on to accuse Elmo Keep, the author of the accusatory piece, of making false claims about how the contest works. He specifically says the claim that contest participants were able to pay for a better chance to be selected was "simply a lie."

"We offered Elmo Keep as the first journalist ever to have access to our list of 200,000 applications," Lansdorp says. "She was not interested in that, so it seems to me she is more interested in writing a sensational article about Mars One than in the truth."

Mars One has also released a written interview on its website that covers the same issues, though the references to Keep have been cut. Lansdorp's answers address things like losing the company's broadcast partner (the goal from the beginning has been to turn the entire project into a reality television show), how he expects to receive funding for the mission, and how he will vet the mission's final candidates.
He doesn't, however, address the technical issues that Mars One has been criticized for. He also says that the company's milestone goals — landing a rover on Mars, cargo missions, and the eventual crewed missions — have all been delayed by two years. As of now, the company's plan wouldn't get humans to the red planet until 2027.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/19/8259741/mars-one-ceo-response-bas-lansdorp

 

[Solarion]

Problem with a base on Mars, it would need to be in a bomb proof bunker able to withstand the impact of a nuclear warhead or bigger. I don't see us building that by 2025. Not...a...chance.