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Mars One
[edit]A Dutch nonprofit group called Mars One has announced plans to send a rover to Mars in 2020, launch cargo missions in 2022, and have an outpost on Mars ready for habitation when volunteer astronauts reach the end of their one-way journey to the red planet in 2025. Organizers hope to gather funding through donations and revenues from a reality TV show that follows the astronauts through their selection and training.[1] Critics like Ulrich Walter (a German astronaut) suggest that chances of reaching and surviving on Mars are so slow, it is inhumane to send anyone, even if they volunteer.[2] And a study concluded by MIT researchers in June 2014[3] pointed out likely cost overruns and technology required that is not yet ready to deploy.
- ^ Roadmap Mars One. Retrieved Nov. 21, 2014.
- ^ Raumfahrt-Experte geht mit Mars-Projekt hart ins Gerich. Der Tagesspiegel. June 1, 2014.
- ^ Do, Sydney.An Independent Assessment of the Technical Feasibility of the Mars One Mission Plan. Presented at the 65th International Astronautical Congress, Toronto, Canada. June 2014.