Comments on: Mars One planning December 10 announcement about robotic Mars mission

By: railmeat

railmeat — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:26:52 +0000

Now they say they have pushed their first mission back to 2018. That might be plausible, barley. They started and crowdfunding campaign: http://igg.me/at/marsone/x/4142777 I might just contribute.

I still doubt they can make this happen, and I am not sure they really want to. I do hope to see humans on Mars in my lifetime.

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By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 00:38:29 +0000

z940912 have you read Mars One’s plans? What did you think of them?

By: z940912

z940912 — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 21:19:45 +0000

If millenia of history is any indication, don’t expect cynics to be satisfied until someone in their immediate family goes to Mars and sends a video back making fun of them. Until then, people who have never read through the plans or know who the technical leaders and advisors are for the mission will proudly proclaim that they know it will be a failure. They make us all proud.

By: Phil Smith

Phil Smith — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:06:38 +0000

This sort of thing is interesting from a cultural point of view – the social impact of spaceflight, for example. But in terms of engineering and economics, these efforts are unrealistic. Few in the industry take them seriously in terms of their potential to actually get off the ground.

On a personal level, it bothers me that Mars remains a key destination for many, including those who should know better, when we haven’t sent humans on long-term missions beyond LEO. The arrogance to presume that sending people to Mars with our current level of technology and spaceflight experience, not to mention the more difficult variables of psychology, economics, political will, and so forth, means almost certain failure. The good news is that the failure will happen well in advance of a launch, meaning no one will be killed or stranded. The bad news is that these concepts betray a childlike wonderment that isn’t worthy of praise; space will swallow up the naive astronaut faster than the sea will of reckless aquanauts…

By: Mader Levap

Mader Levap — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:38:34 +0000

“Dream-worthy endeavor” is worthless if it is just made up fantasy. As other noted, it taints more serious endeavors and make life harder for other folks like SpaceX.

By: Rickstar

Rickstar — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 23:13:12 +0000

I am really looking forward to the December 10 announcement.
I am hopeful that Mars-One’s announcement will set us on a path for Mars,in the 2020’s.
I realistically,have my own doubts about them making the launch date in September 2022,but I really hope I am wrong,& that they do make it,of course.
Even if they have to launch in 2024,or 2026,or even 2028,it will still be the next giant leap for humankind,when they do:-)

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:25:56 +0000

It does seem unlikely they will be able to succeed with their original mission on the proposed schedule. Certainly the cost would be astronomical. Either way, it would still be interesting to see a robotic mission to Mars in the near future.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 11:03:53 +0000

@Brian Hinson

It is true that both Mars One and Inspiration Mars have generated a lot of publicity, however if it turns out that both a just hype that will not help us. It will make those how try to create a serious project look suspicious by association. Sadly both those projects do not look like they will go anywhere at the moment. I fear that mot of the public will take these as examples if a serious humans to Mars project ever comes up. Hence my questions.

I will watch with interest for the Mars One announcement, but I doubt they can succeed with their original mission.

By: Brian Hinson

Brian Hinson — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:21:36 +0000

Both Mars One and Inspiration Mars have generated a lot of public attention and internet discourse about traveling to Mars. That by itself is a form of success, and I welcome the attention and dialog generated. Going around calling such dream-worthy endeavors “BS” is about as noble a me posting a picture of my butt.