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Comment on Mars One has 78,000 applicants so far—sort of by Gabriel

Gabriel — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:26:31 +0000

Im a bit surprised about what i m reading here. Mars one is indeed just a team of managers and other non scientific people though there are plans made which are exposed on youtube .Furthermore they exactly mention how they are going to do this ,for example : Costs will be coverd with the world wide media event (social online stream of the whole mission) .That is realistic if you think of how much it cost to steam a comercial on the super bowl.
greetings from germany.

Comment on Mars One has 78,000 applicants so far—sort of by Aresia

Aresia — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:51:31 +0000

The real question is: will someone with a big fat bank balance come in and bankroll this project. If they do, I can see this succeeding by becoming a reality TV programme running across the planet – that itself could raise billions of dollars over maybe 5 years in sponsorship advertising and so on.

Comment on Mars One has 78,000 applicants so far—sort of by The Real Red World | Oth Productions

The Real Red World | Oth Productions — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:47:56 +0000

[...] from the Fox News website. After I threw up in my mouth a little bit I headed on over to NewSpace Journal and the actual mission website. There I found two interesting facts. One, the mission had over [...]

Comment on Mars One has 78,000 applicants so far—sort of by Destination Mars: Part 5 - (fetching) a pail of water

Destination Mars: Part 5 - (fetching) a pail of water — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:16:08 +0000

[...] everyone seems to be reporting that figure, New Space Journal suggests that number is [...]

Comment on Mars One has 78,000 applicants so far—sort of by John

John — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:42:24 +0000

Some of you got it wrong, though. There is nothing too challenging about actually flying to Mars. The hard part, as some have already said, is getting good astronauts and the FUNDING. Disappointing that Mars one would lie about application numbers. OBVIOUSLY, the overwhelmingly large majority of those “registered” will NEVER apply.

Comment on Mars One has 78,000 applicants so far—sort of by Stuart

Stuart — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:03:55 +0000

Cash flow crisis predicted to hit around 2015!!!!

Oh well it beats working for a living.

Comment on Mars One has 78,000 applicants so far—sort of by Nearly 100,000 people have signed up to go to Mars | BirchIndigo

Nearly 100,000 people have signed up to go to Mars | BirchIndigo — Sun, 12 May 2013 01:36:26 +0000

[...] to pay a fee and upload a video expressing why he or she wants to go to Mars permanently. NewSpace Journal recently interviewed Mars One CEO and co-founder Bas Lansdorp and asked him about the 78,000 [...]

Comment on Mars One has 78,000 applicants so far—sort of by Bob

Bob — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:45:33 +0000

Yes, I’m pretty sure the registration fee does not go towards paying the cost to review the application but rather straight to the swindlers pocket.

Comment on Mars One has 78,000 applicants so far—sort of by James Lindsay

James Lindsay — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:17:11 +0000

I can’t actually see this getting any further than somebody making millions on the latest three seasons of some typical low-quality/low-budget “Hillbilly TV”.

What a crock.

Comment on Mars One has 78,000 applicants so far—sort of by Brendan

Brendan — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:41:22 +0000

The reality is …
They have NO one on the team capable of doing this. They don’t have any money or funding, let alone any experience in this endeavor whatsoever. This would be one of the largest undertaking humans have faced so far… and all they have is a marketing team..

Yet they are accepting cash from people who want to apply to be an astronaut..

A scam to milk people of money, pure and simple. And that SUCKS.
Because it will sour people’s image of a real Mars mission.

These people are willing to destroy people image of what could be the greatest adventure humans have ever taken, so they can line their own pockets.
Disgusting.