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Title: Mars One to launch first test mission
Post by: josephpalazzo on November 01, 2013, 01:20:13 PM

QuoteMars One will launch its first unmanned mission to the Red Planet in 2016, its co-founder says.

The firm plans to establish a human settlement on Martian soil in 2023, by offering passengers a one-way ticket.

Mars One will send "a small craft that will demonstrate the technologies we need for our human colony" and is inviting partners to join the mission.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24749687 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24749687)

Title: Re: Mars One to launch first test mission
Post by: Solitary on November 01, 2013, 01:31:22 PM

I wish them the best of luck because they will need it. Solitary

Title: Re: Mars One to launch first test mission
Post by: stromboli on November 01, 2013, 02:04:59 PM

I'll contribute to this right after I send $250 for that Kenyan lottery prize I got the email about.

Title: Re: Mars One to launch first test mission
Post by: aileron on November 01, 2013, 02:16:06 PM

Sure, go to Mars. It's not like interplanetary space has high doses of ionizing radiation (//http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/may/HQ_13-165_MSL_Radiation_Findings.html) or something.

Title: Re: Mars One to launch first test mission
Post by: Gerard on November 02, 2013, 06:15:02 PM

Let's just wait and see what will (or more probably will not) be launched in 2016.......

Gerard

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