Why Mars One will NEVER get off the ground: Lack of funding, no spacecraft

[zorgon]

Why Mars One will NEVER get off the ground: Lack of funding, no spacecraft and no rocket makes mission a 'fool's dream', claim experts


Dutch company Mars One is planning to send people to Mars in 2025
But experts have criticised for the company for the lack of a solid proposal
So far the company has only released concept images and crew details
It has provided no technical information or signs of development
And it's highly unlikely they have enough funding for the mission
Mars One threatens to detract public interest from missions to Mars that will actually happen - such as Esa's ExoMars mission in 2018
'The whole project feels very much like wing-and-a-prayer stuff,' science writer Giles Sparrow told MailOnline
By JONATHAN O'CALLAGHAN FOR MAILONLINE


Lots of pretty pictures - but not a lot of substance: Dutch company Mars One says they want to send people on a one-way trip to live on Mars in 2025 (illustration shown), but experts have cited a number of problems in their proposal - most notably a lack of any noticeable research or development taking place


Mars One made headlines around the world this week after it revealed the final longlist of applicants who will train on Earth for a one-way mission to the red planet in 2025.
But the proposed mission has been widely criticised ever since it was first announced in 2011 - and experts have said this latest announcement does nothing to silence the sceptics.
Lack of funding, no signs of development and an overly ambitious 'reality TV' approach have all been cited as reasons that Mars One will never be more than a pipe dream.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2960096/Why-Mars-One-NEVER-ground-Lack-funding-no-spacecraft-no-rocket-makes-mission-fool-s-dream-claim-experts.html

[zorgon]

Sigh...

NASA has no spaceships. Richard Branson's blew up and no Mars One looks like it will fizzle out...

So much for the space program 

[Pimander]

Looks like astral projection for me.... again!