Why do participants Mars One will never go into space

Sadly, faktChastnaya company Mars One for two years raising money for the first manned flight to Mars. Write about it in the press, the company enters into various partnership agreements, though very soon on Mars really live earthlings. Especially for Apparat journalist of "News of Cosmonautics", a graduate of the MSTU. Bauman, a member of the expedition to the Martian desert research station in Utah Alexander Ilyin was FAQ, which explained why Mars One will not send people to the Red Planet.





What is Mars One? In 2012, the Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp announced the project Mars One. He promised to mankind to turn the first manned flight to Mars and the establishment of a penal colony there in the grand reality show in which everyone can participate. And it has already begun. Since 2013, thousands of people around the world are involved in the selection, in order to become the first settlers on Mars. One stage of the selection took place, it took place about a thousand people from 107 countries of the world.

Interestingly, the company promises to deliver the colonists only one way. This is much easier than to provide a trip there and back. In principle, if we ignore the numerous technical difficulties, it is quite feasible and can cost several times less than the "full" Expedition (saying "a fraction" about space expeditions, we mean not hundreds, but "only" tens of billions of dollars ).

By the way, the construction of large colonies and the emergence of "indigenous Martians" Mars One plans not included. The idea is to enable people to die on the Red Planet, before that, of course, some time entertaining the viewer a unique terrestrial TV shows.

And, they have a chance to undertake a mission? No, because it is expensive and difficult. According to the plans of the founder of Mars One, in 2018 to the Red Planet should start small automatic interplanetary station to demonstrate key technologies - of film solar cells and technology to extract water from the Martian soil.

Bus station is going to order the famous American company Lockheed Martin. It is assumed that this small spacecraft is almost a complete copy of the probe Phoenix, who studied Mars in 2008.

Phoenix project cost the US taxpayers $ 420 million, and it is highly unlikely that Mars One will be able to gain a similar amount. Attempts to raise money for the project (a project - "securities") of the probe via crowdfunding failed. On the "hardware" and not talking.

Later in 2020, Bass fantasies - start relay satellites (to transmit the signal even when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun), supplies for the future of the colony and heavy rover.

It is worth mentioning that the project Curiosity (American big rover, which is now working on the Red Planet) cost the 2, 5 billion dollars.

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