The site alone seemed a bit cheesy for such a lofty "mission".
At first glance I totally thought it was the start of a new ARG.
Mars One Finalist Announces That It's All a Scam
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#12It's a shame that it's all a scam. They're doing a lot to wreck public perception of the possibility of a Martian base/colony.
I'm still holding out hope for SpaceX's Martian ambitions!
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#13Reading on, at first the title feels exaggerated. However, the end of Elmo Keep's piece on Medium (linked from the article, or at the end of this comment) leaves little room for doubt: Mars One has almost no money. Mars One has no contracts with private aerospace suppliers who are building technology for future deep-space missions. Mars One has no TV production partner. Mars One has no publicly known investment partn…
I don't think 'scam' is appropriate. More like 'failure'? Scam is specifically with intent to defraud, but I do think these guys wanted to go to Mars, just didn't succeed like many other startups.
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#14> Mars One was hoping to generate $6 billion from a reality show.
That dollar amount sounds pretty ludicrous. But if you could somehow bootstrap some faith that it was real, I suppose maybe they could generate global viewership that would translate to large revenues. In turn, those revenues could actually be used to fund a real launch.
shrug, of course people would only watch in big numbers if you could also supply some washed-up C-list celebrities and oddballs.
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#15What is their pretend projected launch date for this? When all the experts (outside of Mars One) are saying we're 20 years away minimum (just like with sustainable fusion and personal jet packs), who would sign up today?
Is there a serious expectation that personal jet packs are going to be worn by anyone but particular military personnel and particular field technicians repairing infrastructure?
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#16Reading on, at first the title feels exaggerated. However, the end of Elmo Keep's piece on Medium (linked from the article, or at the end of this comment) leaves little room for doubt: Mars One has almost no money. Mars One has no contracts with private aerospace suppliers who are building technology for future deep-space missions. Mars One has no TV production partner. Mars One has no publicly known investment partn…
I don't think 'scam' is appropriate. More like 'failure'? Scam is specifically with intent to defraud, but I do think these guys wanted to go to Mars, just didn't succeed like many other startups.
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#17> Mars One was hoping to generate $6 billion from a reality show. That dollar amount sounds pretty ludicrous. But if you could somehow bootstrap some faith that it was real, I suppose maybe they could generate global viewership that would translate to large revenues. In turn, those revenues could actually be used to fund a real launch. shrug , of course people would only watch in big numbers if you could also supply…
I wonder how much money The Truman Show would have brought in... in my mind, Mars One would have had similar viewership numbers due to the novelty of the program.
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#18Reading on, at first the title feels exaggerated. However, the end of Elmo Keep's piece on Medium (linked from the article, or at the end of this comment) leaves little room for doubt: Mars One has almost no money. Mars One has no contracts with private aerospace suppliers who are building technology for future deep-space missions. Mars One has no TV production partner. Mars One has no publicly known investment partn…
I don't think 'scam' is appropriate. More like 'failure'? Scam is specifically with intent to defraud, but I do think these guys wanted to go to Mars, just didn't succeed like many other startups.
They knew from the very start that they would never go to Mars. Probably let's try it and gather/scam/steal what we can.
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#19> Mars One was hoping to generate $6 billion from a reality show. That dollar amount sounds pretty ludicrous. But if you could somehow bootstrap some faith that it was real, I suppose maybe they could generate global viewership that would translate to large revenues. In turn, those revenues could actually be used to fund a real launch. shrug , of course people would only watch in big numbers if you could also supply…
> That dollar amount sounds pretty ludicrous.
The UK soccer league makes 2 billion euros per year - assume that this reality show runs for three or four years and you got yourself a big fat bag of money, especially as this would be broadcasted and marketed across the globe (including the US, which have a high population but 0 interest in soccer).
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#20Did anyone ever take this seriously in the first place?