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Reading 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) leav
by nmc 12y ago
Reading 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 partnerships with major brands. Mars One has no plans for a training facility where its candidates would prepare themselves. Mars One’s candidates have been vetted by a single person, in a 10-minute Skype interview.
https://medium.com/matter/mars-one-insider-quits-dangerously-flawed-project-2dfef95217d3 https://medium.com/matter/mars-one-insider-quits-dangerously...
- yincrash 12y agoI 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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- ddorian43 12y agoThey knew from the very start that they would never go to Mars. Probably let's try it and gather/scam/steal what we can.
- Daviey 12y agoHmm, It is exaggerated... Based on public information - there was a TV production partner (Endemol), but they pulled out last month.