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That plan to make a colony on Mars and film it for reality TV has gone bust
The company is in the red, as it were.
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The company is in the red, as it were.
Mars One said its first manned mission to the red planet would now not happen until 2031, having previously targeted 2026.
Bas Lansdorp denied the project is a sham.
… according to the Irish physicist who was selected to take part.
50 men and 50 women have been named in the final 100 this morning. The high cost of the mooted mission precludes the option of a return trip.
It’s hardly worth the air miles.
Over 300 people have dropped out of contention for the Mars One project, due to medical or other personal reasons.
Dr Catherine McGrath joins Trinity scientist Joseph Roche and Cork-based IT engineer Steve Menaa on the list of Irish-based candidates for the ambitious ‘Mars One’ project.
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, as the famous song goes*. But how about the other direction?
The Dublin-based scientist is one of the candidates selected for the ‘Mars One’ mission, which aims to land humans on the planet by 2025.
Dr Joseph Roche, from Kildare, is one of 1,000 people shortlisted for the Mars One colony mission.