Would you want to go to Mars?

Originally published on Kapuno in the Technology community

🔗 Mars One introduction film (updated version) (Video)

Mars One hopes to finance a trip to Mars by making the trip in to a reality show. Unlike other plans, Mars One team promises to live on Mars for the remainder of their lives.

They’ve proposed a schedule to 2023:

2011 - planning

2013 - selection of first settlers

2016 - first supply missions are sent to Mars

2018 - first settlement rover lands on Mars

2021 - all the components of the settlement reach their destination in six separate landers. Two living units, two life support units, a second supply unit, and another rover arrive on Mars. The two rovers take all components to the settlement location and prepare for the arrival of Mars Team One, the first humans on Mars.

2022 - Water, oxygen and atmosphere production will be ready

2023 - Mars One settlers arrive to the settlement

June 2025 - The second crew of four astronauts land

From their site:

Mars One is a not-for-profit organisation that will take humanity to Mars in 2023, to establish the foundation of a permanent outpost from which we will prosper, learn, and grow. Before the first crew lands, Mars One will have established a habitable, sustainable outpost designed to receive astronauts every two years. To accomplish this, Mars One has developed a precise, realistic plan based entirely upon existing technologies. It is both economically and logistically feasible, in motion through the integration of existing suppliers and experts in space exploration.

Do you want to be one of the first settlers?