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Mitchell Holman (noemail@verizont.net) 2019/02/11 11:09

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Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
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> more at
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/11/18220153/mars-one-bankruptcy-bas-lan
> sdorp-human-settlement
>



> unsurprising development, as many experts suspected that Mars One has

> without having a real plan to get them there.
>
> News of the liquidation first came to light over the weekend, thanks


> company is based. The source indicated that the the city declared the
> company bankrupt on January 15th, which then dissolved the


> He noted that the non-profit arm of Mars One, the Netherlands-based
> Mars One Foundation, was still alive but lacks investment to do
> anything.
>
> Mars One has long been embroiled in controversy over its dubious plan
> to send people to Mars, where they would supposedly live out the
> remainder of their lives. The company promised wannabe astronauts that
> it would send them to the Red Planet to start the first human
> settlement, but that it would not return them to Earth as it lacked
> the technology to get them off the planet. After receiving
> applications from people all over the world, Mars One selected 100
> candidates who could potentially be the first to fly on the trip.
>

> the years since its inception. For one, the company initially argued
> that it had received more than 200,000 applicants from people all over
> the world interested in living on Mars, but an investigation by the
> publication Matter could not verify that claim. Matter also found that

>


     Being the first person to die on Mars -
some people are that desperate for their 15
minutes of fame..............





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