Quote from: hop on 01/03/2014 02:39 amBas Lansdorp recently did a AMA on reddit, which did not go terribly wellEDIT: and that link should totally be in the updates thread, after all it's officially posted by "I am Bas Lansdorp"
Bas Lansdorp recently did a AMA on reddit, which did not go terribly well
Mars One, the low-credibility effort to colonize Mars, is at least funding some interesting concept studies for their alleged plan to colonize the red planet. One of the most interesting is the effort to maintain uninterrupted communications with Mars. This is not as trivial as it may sound, as any satellite in Martian orbit will still have to deal with occultations between Mars and Earth due to the Sun. Surrey Satellite Technology will be performing the study.
Two satellites near the horizon but in areostationary orbit (Could also provide 2D GPS if combined with local atomic clock). Another at the Earth-Sun Lagrange point 4 or 5. Done.
Mars One announced a book "Mars One: The Human Factor". They've added it to their Indiegogo perks and extended the Indiegogo crowdfunding two weeks, to February 9.http://www.mars-one.com/news/press-releases/book-release-mars-one-the-human-factorhttp://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mars-one-first-private-mars-mission-in-2018?c=activity
MARCH 11th 2013, MarsOne contracted Paragon Space Development Corporation to perform a conceptual design study as the first step towards developing life support and space suits systems. They also acquired a Technical Assistance Agreement from the US state department (required by ITAR).http://mars-one.com/en/mars-one-news/press-releases/11-news/380-mars-one-contracts-paragon-for-mars-life-support-systemsWhen you consider that Paragon is also the prime contractor for Inspiration Mars, this adds significant credibility.
So far, we have raised an impressive 290,000 dollars. As a community, we’ve actually raised more money during this two-month campaign than we raised from private donations over the past two years.