Thread: R.I.P. Mars One
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Old February 13th 19, 11:07 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Jeff Findley[_6_]
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Default R.I.P. Mars One

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Alain Fournier wrote on Mon, 11 Feb 2019
20:03:57 -0500:


Mars One, which was proposing one-way trips to Mars has declared bankruptcy.

https://spacenews.com/mars-one-company-goes-bankrupt/


Is this any surprise? Did they ever do anything but take in money?
How can you promise trips to Mars in a couple years with no rocket, no
vehicle, no nothing?


But Fred, they had pretty pictures of all their hard engineering work!
/s

Good riddance to bad rubbish, IMHO.

Jeff
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