Mars One

Mars One – official website

The history of the Mars to Stay idea  

Gerard 't Hooft is a professor of physics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and a recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize for theoretical physics. He explains why he is an ambassador for the Mars One project

Professor of Physics Ethan Siegel doubts the Mars One crew could survive the landing

The psychology of isolation, confinement and 24-hour Big Brother. Those sent to live and die on the red planet face untold risk of mental illness (Guardian blog)


“Mars One: Human Rights Out Of This World” a paper  by Clare Tsimpourla, a law graduate, focusing on potential human rights violations and legal implications, and the liability under international law of the Dutch government.

“Red planet rumble”.  During the annual Mars Society conference, the CEO of Mars One debated critics from MIT. Dwayne Day recaps the event, which exposed a lack of detail in Mars One's technical plans. Space review, August 17, 2015. 


“Failure to launch: the technical, ethical, and legal case against Mars One”, by Michael Listner and Christopher Newman, in Space Review, March 16, 2015


“The risks of Mars”.  Many people consider a human mission to Mars with trepidation given the risks involved, including the potential loss of life. Frank Stratford argues that humanity needs to accept and even embrace those risks, given the much greater benefits such missions offer.  Space review, August 24, 2015. 
 
    
... and see also the following posts on my blog ...

Mars One is OK, I suppose (January 2014). Joseph Roche of TCD. Has links to his radio interviews.

One-way trip to Mars planned for 2023 (August 2012)

One-way trip to Mars – can we, perhaps – should we, perhaps not (November 2010)

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