{"id":9989,"date":"2015-02-25T00:42:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T05:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9989"},"modified":"2015-02-25T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T15:49:54","slug":"mars-one-hits-a-media-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9989","title":{"rendered":"Mars One hits a media storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9930\">announcement<\/a>\u00a0last week by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mars-one.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mars One<\/a>\u00a0of the down-select to 100 candidates for Mars missions drew a lot of media attention but then it all turned rather negative\u00a0with news that the reality show planned for the selection of the final 24 has fallen through and\u00a0that\u00a0little progress is\u00a0happening regarding\u00a0plans to send an unmanned lander and an orbiter to Mars in 2018:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2965182\/No-Big-Brother-red-planet-Endemol-axe-plans-reality-TV-record-life-Mars-One-explorers-documentary-made.html\" target=\"_blank\">Endemol axes plans for reality TV show that would record life of Mars One explorers &#8211; Daily Mail Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/mars-one-suspends-work-on-robotic-missions\/\" target=\"_d\">Mars One Suspends Work on Robotic Missions \u2013 SpaceNews<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A USA Today editorial gives a typical skeptical view:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2015\/02\/23\/mars-one-nasa-dutch-space-rocket-editorials-debates\/23908555\/\" target=\"_d\">Mars One destined for dreamland: Our view &#8211; USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mae.cornell.edu\/people\/profile.cfm?netid=mp336\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Peck<\/a>, Cornell professor, former NASA chief technologist, and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mars-one.com\/about-mars-one\/advisers\/dr.-mason-peck-usa\" target=\"_blank\">unpaid adviser<\/a> to Mars One, provides a more optimistic outlook :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2015\/02\/23\/mars-one-nasa-congress-mason-a-peck-editorials-debates\/23908203\/\" target=\"_d\">A clear and audacious goal: Opposing view &#8211; Mason Peck\/USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Defeatism, cynicism and mindless conservatism didn&#8217;t get us to the moon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>I am confident that we have the know-how and the ingenuity to plan a successful colony. However, there are risks. The people who choose to take this journey will face privation and danger to life and limb, but we have always been a species of explorers and problem-solvers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Our ancestors left Africa, Asia and Europe and settled the globe. Those of us who care about the scientific, economic and cultural benefits of exploring space need to set a goal like Mars One and do what it takes to achieve it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>My parents&#8217; generation took us from Sputnik to footsteps on the moon in a decade. Now our generation needs to get on with this next giant leap.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Defeatism, cynicism and mindless conservatism didn&#8217;t get us to the moon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gerard\u2019t Hooft, is a Dutch theoretical physicist, a Nobel laureate, and an &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mars-one.com\/about-mars-one\/ambassadors\/prof.-dr.-gerard-t-hooft\" target=\"_blank\">ambassador<\/a>&#8221; for\u00a0Mars One, says the project\u00a0leadership\u00a0should be far more conservative in its time table:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2015\/feb\/23\/mars-one-plan-colonise-red-planet-unrealistic-leading-supporter\" target=\"_d\">Mars One plan to colonise red planet unrealistic, says leading supporter &#8211; The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bas Lansdorp, Mars One&#8217;s CEO\u00a0and co-founder, continues to hold that the unmanned lander and orbiter projects are doable by 2018 and that the collapse of the reality show is leading to a\u00a0documentary produced by another company:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/space\/red-planet-or-bust-private-mars-one-mission-faces-earthly-n311971\" target=\"_d\">Red Planet or Bust? Private Mars One Mission Faces Earthly Challenges &#8211; NBC News.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember867\" class=\"ember-view\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Lansdorp acknowledged that Mars One ended its collaboration with Endemol &#8220;because we could not reach agreement on the details of the contract.&#8221; But he said a TV documentary series was still in the works.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember868\" class=\"ember-view\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;We have contracted [with] a different production company that will produce the documentary series for us,&#8221; Lansdorp said. &#8220;They have already produced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xxS7dCMBvSI&amp;feature=youtu.be\">trailer on our YouTube channel<\/a>, and progress is good.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember874\" class=\"ember-view\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Lansdorp said the name of the production company has not yet been released. He also emphasized that the TV project would be more along the lines of a behind-the-scenes documentary rather than a reality-TV competition to go to Mars.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember875\" class=\"ember-view\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;We&#8217;ve never planned a &#8216;reality TV series,'&#8221; Lansdorp wrote in his email. &#8220;A documentary series has always been our plan.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"ember-view\">As I <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9954\" target=\"_blank\">stated the other day<\/a>, Mars One is interesting if only for proving that there are plenty of well educated, talented people willing to go to Mars to stay. \u00a0And those\u00a0people\u00a0could actually get to Mars if <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX<\/a> is successful in carrying out <a href=\"http:\/\/aeon.co\/magazine\/technology\/the-elon-musk-interview-on-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk&#8217;s goals<\/a> for drastically lowering the cost of getting to the Red Planet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ember-view\">I expect that as\u00a0\u2019t Hooft suggests the organization will eventually move the goals\u00a0on its schedule several years to the right. It&#8217;s possible that\u00a0such delays\u00a0will burst the project&#8217;s bubble and enthusiasm for it\u00a0will evaporate away. However, it&#8217;s possible that greater realism in its plans will instead lead to greater\u00a0respect for its prospects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement\u00a0last week by\u00a0Mars One\u00a0of the down-select to 100 candidates for Mars missions drew a lot of media attention but then it all turned rather negative\u00a0with news that the reality show planned for the selection of the final 24 has fallen through and\u00a0that\u00a0little progress is\u00a0happening regarding\u00a0plans to send an unmanned lander and an orbiter to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9989\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mars One hits a media storm<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35,78,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-mars","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2B7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7481,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7481","url_meta":{"origin":9989,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; April.23.14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today's selection of space policy\/politics related links: Bolden at Humans 2 Mars: On Earth Day, Asteroids and Human Trips to Mars Get the Attention Bolden defends NASA\u2019s exploration plans, but warns big budgets aren\u2019t on the horizon \u00ab Space Politics Response to Bolden: Dana Milbank: NASA\u2019s goal of a manned\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=ur2&o=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5959,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5959","url_meta":{"origin":9989,"position":1},"title":"Video: Commemoration of 10 years of roving on Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This NASA video is of an event to mark the 10 years of Mars exploration by the Spirit and Opportunity rovers: NASA and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Media held public events at the museum to commemorate 10 years of roving across Mars. 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