Mars One

CLAWS · 12 Sep 2013 at 17:32

grumpysculler said:
Two tin cans connected with a piece of string. Duh.

Lol, "ask a stupid question........"

Just gone through all the filtered female applicants. Not looking too good

SlyReaper · 12 Sep 2013 at 17:47

Suarez7 said:
They still have the internetz? I'm in!

Internetz with terrible latency from the light speed delay. And no internetz at all when Earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the sun.

Rroff · 12 Sep 2013 at 17:53

SlyReaper said:
Internetz with terrible latency from the light speed delay. And no internetz at all when Earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the sun.

From the sounds of it they have to work around the fact most web-sites would see the end user as having timed out with that kind of latency so you have to bounce requests off an intermediate server on earth that will talk to the web host server directly and relay back. Anything that relies on subsequent timely data wouldn't work.

Glaucus · 12 Sep 2013 at 17:56

It doesnt sound like they're even doiing that, their list of favorite websites, will be uploaded in full to the satilite orbiting mars. So they can browse them at their hearts content.
As they say browing the internet properly, is very impractical due to time delay.

Glaucus · 5 Dec 2013 at 22:01

Theres going to be announcment on 10th of decmber as well as a q&A session.

An announcement will be made in collaboration with Lockheed Martin and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited regarding the first private robotic mission to Mars

be nice if its a deal to supply the mars comm sat which is the first planned mission to be launched in jan 2016. They arent built quickly so they need a deal now, or miss the window.

Glaucus · 10 Dec 2013 at 14:54

Well even though the conference isn't for another 50mins they launched an indiegogo campaign and released a new YouTube video.

In this Indiegogo campaign, we give you the opportunity to contribute to the first ever private mission to Mars. It will be the the first step in establishing a human outpost on the Red Planet. This campaign will pay for the mission concept studies for our first unmanned mission in 2018, which will demonstrate hardware for the human mission in 2025.

In May 2018, a private lander and communications satellite will be launched from Earth to Mars. The main goal of this demonstration mission is to provide a proof of concept for several essential technologies for a human mission.

The Mars lander will be built by aerospace industry leader Lockheed Martin. The lander design is based on the successful Mars lander used in the 2007 NASA Phoenix mission. Lockheed Martin has a distinct legacy of participating in nearly every NASA mission to Mars. For the Phoenix mission, the company designed, built, tested and operated the lander for NASA.

A communications satellite, built by Surrey Satellite Technology LTD (SSTL), will provide a high bandwidth communications system in a Mars synchronous orbit and will be used to relay data and a live video feed from the lander on the surface of Mars back to Earth.

This 2018 mission will be the first in preparation for human landing. The first Mars One crew is scheduled to land in 2025, with additional crew landing every two years. Before that, Mars One will have established a habitable, sustainable outpost via multiple missions scheduled between 2018 and 2022.

This will be the first private mission to another planet and it will change the way we look upon space exploration. WE CAN AND SHOULD DO IT TOGETHER!

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mars-one-first-private-mars-mission-in-2018

'Harry · 10 Dec 2013 at 17:54

I'd go..

They wouldn't let me, but I would.