Project Mars One - 12 months of 2013
The Mars One project is being actively discussed. Therefore, many will probably be curious to take a look at the path of the project over the past 2013. According to the materials of the Mars One project, details from the Internet. Illustrations from the Internet, if possible with links to sources. Until 2013, the project was funded and prepared with funds from its founder, Bas Lansdorp .
UPD. Asked to deploy items. Fasting is not about the reality or unreality of the MarsOne project and the settlers will die or survive. A post on how this project is progressing in its PR and financing, what steps have been taken, what has been achieved. Looking back on the project’s path for a year, it becomes clear.
January
During a trip to the United States, Bass Landdorp and Medical Director of Mars One, Norbert Kraft, attended a symposium of planetary research in Washington, as well as their potential suppliers in California - SpaceX private corporations and Paragon Space Development Corp. . SpaceX discussed the financial requirements for the first launch of a rocket to Mars with automatic spacecraft on board in 2016. With Paragon consulted on the development of life support systems and Martian spacesuits.
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Mars One announced requirements for those who wish to participate in the astronaut selection program, published information on the selection program and described the entire structure of the selection process.
February
This month, the Mars One team took the first steps in securing funding for conceptual research and a cosmonaut selection program. Interplanetary Media Group (“Interplanetary Media Group”), which owns the intellectual property rights of the project and manages media support for the manned mission to Mars, received the first investments from the companies Trifork BV (Netherlands) and Now & Partners (South Africa ). Their financial support will help launch a global astronaut selection program.
Plus 5 new sponsors .
March
The project is vigorously discussed in the media. Three whales of the project, which will ensure its success, are called:
Mars One signed first contract with Paragon Space Development Corp. for the development of conceptual projects of life support systems and spacesuits for the Mars One mission. Signing a contract with Paragon, as with a new supplier, is presented by the organizers as a serious advance towards the development of the technical phase of the project, one more step in achieving the goal.
5 more new sponsors .
April
The founders of Mars One presented the University of Twente (Twente, the Netherlands), who graduated from Bas Landsorp. as its first partner in the field of science and education .
Cooperating with the project, the researchers and scientists of Twente will solve the specific tasks of the mission. Mars One believes that inspired young researchers from universities and colleges around the world are crucial to successfully achieving mission objectives. Working closely with partners in science and education, Mars One will conduct a wide range of research on social and technical issues.
Registration has begun on the site of candidates of the first round of selections.
May
In just two weeks out of 19 that were sent to file applications, more than 78,000 people have registered on the site of participation in the cosmonaut selection program in the hope of going to Mars in 2023. Mars One has received applications from more than 120 countries.
Mars One presented at the first summit of "Man on Mars flight" in Washington.
All days, the conference of experts on super-orbital missions was buzzing with agitation due to the presence of Mars One and a wide resonance from the launch of our astronaut selection program. The head of NASA, Charles Bolden, commented on Mars One's opening speeches, and his feedback was positive. Bass Lansdorp told about the list of life support systems, solar panels and residential modules for the colony on Mars.
Paragon Corporation was also among the speakers.
June
Three professional experts joined the project consulting group : Dr. James W. Rice - expert in astrogeology and landing site selection, Esther Dyson - experienced entrepreneur in space, health and digital technology areas , and KR Sridhara Murthi (KR Sridhara Murthi) is an expert in space policy and international space law.
Mars One has received support from a group of Australian companies. Australian Science, a non-profit, privately-funded initiative dedicated to advancing science, technology and education, joined Mars One as a silver sponsor of the project .
Curious and willing to test themselves in the development of the distant planet continue to be registered on the site of application for participation in the project.
July
Radiation risk will not be an obstacle to the Martian settlement. Mars One executive director Bas Landdorp published an article on Space.com . Radiation exposure is one of the dangers that accompany the colonization of Mars. But how big is this risk? And what is it compared to other risks to which people are exposed? The article includes details of the description of the protective measures used in the Mars One project and the calculation of the radiation hazard for permanent settlement on Mars.
Dr. Vladas Lasas joined the Mars One Advisory Panel.
August
The first update of the roadmap.
An independent documentary about the Mars One mission - The Way of the Astronaut has been released.
He is accompanied by the stories of candidates Stephen, Sarah, Henry and Beatrice - four inhabitants of the Earth, ready to become the first settlers of Mars. Interplanetary research experts share their views on the feasibility of the mission. The film is available for paid viewing and download on onewayastronaut.com.
The founder of the project Mars One began to hold meetings with candidates in different countries of the world.
September
Over 200,000 want to move to Mars. The first stage of the selection of candidates for astronauts Mars One completed. During the 5-month period of receiving applications, 202,586 people from 140 countries of the world decided to become the first colonists of Mars. Before the end of the year, candidates must be notified of the transition to the second qualifying round. ( More precisely, such a large number most likely relates to users who have registered on the application acceptance portal from candidates, not all of them have applied for real. How many people submitted full-fledged applications — the project organizers, unfortunately, do not open it to the general public. - Cholgaa )
Primary selection of applications was conducted by the Mars One Selection Committee, under the direction of Norbert Kraft, Chief Medical Officer. Mars One Specialist.
He has more than 19 years of experience in aerospace research and development. The main direction of his qualification is the implementation of physiological and psychological measures to counteract the negative effects of a long space flight. Dr. Kraft won the "NASA Group Achievement Award 2013" - "NASA Prize for Group Achievement in 2013", one of the most prestigious awards with which NASA awards teams who have made significant contributions to the agency's mission.
October
The NASA Curiosity Mars Rover determined a relatively high percentage of water content in the near-surface layer of Martian soil.
Since the Martian colonists will remain on the red planet for an indefinitely long time, it is necessary to have available water in the settlement area. For this reason, the Martian colony will definitely be based near the site containing the water in the soil.
Extraction of water will be made by life-support modules and will be used for the general needs of the settlement, as well as for the production of oxygen suitable for respiration. One of the first tasks of the project’s automatic missions is to find suitable places for a colony-settlement.
Two new experts joined the project advisory group.
Dr. Peter Mani (Switzerland), a biosafety expert;
Dr. Robert Zubrin (USA), founder and president of the Mars Society.
November
This month there were two successful missions to Mars! On November 5, the Indian Space Research Organization launched the Mars Orbiter (IOM) mission. NASA's MAVEN mission started on November 18th.
With its first mission, Mars One plans to send a landing module to the surface of the red planet, as well as a communications satellite. With the help of the landing module, some of the technologies of the project of the future manned flight will be tested and demonstrated.
December
The meeting of Basa Lansdorp at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow with Russian candidates and space enthusiasts interested in receiving information about the project first hand was held.
Lockheed Martin and SSTL ( Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd ) were selected by the Mars One project for the first unmanned mission to Mars. The descent vehicle will be built by Lockheed Martin, and a communications satellite will be created by SSTL.
Mars One launched a campaign for mass funding of the mission on IndieGoGo with a variety of presentations for donators. The stated amount for fees 400 thousand dollars. To date, just over 126 thousand have been collected, 20 days left until the end of the fees. The prizes include commemorative coins, t-shirts and sweatshirts, twitter and photos sent to Mars and much more. ( translation of a long list of presents in the VKontakte project group).
Mars One decided to send a landing module and communications satellite to the red planet in 2018, 2 years after the original schedule. The flight of the first crew is scheduled for 2025, also 2 years later than the original plan.
The first round of selection of candidates is completed. More than 200,000 participants have pre- selected 1058 people.
TOTAL:
Visible results for the year can be considered:
"+" - a large-scale PR company that made the project recognizable around the world
"+" - really experts in the team and a relatively representative expert community
"+ -" - several "silver sponsors" and a couple of dozen just sponsors - and these are not large corporations;
"+ -" - agreements of intent to carry out conceptual and technical developments with several aerospace companies with the note “your money is our development”
"+ -" - a relatively sluggish fund-raising company
"-" - an opaque counting procedure for submitting applications for participation in the project - not by the number of people who paid the participation and fulfilled all the requirements for the candidates, but probably simply by the number of registrations on the application site
"-" - just one university that supported the project - obviously, it is not by chance that this is the home university of the project organizer
In which direction the scale arrow will swing - for the time being it is not clear. To a large extent, success depends on the activity of the first selected candidates who are called upon to become his apostles and evangelists.
UPD. Asked to deploy items. Fasting is not about the reality or unreality of the MarsOne project and the settlers will die or survive. A post on how this project is progressing in its PR and financing, what steps have been taken, what has been achieved. Looking back on the project’s path for a year, it becomes clear.
January
During a trip to the United States, Bass Landdorp and Medical Director of Mars One, Norbert Kraft, attended a symposium of planetary research in Washington, as well as their potential suppliers in California - SpaceX private corporations and Paragon Space Development Corp. . SpaceX discussed the financial requirements for the first launch of a rocket to Mars with automatic spacecraft on board in 2016. With Paragon consulted on the development of life support systems and Martian spacesuits.
')
Mars One announced requirements for those who wish to participate in the astronaut selection program, published information on the selection program and described the entire structure of the selection process.
February
This month, the Mars One team took the first steps in securing funding for conceptual research and a cosmonaut selection program. Interplanetary Media Group (“Interplanetary Media Group”), which owns the intellectual property rights of the project and manages media support for the manned mission to Mars, received the first investments from the companies Trifork BV (Netherlands) and Now & Partners (South Africa ). Their financial support will help launch a global astronaut selection program.
Plus 5 new sponsors .
March
The project is vigorously discussed in the media. Three whales of the project, which will ensure its success, are called:
Mars One signed first contract with Paragon Space Development Corp. for the development of conceptual projects of life support systems and spacesuits for the Mars One mission. Signing a contract with Paragon, as with a new supplier, is presented by the organizers as a serious advance towards the development of the technical phase of the project, one more step in achieving the goal.
5 more new sponsors .
April
The founders of Mars One presented the University of Twente (Twente, the Netherlands), who graduated from Bas Landsorp. as its first partner in the field of science and education .
Cooperating with the project, the researchers and scientists of Twente will solve the specific tasks of the mission. Mars One believes that inspired young researchers from universities and colleges around the world are crucial to successfully achieving mission objectives. Working closely with partners in science and education, Mars One will conduct a wide range of research on social and technical issues.
Registration has begun on the site of candidates of the first round of selections.
May
In just two weeks out of 19 that were sent to file applications, more than 78,000 people have registered on the site of participation in the cosmonaut selection program in the hope of going to Mars in 2023. Mars One has received applications from more than 120 countries.
Mars One presented at the first summit of "Man on Mars flight" in Washington.
All days, the conference of experts on super-orbital missions was buzzing with agitation due to the presence of Mars One and a wide resonance from the launch of our astronaut selection program. The head of NASA, Charles Bolden, commented on Mars One's opening speeches, and his feedback was positive. Bass Lansdorp told about the list of life support systems, solar panels and residential modules for the colony on Mars.
Paragon Corporation was also among the speakers.
June
Three professional experts joined the project consulting group : Dr. James W. Rice - expert in astrogeology and landing site selection, Esther Dyson - experienced entrepreneur in space, health and digital technology areas , and KR Sridhara Murthi (KR Sridhara Murthi) is an expert in space policy and international space law.
Mars One has received support from a group of Australian companies. Australian Science, a non-profit, privately-funded initiative dedicated to advancing science, technology and education, joined Mars One as a silver sponsor of the project .
Curious and willing to test themselves in the development of the distant planet continue to be registered on the site of application for participation in the project.
July
Radiation risk will not be an obstacle to the Martian settlement. Mars One executive director Bas Landdorp published an article on Space.com . Radiation exposure is one of the dangers that accompany the colonization of Mars. But how big is this risk? And what is it compared to other risks to which people are exposed? The article includes details of the description of the protective measures used in the Mars One project and the calculation of the radiation hazard for permanent settlement on Mars.
Dr. Vladas Lasas joined the Mars One Advisory Panel.
August
The first update of the roadmap.
An independent documentary about the Mars One mission - The Way of the Astronaut has been released.
He is accompanied by the stories of candidates Stephen, Sarah, Henry and Beatrice - four inhabitants of the Earth, ready to become the first settlers of Mars. Interplanetary research experts share their views on the feasibility of the mission. The film is available for paid viewing and download on onewayastronaut.com.
The founder of the project Mars One began to hold meetings with candidates in different countries of the world.
September
Over 200,000 want to move to Mars. The first stage of the selection of candidates for astronauts Mars One completed. During the 5-month period of receiving applications, 202,586 people from 140 countries of the world decided to become the first colonists of Mars. Before the end of the year, candidates must be notified of the transition to the second qualifying round. ( More precisely, such a large number most likely relates to users who have registered on the application acceptance portal from candidates, not all of them have applied for real. How many people submitted full-fledged applications — the project organizers, unfortunately, do not open it to the general public. - Cholgaa )
Primary selection of applications was conducted by the Mars One Selection Committee, under the direction of Norbert Kraft, Chief Medical Officer. Mars One Specialist.
He has more than 19 years of experience in aerospace research and development. The main direction of his qualification is the implementation of physiological and psychological measures to counteract the negative effects of a long space flight. Dr. Kraft won the "NASA Group Achievement Award 2013" - "NASA Prize for Group Achievement in 2013", one of the most prestigious awards with which NASA awards teams who have made significant contributions to the agency's mission.
October
The NASA Curiosity Mars Rover determined a relatively high percentage of water content in the near-surface layer of Martian soil.
Since the Martian colonists will remain on the red planet for an indefinitely long time, it is necessary to have available water in the settlement area. For this reason, the Martian colony will definitely be based near the site containing the water in the soil.
Extraction of water will be made by life-support modules and will be used for the general needs of the settlement, as well as for the production of oxygen suitable for respiration. One of the first tasks of the project’s automatic missions is to find suitable places for a colony-settlement.
Two new experts joined the project advisory group.
Dr. Peter Mani (Switzerland), a biosafety expert;
Dr. Robert Zubrin (USA), founder and president of the Mars Society.
November
This month there were two successful missions to Mars! On November 5, the Indian Space Research Organization launched the Mars Orbiter (IOM) mission. NASA's MAVEN mission started on November 18th.
With its first mission, Mars One plans to send a landing module to the surface of the red planet, as well as a communications satellite. With the help of the landing module, some of the technologies of the project of the future manned flight will be tested and demonstrated.
December
The meeting of Basa Lansdorp at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow with Russian candidates and space enthusiasts interested in receiving information about the project first hand was held.
Lockheed Martin and SSTL ( Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd ) were selected by the Mars One project for the first unmanned mission to Mars. The descent vehicle will be built by Lockheed Martin, and a communications satellite will be created by SSTL.
Mars One launched a campaign for mass funding of the mission on IndieGoGo with a variety of presentations for donators. The stated amount for fees 400 thousand dollars. To date, just over 126 thousand have been collected, 20 days left until the end of the fees. The prizes include commemorative coins, t-shirts and sweatshirts, twitter and photos sent to Mars and much more. ( translation of a long list of presents in the VKontakte project group).
Mars One decided to send a landing module and communications satellite to the red planet in 2018, 2 years after the original schedule. The flight of the first crew is scheduled for 2025, also 2 years later than the original plan.
The first round of selection of candidates is completed. More than 200,000 participants have pre- selected 1058 people.
TOTAL:
Visible results for the year can be considered:
"+" - a large-scale PR company that made the project recognizable around the world
"+" - really experts in the team and a relatively representative expert community
"+ -" - several "silver sponsors" and a couple of dozen just sponsors - and these are not large corporations;
"+ -" - agreements of intent to carry out conceptual and technical developments with several aerospace companies with the note “your money is our development”
"+ -" - a relatively sluggish fund-raising company
"-" - an opaque counting procedure for submitting applications for participation in the project - not by the number of people who paid the participation and fulfilled all the requirements for the candidates, but probably simply by the number of registrations on the application site
"-" - just one university that supported the project - obviously, it is not by chance that this is the home university of the project organizer
In which direction the scale arrow will swing - for the time being it is not clear. To a large extent, success depends on the activity of the first selected candidates who are called upon to become his apostles and evangelists.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/208216/
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