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  • Students to send life to Mars on board Mars One lander in 2018

    Tomasz NowakowskiJanuary 24th, 2015

    The first step to establish a permanent colony on Mars could be taken in 2018 when a group of European students will send its project to the Red Planet. The team composed of students from Portugal, Spain and Netherlands has won the Mars One University Competition which offers a one way ticket to Mars for […]

  • OPINION: Mars One should take MIT’s disturbing report seriously

    Collin SkocikOctober 19th, 2014

    On May 11, 2014, Spaceflight Insider discussed Mars One, an ambitious plan to send a one-way mission to colonize the Red Planet. Four volunteers will travel on the first mission, slated to take place in 2024, followed by subsequent missions to expand the fledgling colony. But a disturbing computer simulation by students at MIT indicates that the Mars […]