Mars One Announces Round Three Astronaut Candidates

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The list of candidates vying for a one way trip to Mars has been whittled down to one hundred. After going over the list of candidates, it would seem there are 50 women, 49 guys and a Martian by the name of M1-KO that just wants to hitch a ride home. :eek:

Who are the Mars 100 Round Three candidates? There are 50 men and 50 women who successfully passed the second round. The candidates come from all around the world, namely 39 from the Americas, 31 from Europe, 16 from Asia, 7 from Africa, and 7 from Oceania. The complete list of Mars One candidates can be found here: Mars One Round Three Candidates.
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Tuxon86 said:
How many cannibals?
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Does it really matter if they would all likely die within 68 days of landing?

Per MIT, if they grow crops in their habitat, the plants would create enough oxygen that the level would become a fire hazard. If they used nitrogen to reduce the oxygen then they can't compensate for air leaks in the habitat, and thus the slow atmospheric pressure drop would kill them within 68 days.
 
Considering the Mars Atmosphere is 96% CO2:

1. Vent excess O2 thats been separated from internal atmosphere
2. Use nitrogen tanks and CO2 taken from Martian atmosphere to maintain optimal levels of each level for internal atmosphere
3. ???
4. Profit!
 
Wow 68 days only? You also have to consider that you make it there safely.

Would it be impossible to live past the 68 days?
 
Yay! We've narrowed tens of thousands of suicide wannabes down to 100 suicide wannabes!

Mars One: Group Snuff Film.
 
Between finances, technology, and biological sustainability I think this is a total pipe dream. I'm glad someone is at least trying to put it together, but the chances of this fizzling when the media completely loses interest are pretty high.
 
The only Martian I know of, was from one of Hienlin's books, Red Planet, Named "Willis", but never knew whether he made it to Earth, in order to "Need a Ride Home"?
 
Paul Ed said:
The only Martian I know of, was from one of Hienlin's books, Red Planet, Named "Willis", but never knew whether he made it to Earth, in order to "Need a Ride Home"?
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There was one named Martin but some rabbit kicked his ass.
 
The Martian by Andy Weir is a good story and great on Audible. I came up for me at $3 one time so I grabbed it.
 
of course with 50% of their ship O2 gone, not everyone can make it back.
 
I'd be surprised if these guys made it off the launch pad, forget Mars.
 
I watched some of the videos of the "astronaut" candidates. There is no way in hell a team cobbled together from that group of people could ever succeed.
 
Grahamkracka said:
I watched some of the videos of the "astronaut" candidates. There is no way in hell a team cobbled together from that group of people could ever succeed.
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lol, I was coming here to post the same thing. Hopefully the people who make these decisions have more information on the applicants than we do, because I just don't see many of them working out in terms of long term isolation.
 
Ryokurin said:
Does it really matter if they would all likely die within 68 days of landing?

Per MIT, if they grow crops in their habitat, the plants would create enough oxygen that the level would become a fire hazard. If they used nitrogen to reduce the oxygen then they can't compensate for air leaks in the habitat, and thus the slow atmospheric pressure drop would kill them within 68 days.
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Sorry guys, we figured out how to fly people to Mars but they all died from making too much oxygen.

:rolleyes:
 
mt2e said:
The one way part seriously f's me up
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Why? Back in the day people often bought one way tickets to "America". Granted Mars is different, but fact of the matter is if something bad happens, having a return trip isn't going to help you all that much. It's one of those trade offs "should we make sure you have plenty of supplies and tools to deal with everything that's wrong, or should we add more fuel to bring you back ... or I should say bring your corpses back"
 
sfsuphysics said:
Why? Back in the day people often bought one way tickets to "America". Granted Mars is different, but fact of the matter is if something bad happens, having a return trip isn't going to help you all that much. It's one of those trade offs "should we make sure you have plenty of supplies and tools to deal with everything that's wrong, or should we add more fuel to bring you back ... or I should say bring your corpses back"
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Yes, but "America" had oxygen, plant and animal life already there. I know you acknowledge it's different, but too different to even compare. ;)
 
TwistedAegis said:
Yes, but "America" had oxygen, plant and animal life already there. I know you acknowledge it's different, but too different to even compare. ;)
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It may have had oxygen, but it also it's fare share of dangers that if you got hurt you could die. There was no "return trip" to your country of origin where you know where everything was.

I've only glanced at this, because I think the whole idea is batshit insane, but it looks as if they're going to hit every 2 year window (not sure where funding will come from for this) to first send the food/habitation module so plants can grow, presumably they'll also have a radio signal going back to Earth to know what the conditions are inside these modules. So that when the next window opens you can see if they have any chance to survive.

Once you get there, assuming you send better power supplies than solar panels, then oxygen is not that much of an issue. Plenty of water (frozen), a little electrolysis, and you got breathable air.

Even though I think this plan is batshit insane, I still would like to read up on the hardware side of things for how they hope to get things accomplished. My thought though is they won't get enough funding, they keep all the money they had for the interview tapes, and run away somewhere.
 
It's different than going to America, but at the same time, going to America means you have no guarantee for a support network. Going in space you'll have billions of dollars in support, an expert think tank at home and plans for another mission with more supplies. Both ways are a risk, though it may be possible that the greater risk is sea storms, thirst, starvation, disease, and natives with weapons.

Either way, nothing will stop the pioneer spirit in some individuals. There will always be some who are plum happy with a one way trip to a risky situation. The tricky part is judging who will thrive, since there will be many humans who can thrive well, so long as pre-launch ground planning isn't the cause of failure.
 
Twisted Kidney said:
There was one named Martin but some rabbit kicked his ass.
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Marvin, not Martin.

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The only Mars that these "astronauts" will ever touch is the chocolate bar of the same name. :rolleyes:
 
Its not happening for 9 years.
In the mean time it will become a reality TV show to provide funds for the project.

If it makes just enough profit, it might work. We will watch one out of 3 missions never make it there and 100 percent of them die in the end.

If the reality TV show makes much profit, there will be no actual project, only a 20 year running of contestants fighting in cramped quarters for ratings.

If it makes no profit at all, the half-way good looking woman will have a chance at a porn career.
 
Paul Ed said:
The only Martian I know of, was from one of Hienlin's books, Red Planet, Named "Willis", but never knew whether he made it to Earth, in order to "Need a Ride Home"?
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You should really read Stranger in a Strange Land. Granted, Valentine Micheal Smith was really a human, but he was raised by martians and was out of place on Earth
 
This looks more like a bad casting for the next reality TV Show where cameras are set up all around the spacecraft to see just how well these people will last 7 months in tight quarters together. I hope it's like Survivor where each week someone gets "booted off the ship."
 
How much experience do humans have of growing plants in space? I'm sure some experiments have been conducted on space stations, but really doubtful that they have done long term sustainability.
I think it's great people have spirit for this. However, it seems overly ambitious. Why not start with a closer to home place like the moon? We could at least work on creating a biodome and working out some of the kinks in the system.
 
A private organization does not have the knowledge, capital or hardware to deliver human beings to Mars. I like to know where is their lab for the delivery engine.

It sounds like Ponzi Scheme
 
We could extract Argon from the Martian atmosphere and potentially use it in-place of Nitrogen. But we just need to invent an air separating system in 10 years.

No problem, right :D
 
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