User:Vierteecke/sandbox3

__NOINDEX__

Mars One
A Dutch nonprofit group called Mars One has announced plans to send a rover to Mars in 2020, launch cargo missions in 2022, and have an outpost on Mars ready for habitation when volunteer astronauts reach the end of their one-way journey to the red planet in 2025. Organizers hope to gather funding through donations and revenues from a reality TV show that follows the astronauts through their selection and training. Critics like Ulrich Walter (a German astronaut) suggest that chances of reaching and surviving on Mars are so slow, it is inhumane to send anyone, even if they volunteer. And a study concluded by MIT researchers in June 2014 pointed out likely cost overruns and technology required that is not yet ready to deploy.