Interior view of a possible habitat on Mars by the Mars One project. Interior view of a possible habitat on Mars for the Mars One project. Mars One is a not-for-profit organization that will establish ...

In 2014, all the major news outlets were swept up in the Mars One Project’s promise of colonizing Mars. It was exciting and captured the world’s imagination, even while scientists regularly pointed ...

Mars One was publicly announced in May, 2012. Bas Lansdorp, as co-founder and CEO of Mars One, was the individual responsible for the project’s schedule, technical feasibilities and financial aspects.

The South Africans, aged between 19 and 32, had to submit a video of why they wanted to go to Mars and why they should be selected. Mars One is a not-for-profit organisation, founded in the ...