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  • Mars One Dustup: Founder Says Mission Won’t Fail As MIT Study Predicts

    10/15/2014 7:00:27 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 6 replies
    universetoday.com ^ | October 15, 2014 | Elizabeth Howell
    A new study says that the Mars One concept could fail on several points: oxygen levels could skyrocket unsafely. Using the local resources to generate habitability is unproven. The technology is expensive. But the founder of Mars One says the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student study is based on the wrong assumptions. “It’s based on technology available on the ISS [International Space Station],” said Bas Landorp in an interview with Universe Today. “So you end up with a completely different Mars mission than Mars One. So their analysis has nothing to do with our mission.” The mission has sparked...