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Mars (One) Needs Payloads

Posted by timothy on from the ok-but-nothing-too-heavy dept.

mbone (558574) writes Mars One has announced that their first, unmanned, lander, targeted for 2018, needs payloads. Along with their 4 experiments, and a University experiment, they have two payloads for hire: "Mars One offers two payload opportunities for paying mission contributors. Proposals can take the form of scientific experiments, technology demonstrations, marketing and publicity campaigns, or any other suggested payload. 'Previously, the only payloads that have landed on Mars are those which NASA has selected,' said Bas Lansdorp, 'We want to open up the opportunity to the entire world to participate in our mission to Mars by sending a certain payload to the surface of Mars.'" The formal Request for Proposals for all of this is out now as well.

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  1. just... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Lichens, moss, fertilizer and a dispersal mechanism.

  2. Re:Microphones by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 4, Informative

    A microphone has already been landed on Mars - unfortunately there was a risk of data corruption if the camera hardware it was attached to was turned on, so the microphone itself never got switched on...

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    Tedious Bloggy Stuff - hooray?
  3. Are these people qualified for anything? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Scanning through the Mars One "About Us" page, I see a bunch of people with MAs and blather about their "boldness" and "entrepreneurial spirit". They even list their concept artist and marketing team. Where are the PhDs in aerospace engineering and physics?

  4. BS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why do news sites keep posting these scammers press releases?! This project is such stupid, pandering bullshit.