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   Message 105,291 of 106,651   
   Niklas Holsti to jacob navia   
   Re: Mars One is not feasible   
   01 Apr 21 14:34:52   
   
   From: niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid   
      
   On 2021-04-01 13:00, jacob navia wrote:   
   > I have discovered that in a paper published in 2016, several researchers   
   > undrscore that this project of colonization of Mars with a one trip   
   > colony is UNFEASIBLE:   
   >   
   > An independent assessment of the technical feasibility   
   > of the Mars One mission plan – Updated analysis   
   >   
   > Acta Astronautica 120 (2016) 192–228   
   >   
   > They determine (for instance) that the crew would die after 58 days for   
   > lack of CO2 for tyhe crops they need. And many other problems. Actually   
   > this is a 100% suicide mission.   
   >   
   > There is no alternative to robotic exploration in the immediate future.   
      
      
   Bah. "Mars One" was an unprofessional stunt. The existence of one   
   impractical plan does not prove the absence of practical plans.   
      
   And lack of CO2 on Mars? Where the atmosphere is almost pure CO2?   
   Ridiculous.   
      
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