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Remember Mars One, the startup that said it was going to fund a crewed mission to Mars by turning the journey into a reality television spectacle? Now the company is bankrupt, according to financial documents published online.<\/p>
Engadget <\/em>confirmed<\/a> the bankruptcy with Mars One Cofounder Bas Lansdorp, who toldthe publication that he was working “to find a solution” to the company’s financial woes — but things don’t sound hopeful for the would-be Mars colonist startup.<\/p> The news was first unveiled on Reddit, where a user posted a link to Swiss financial documents<\/a> suggesting that the company was set to be liquidated.<\/p> To be technical, Mars One comprised two arms — the for-profit Mars One Ventures and the non-profit Mars One Foundation — and it’s the for-profit part that’s out of cash, according to the documents. But Lansdorp told Engadget<\/em> that the non-profit portion of the project wasn’t able to act without further funding.<\/p> Back in 2012, Lansdortp and his associates announced<\/a> a ludicrously ambitious plan to send colonists to the Red Planet — and to fund the project with a reality TV show about the selection process and on-Earth test colony, with the help of “Big Brother” producer Paul Römer.<\/p> Though the dream might be dead, it lives on at press time in the form of optimistic copy on the project’s website<\/a>.<\/p> “Mars One aims to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars,” it reads. “Several unmanned missions will be completed, establishing a habitable settlement before carefully selected and trained crews will depart to Mars. Funding and implementing this plan will not be easy, it will be hard.”<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Mars One Is Dead<\/a> [Engadget<\/em>]<\/p><\/div> More on Mars: <\/strong>Swiss Finance Company Invests Big Shares in Mars One<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div> The post Mars One Planned to Colonize the Red Planet. Now It’s Bankrupt.<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Originally posted here: Mars None Remember Mars One, the startup that said it was going to fund a crewed mission to Mars by turning the journey into a reality television spectacle? Now the company is bankrupt, according to financial documents\u00a0published online. Continue reading Broke Planet<\/h2>
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