Joseph Roche stated that the organizers of the Mars One expects to shift all the financial costs of the project participants.

Irish astrophysicist Joseph Roche, one of 100 reached the finals of the participants of the Mars One program, in an interview with Medium resource accused the organizers of the project in General unpreparedness and financial insolvency.

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Joseph Roche said, the organizers Mars One expects to shift all the financial costs of the project participants. For example, the initial selection was based on wanting the number of points, while the only way to score the maximum score is the purchase of goods under the brand Mars One or donations to the Fund.

In February, participants received a special reminder for communication with the press, which stated: "If you are offered a fee for the interview, do not hesitate to take it. We ask that 75% of it was donated to Mars One".

in Addition to this method of funding the mission to Mars, scientist angered the process of selection and testing of future participants of the project. All medical examination of future explorers of the red planet was a 10-minute interview with the doctor via Skype, during which he asked only General questions about Mars. the



selection Methods Mars One very different from the strict requirements of government space agencies. For example, NASA requires that candidates for the astronauts had flown not less than 1000 hours on jet aircraft.

Another example of fraud on the part of the company Joseph Roche was named the number of applications received from wanting to move to Mars. The world's media has voiced figures of 200,000 people ready to qualify for colonization, whereas in fact, the organizers received a total of 2761 application. the

Scientist  fears that the failure of the Mars One program, in which many people have invested their time and resources, can cause damage to the public perception of science in General and to undermine the faith in NASA, space projects, based on the enthusiasm.

Dutch company Mars One founded by Bass Lansdorp to create the first human colony on Mars. If successful, the flight company is going to make a reality show and broadcast in real time all the events happening in the colony. By 2018, Mars One plans to send to the red planet test module, and in 2025 - ship with astronauts. the

Initially in the list of those wishing to participate in this program and was 10 Belarusians (8 men and 2 women), however, after two stages of selection of our compatriots was eliminated from the competition. the

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