After reading over a few of those proposed Mars One projects, it seems like a publicity stunt. I originally thought the Mars One Project was cool now it just appears to be nothing more than a very very poorly thought out plan.
Working at NASA there is some overlap between some of the things people propose for Mars One _EXCEPT_ the projects people propose for Mars One don't take into account anything about our current knowledge of Mars and Space Science. Much less how their experiment will ever survive impact. How well do you think your system will survive the cold temperatures, the warm temperatures and for how long? How long with the UV shield last? How will your experiment obtain energy? solar power? What if the solar power is covered in dust, the plants or bacteria would die in a few hours?
Think about it. If sending Lettuce or cyanobacteria to Mars or Earth's Moon would provide us will troves of new Scientific information for Space colonization don't you think NASA or the ESA would be doing it? It won't. All these experiments propose is growing something in an Earth like atmosphere on Mars. If Mars One was serious they would be focusing on a sample return mission or a Moon base first.
The funny things is that most of these experiments can be performed on Earth. It's not that Space Colonization needs more experiments it is that it needs more technology.
Please don't fall for what Mars One is saying. Even if they pick you, your project will never make it to Mars. Sorry. Want to contribute to Space Colonization develop new technologies that relate to sustainability of enclosed habitats.
Josiah Zayner, Ph.D.
NASA Ames Research Center
On Friday, December 19, 2014 1:09:54 PM UTC-8, Dakota wrote:
-- Working at NASA there is some overlap between some of the things people propose for Mars One _EXCEPT_ the projects people propose for Mars One don't take into account anything about our current knowledge of Mars and Space Science. Much less how their experiment will ever survive impact. How well do you think your system will survive the cold temperatures, the warm temperatures and for how long? How long with the UV shield last? How will your experiment obtain energy? solar power? What if the solar power is covered in dust, the plants or bacteria would die in a few hours?
Think about it. If sending Lettuce or cyanobacteria to Mars or Earth's Moon would provide us will troves of new Scientific information for Space colonization don't you think NASA or the ESA would be doing it? It won't. All these experiments propose is growing something in an Earth like atmosphere on Mars. If Mars One was serious they would be focusing on a sample return mission or a Moon base first.
The funny things is that most of these experiments can be performed on Earth. It's not that Space Colonization needs more experiments it is that it needs more technology.
Please don't fall for what Mars One is saying. Even if they pick you, your project will never make it to Mars. Sorry. Want to contribute to Space Colonization develop new technologies that relate to sustainability of enclosed habitats.
Josiah Zayner, Ph.D.
NASA Ames Research Center
On Friday, December 19, 2014 1:09:54 PM UTC-8, Dakota wrote:
Without reading in depth, and not trying to knock that bad-ass project, but why lettuce? Isn't it completely devoid of almost all nutritional value?On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 4:49 AM, Ravasz <ravasz...@gmail.com> wrote:I'm representing one of the competitor payloads, lettuceonmars. We originally wanted to send algae too, but had to rule them out because of payload specifications. More info about our porjct ca be found here:--
www.lettuceonmars.com
On Thursday, 18 December 2014 22:56:16 UTC, Mega [Andreas Stuermer] wrote:https://community.mars-one.com/projects/cyano-knights1 Very interesting. Cultivating Cyanos on Mars. Though this is only one of 10 proposed piggybac missions and one will be on board...
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