The man behind the private space project dubbed Mars One is looking for people to travel to Mars, but he’s not offering a return ticket.
“The technology to get humans to Mars and keep them alive there exists,” Bas Lansdorp told Day 6 host Brent Bambury in an interview that aired this week on CBC Radio.
The never-to-return explorers will require eight years of training, and the search starts this year.
The flight is scheduled to leave in Sept. 2022.
March 20th, 2013
Wanted: People willing to die on Mars CBC
August 28th, 2010
Arctic Greenhouse May Lead to Farms on Mars CBC
Astronauts visiting Mars in the future may be able to look forward to a fresh salad when they arrive, thanks to Canadian research.
Lettuce, radishes and beets have been planted in a remote Arctic greenhouse, where researchers are learning how to grow crops without human contact in an environment that can’t normally support edible plants.
Alain Berinstain, the Canadian Space Agency scientist in charge of the project, said no other greenhouse is designed to operate autonomously like the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse on Devon Island in Nunavut.
April 21st, 2006
Wet era on Mars ended more than 3 billion years ago CBC
If Mars ever supported life, it was likely early on in its history when it was wet, say scientists who’ve made a timeline of the planet’s geological evolution. The planet had three geological eras, the team of French, American, Italian, Russian and German scientists report in Friday’s issue of the journal Science.
March 10th, 2004
$750,000 contract offered for Canadian-built Mars rover CBC
The countdown is on to launch a Canadian mission to Mars by 2010. Two NASA rovers are driving on Mars, looking for signs of past life. If the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has its way, Spirit and Opportunity will be joined by a Canadian designed and built lander or rover.
June 28th, 2003
Canadians petition for Mars science lab CBC
If funding comes through, Canada could play a major role in NASA’s next mission to Mars. NASA is leading an international space race to find signs of water on the red planet. Two rovers are equipped to prowl the Martian surface searching for evidence of past life. Robotic landers offer a chance to scour the surface, and the space agency’s landing plans for 2009 are bigger and bolder.
July 19th, 2002
Relations improve with Mars: project leader CBC
The leader of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project in Nunavut says the relationship with nearby residents is improving. Pascal Lee and the American space research organization have set up an experimental project at the Haughton Crater on Devon Island, where they are simulating conditions on Mars. For the last couple years, people in the nearby community of Grise Fiord have complained the Mars project was using Inuit-owned lands for experimental purposes. They’re concerned the project is disturbing the wildlife in the area. Pascal Lee says he plans to travel to Grise Fiord again in the fall to talk to the mayor and residents.
March 21st, 2000
Oxygen on Mars? CBC
NASA scientists are testing a device that may allow humans to produce their own oxygen on Mars. This hardware, called the Oxygen Generator System, is one of five experiments on a unit known as MIP (Mars In-situ Propellant Production Precursor).