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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6104825" data-attributes="member: 177">Ah, you see, there's a common misconception.&nbsp; Mars One has based it's plans on known technology and suppliers - Space X Dragon capsules (alreasdy in service) and Falcon Heavy boosters (which fly this year), and the like.&nbsp; The cost is estimated at $6 Billion.&nbsp; I've not seen a noted authority on such projects dispute the validity of that estimate.&nbsp; While that's not a small sum, neither is it an astronomical one - there are *individual people* on Earth who have higher net worth than this.&nbsp; It is about one-third of NASA's budget.&nbsp; Apple computers is, by comparison, worth about $108 billion.&nbsp; It doesn't actually require a nation to make it happen.Maybe.&nbsp; &quot;Revenues from the license fee,&quot; does not clearly state what we're talking about here: Reality TV.&nbsp; Not just in the USA (where American Idol can generate $12 million an hour in ad revenue), but global.&nbsp; The astronaut selection process, the training process, and so on, all potentially generating hefty amounts of money.There is still a question of whether they can raise the funds - but you'll know that long, long before you actually have to get onto a rocket, as the plan includes production and launching of habitats and supplies before humans hit the sky.&nbsp; So, in that sense, the risk to a human are small.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6104825, member: 177"] Ah, you see, there's a common misconception. Mars One has based it's plans on known technology and suppliers - Space X Dragon capsules (alreasdy in service) and Falcon Heavy boosters (which fly this year), and the like. The cost is estimated at $6 Billion. I've not seen a noted authority on such projects dispute the validity of that estimate. While that's not a small sum, neither is it an astronomical one - there are *individual people* on Earth who have higher net worth than this. It is about one-third of NASA's budget. Apple computers is, by comparison, worth about $108 billion. It doesn't actually require a nation to make it happen. Maybe. "Revenues from the license fee," does not clearly state what we're talking about here: Reality TV. Not just in the USA (where American Idol can generate $12 million an hour in ad revenue), but global. The astronaut selection process, the training process, and so on, all potentially generating hefty amounts of money. There is still a question of whether they can raise the funds - but you'll know that long, long before you actually have to get onto a rocket, as the plan includes production and launching of habitats and supplies before humans hit the sky. So, in that sense, the risk to a human are small. [/QUOTE]

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