Mars One was recognized as bankrupt. This is a startup who promised to send volunteers to colonize Mars

Thousands of people wanted to participate in an ambitious idea, but then the project was faced with problems and accusations of fraud.

The Civil Court of the city Basel recognized the company Mars One bankrupt - one of the first organizations who promised to deliver people to Mars with the aim of colonization. The decision was made back in January 2019, but it was not known about it before the message of one of the Reddit users who found an entry from the court. The head of the Bas Lansdorp project confirmed bankruptcy to Engadget, but emphasized that "he would look for a solution."

The story of Mars One began in 2012. The project launched a global search for volunteers who would like to become the first colonists of Mars. According to the organizers, more than 200 thousand people sent profiles. Later, the list was reduced to 100 finalists (among whom were three girls from Russia) - according to the original plan, four of them would fly to another planet in 2023.

But then the project was faced with a series of problems, accusations and suspicions of fraud. By the time Mars One, bankruptcy announcement has not talked about plans for several years.

• Back in 2014, the media criticized Mars One for the desire to make a reality show out of flight to Mars. The cameras were supposed to monitor the colonists, and the selection was carried out on the basis of open questionnaires on the site. One of the criteria of the final part of the selection was the set of points with its activity;
• In 2015, one of the finalists of the project, Astrophysicist Joseph Roche, spoke about the financial problems of Mars One and a bad organization. According to him, the astronauts were selected in a short test and a small interview in Skype;
• In the same year, information appeared that the management of the Mars One has been on the number of applications for flight into space, and in fact they received not 200 thousand applications, but about 3 thousand;
• An independent team of the Massachusetts Technological Institute announced that the Mars One plan to settle Mars will almost certainly kill all the colonists in the very first days;
• In March 2015, Lansdorp rejected all the accusations of fraud, but transferred the start of the project to 2027. The last time the date was shifted already 2031. According to the original plan, the planet should have already landed on the exploration and search for a suitable place for the colony.

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