Mars Retracts

“A reality television series is the lynchpin of Mars One’s plan. It is through this that it intends to raise the necessary capital to actually fund the mission via advertising revenue and broadcast rights. The proposal is to film the final candidates 24/7 for the duration of their 10-year training mission on Earth, from the selection process to liftoff, and then to continue to broadcast the mission itself, live, beamed in perpetuity back from Mars to viewers on Earth. There is currently no network buyer for the show.” — Awl pal Elmo Keep on the surprising and hopeless and surprisingly hopeless private mission to Mars.