Mars One CEO responds to criticism of the spacefaring project
Bas Lansdorp is the CEO of Mars One, a company that’s running a competition with the goal of establishing a human settlement on Mars by 2027. The project has faced much scrutiny since its announcement in 2012, but this week an interview with one of the final 100 candidates for the mission has sparked a debate about whether or not Mars One is a scam. Lansdorp has finally addressed some of the issues in a video published to Mars One’s YouTube account.
“The suggestion was made that our candidates were selected on the basis of how much money they donate to Mars One, and that’s just simply untrue,” he says. He goes on to accuse Elmo Keep, the author of the accusatory piece, of making false claims about how the contest works. He specifically…
Source:: The Verge
