Sad news: Mars One is probably a scam :(

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A former NASA researcher, PhD astrophysicist, and finalist for Mars One says that it's probably just a money making scam.

I guess I should have seen this coming, especially once I read about how tied in the reality show elements were, but I'm still extremely disappointing. I was really excited for this to get closer to fruition and in my wildest dreams possibly usher in a new age of space exploration. But apparently their rockets are more like this:

To sum it up:
Mars One has almost no money.
Mars One has no contracts with private aerospace suppliers who are building technology for future deep-space missions.
Mars One has no TV production partner.
Mars One has no publicly known investment partnerships with major brands.
Mars One has no plans for a training facility where its candidates would prepare themselves.
Mars One’s candidates have been vetted by a single person, in a 10-minute Skype interview.

Guess I'll have to wait a while before I sit in my hover chair on Mars drinking space whiskey and watching the Earthrise.