A colony on Mars, it sounds like a fairytale, impossible for most people.
A lot of negativity has been thrown to the heads of applicants and Mars One itself. Just want to remind the people before outing some negative responses at least take the effort to do some proper research and do not start screaming on the net things like only NASA or Elon Musk can do this. I read the last one a lot on different sites. Just want to remind those people that SpaceX is actually on the list of suppliers of Mars One, so Elon Musk is taking part in this adventure.
To those that are saying only NASA can do this: NASA is not the only spaceprogram on this planet, every continent has one, it's not because NASA put the first rover on Mars that other spaceprograms cannot be first to start something bigger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_agencies
How Mars One will make this happen:
http://www.mars-one.com/mission/roadmap
For the negative half of the planet: it's a rough roadmap, you cannot expect a company to put the details on a site for everyone to see. I do not see NASA or other spaceprograms putting there construction plans and blueprints online so why should Mars One have to do it?
More info can be found further on the site of Mars One under the tab Mission. Under the tab FAQ you can find most of the answers that bother a lot of people when hearing the first time about Mars One.
http://www.mars-one.com/faq
Also Bas Lansdorp often gives a Q&A, we had one in August at the MMM in Germany:
http://youtu.be/nVZEaMRWLZk
Also the Facebookgroup https://www.facebook.com/groups/aspiringmartians/ with some of the applicants and supporters of the project made a Wiki where you can find information about Mars, Mars One and human space exploration.
http://aspiring-martians.wikia.com/wiki/Aspiring_Martians_Wiki
Do not be afraid to ask questions in the facebookgroup, a lot of people will be glad to answer your questions.
Just make the effort of reading everything on the site of Mars One before judging.
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