> “When you join the ‘Mars One Community,’ which happens automatically if you applied as a candidate, they start giving you points. You get points for getting t

> “When you join the ‘Mars One Community,’ which happens automatically if you applied as a candidate, they start giving you points. You get points for getting through each round of the selection process… and then the only way to get more points is to buy merchandise from Mars One or to donate money to them.” Yeah... if you do that to people applying, you're not pretending anymore to be anything other than a scam. This was a Fyre-level attempt to get more money from attendants - like that Fyre band one "should charge with thousand of dollars" just days before the event.