I know that for everyone here, it was obvious from the start that Mars One was never going to fly. What really gets my goat is the utter gullibility of the medi

I know that for everyone here, it was obvious from the start that Mars One was never going to fly. What really gets my goat is the utter gullibility of the media. Here are a few of the articles from The Guardian: 22 Apr 2013: Life on Mars to become a reality in 2023, Dutch firm claims 19 Jan 2014: Why we want to spend the rest of our lives on Mars 9 Feb 2015: Mars One mission: a one-way trip to the red planet in 2024 17 Feb 2015: Mars One shortlist: the top 10 hopefuls 19 Feb 2015: Why I want to be a passenger on Mars One 30 May 2015: Can Mars One colonise the red planet? It was always complete bullshit, anyone with a smidge of technical or scientific background said so repeatedly, so why they did write about it so many times? Yes, I know the proximate reasons – Mars One had a good PR agency, The Guardian wants clicks, etc. But The Guardian is meant to be a good, trustworthy news source, and here they were giving credibility to what I can only describe as a scam artist, or at best, a completely deluded entrepreneur. It should never have gotten as far as it did, and I blame the media for this.