Re-posting for context: Mars One hopes to finance a trip to Mars by making the trip in to a reality show. Unlike other plans, Mars One team promises to live on

Re-posting for context: Mars One hopes to finance a trip to Mars by making the trip in to a reality show. Unlike other plans, Mars One team promises to live on Mars for the remainder of their lives. They've proposed a schedule to 2023: 2011 - planning 2013 - selection of first settlers 2016 - first supply missions are sent to Mars 2018 - first settlement rover lands on Mars 2021 - all the components of the settlement reach their destination in six separate landers. Two living units, two life support units, a second supply unit, and another rover arrive on Mars. The two rovers take all components to the settlement location and prepare for the arrival of Mars Team One, the first humans on Mars. 2022 - Water, oxygen and atmosphere production will be ready 2023 - Mars One settlers arrive to the settlement June 2025 - The second crew of four astronauts land Would you want to be one of the first settlers?