They will certainly find people. However these people won't die of old age. Radiation alone will make sure of that. Whether this project has any point at all i

They will certainly find people. However these people won't die of old age. Radiation alone will make sure of that. Whether this project has any point at all is a question of rational thinking vs. mass psychology. Scientists will tell you that it is pointless to send humans to Mars. All research can be done with robots - cheaper and without endangering human life. However, a human colony on Mars might generate irrational public excitement which in return could lead to governments investing more money into space travel and colonization again. I said irrational excitement because we know we can do it. NASA simply hasn't done it because there is neither money nor a rational reason for it. If the US government wanted to NASA could have a Mars colony up and running in no time. As the article points out the technology already exists. Personally I believe the irrational excitement factor will be a strong one and thus these people who basically sign up to die of radiation poisoning will end up being true "space pioneers". However, I doubt that Mars One will actually manage to secure the necessary funding. So I am not getting excited about this yet.