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Mars One, a Dutch company that announced the idea of ​​making a one-way flight to Mars, received the first money from companies.

>>>Dial lottery to find people who bring to Mars permanently

In July Mars One announced that it would organize a lottery game around the world to select 40 people who could become astronauts. These people will participate in a training program in a desert for three months. During the practice, Mars One will eliminate 30 people. The spacecraft will carry 4 of the remaining 10 people to Mars before the last day of 2023. Then every two years the company will put four people on it. Mars One will launch the first transport ship on the red planet in 2016 and bring the self-propelled probe into it in 2018.

Mars One illustration of "houses"
first human on Mars. (Photo: Mars One)

"Nearly a year ago we called on technologists to work with us to make a bold dream of bringing people to Mars. Today our idea has shifted from the technical planning stage. This transition provided the basis for turning ideas into reality, " said Bas Lansdorp, president of Mars One.

Internet service provider Byte, VBC law firm Notarissen, consulting firm Meetln, New-Energy.tv and Dejan SEO sites - a search engine optimization company are the first businesses. sponsored for Mars One. All businesses are based in the Netherlands.

"Bringing people to Mars is not only a bold project of the Mars One, but also a motivation for people to explore places we haven't yet arrived. We feel honored to be the sponsor for the project. This project, " said Dan Petrovic, general manager of Dejan SEO company.

The management of Mars One said that they had negotiated with a number of aerospace service companies around the world and at least one company had agreed to provide all equipment for the construction of the lower facility. floor above Mars. The money that Mars One receives from donors will be devoted to the study of the types of infrastructure suitable for soil conditions on the red planet. According to the company's calculations, the cost of the first flight to Mars will amount to about 6 billion USD.