[dvoiss]

> This project is completely ridiculous. Those people completely underestimate how extremely difficult it is to even land on Mars. Nearly two-thirds of all Mars missions have failed in some way, and yet these people are convinced they can simply put humans on Mars? Right.

Yes I don't think they have a real understanding. The founder of Mars One did two AMAs (ask me anything) on Reddit a while back [1] where he said "We are not scientists, we are entrepreneurs" [2]. A choice quote from a user:

> You have no one (I repeat NO ONE) on your team who is experienced or competent in anything related to space travel. The one guy on your team who you're showcasing has experience in land based telescopes and a small role in an experiment that was taken up by NASA... Which is pitiful compared to the amount of expertise needed in a lead on a project this ambitious.

If you check out the AMAs you'll see the above comment in action via the founder's answers to questions. Most of his answers are vague or difficult questions are just completely ignored.

[1] http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ufb42/ama_i_am_fo..., http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/uta10/iama_founder_of_...

[2] http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/uta10/_/c4yd59u?contex...