Bas Lansdorp is a Dutch entrepreneur who saw his dreams of colonizing Mars crumble into red dust after his company, Mars One, declared bankruptcy. The company was made up of a not-for-profit called the Mars One Foundation and a for-profit company called Mars One Ventures.
The idea behind Mars One was to colonize the red planet within the next five years. However, the details on how this dream would be achieved were always very sketchy and secretive.
Mars One Ventures, the Swiss-based side of the company, was declared bankrupt on January 15th. Its value at the time was around $100 million.
Meanwhile,Mars One Foundation is UK-based and is the dormant company. Lansdorp informedEngadget that theFoundation was still operating but cant act wi…
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