Desi Lydic

Yet thousands still signed up and paid application fees for a chance to go to Mars forever. Who would do that?

What would make someone want to take a one-way trip to Mars? You know, aside from just being a woman on this planet right now.

What would make someone want to take a one-way trip to Mars? You know, aside from just being a woman on this planet right now.

So you're telling me you would choose space over your husband?

So you're telling me you would choose space over your husband?

Are you sure you don't just need a little bit of space? Like, I tell my husband that I've got book club once a week. There's no book club. I barely read.

Are you sure you don't just need a little bit of space? Like, I tell my husband that I've got book club once a week. There's no book club. I barely read.

Unfortunately for Leila and 99 other finalists, there's only one problem. Mars One now filing for bankruptcy.

Unfortunately for Leila and 99 other finalists, there's only one problem. Mars One now filing for bankruptcy.

You know what they should have done? They should have done a pyramid scheme. I had a very successful pyramid scheme going in college. It was basically like Herbalife, but with 100% cocaine. I would sell it. Then I had other people selling it. I would take a cut of it. It was pretty great.

You know what they should have done? They should have done a pyramid scheme. I had a very successful pyramid scheme going in college. It was basically like Herbalife, but with 100% cocaine. I would sell it. Then I had other people selling it. I would take a cut of it. It was pretty great.

Like I told those prosecutors, I'm gonna need a second opinion. So I turned to real-life astronaut Chris Hatfield.

Like I told those prosecutors, I'm gonna need a second opinion. So I turned to real-life astronaut Chris Hatfield.

You don't mean a scam scam. You just mean they told the world that they had a thing, but they didn't actually have the thing, and they couldn't deliver on the thing.

You don't mean a scam scam. You just mean they told the world that they had a thing, but they didn't actually have the thing, and they couldn't deliver on the thing.

What kind of magician can pull off an illusion this big? I had to find the man behind it all, Mars One CEO Boz Lansdorp. I didn't want him to be suspicious, so I started off slow. Is Mars One a scam?

What kind of magician can pull off an illusion this big? I had to find the man behind it all, Mars One CEO Boz Lansdorp. I didn't want him to be suspicious, so I started off slow. Is Mars One a scam?

As everyone knows, the best way to check to see if something is a scam is to see if it has a website. And like any legitimate space venture, Mars One offers sweet merch and a chance to donate monthly.

As everyone knows, the best way to check to see if something is a scam is to see if it has a website. And like any legitimate space venture, Mars One offers sweet merch and a chance to donate monthly.

Okay, if President Kennedy and 400,000 people working for NASA could turn a dream into a moon landing, maybe Boz and his team could get us to Mars. How many people do you have on staff at your company?