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Mars One is working together with the Panel of Planetary Protection and the Panel of Planetary Exploration to make sure we design a good mission. It's not only about protecting life, but also about protecting resources. For example, you don't want to contaminate a sub-surface water storage by accident and loose that water.

We will not be held acountable for what our astronauts do on Mars :)

One of our ways of financing our mission to Mars is by televising part of it - the greatest exploration story of all times. It will be a story of heroes accomplishing the seemingly impossible. Humans will walk on Mars. I don't think the term 'reality TV show' cover that. Seeing the first humans walk on Mars will be an event that no one who sees it will ever forget.

I started Mars One because I wanted to. But finding the first crew of four might be our toughest challenge: finding four people that can be 'locked up' together for almost three years before the second crew comes. I am afraid I am not up to that.

I also became a dad three months ago :)

You can see that we have Guenther Reitz on our advisory board - one of the world's most renowned radiation experts. http://www.mars-one.com/about-mars-one/advisers/guenther-reitz-phd-germany I can assure you that we take radiation very seriously.

The highest energy radiation is also the most difficult one to deflect with magnetic fields.