"Even ignoring the potential mismatch between the project income and its costs and questions about its longer-term viability, the Mars One proposal does not demonstrate a sufficiently deep understanding of the problems to give real confidence that the project would be able to meet its very ambitious schedule.", Holligan, Anna, Can the Dutch do reality TV in space?. BBC (19 juni 2012). Geraadpleegd op 26 november 2012.
"Many have interesting viable starting plans. Few raise the money to be able to pull it off.", Howard, Jacqueline, Mars One: Dutch Startup Aims To Colonize Red Planet In 2023. Huffington Post (5 juni 2012). Geraadpleegd op 26 november 2012.