Wednesday, August 14, 2013

100k apply for one way trip to mars in 2022-and never come back


More than a hundred thousand volunteers have reportedly applied for tickets for the one-way mission to the Red Planet. Four individuals will be selected out of the more than 100,000 that have already applied, according to the Dutch nonprofit. But would members of such an expedition, estimated to cost $6 billion, survive the trip?
'We wanted it to be high enough for people to have to really think about it and low enough for anyone to be able to afford it,' Lansdorp said.

The launching will take place in 2022 and the landing will take place after seven months in 2023.  The organization also plans to send in another crew in 2025.
The volunteers will be selected by the company for the mission for eight years. They will be living on Mars for the rest of their lives and never return to Earth.
Sponsors and media agencies would pay to broadcast the Mars mission.

Another second group of four will leave two years after the first. By the admission of Mars One, 'You could say that most people would rather lose a leg than live the rest of their life on a cold, hostile planet, having said goodbye to friends and family forever, the best possible video call suffering from a seven minute delay - one way   
So just who are these would-be astronauts?
1.   Number one: A potential Mars One astronaut shows his support of the mission
2. Sean Holt has offered to make tinfoil hats for his fellow Mars astronauts should he be successful

3. Bailey, 19, from Arizona says she wants to be the first musician on Mars. 'I see this trip as an artistic opportunity, as well as a scientific one,' she says. 
 

4. John says his life experience, including a successful career, three children and a divorce has prepared him to dedicate the rest of his life settling on Mars.


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