Would you sign up to die on Mars? 200,000 people around the world already signed for a one-way ticket to the red planet.
A one-way ticket to a barren, hostile landscape, where temperatures can drop as low as -150°C, might not sound like everyone’s dream destination.
But as of the application deadline a week ago, more than 200,000 people from 140 different countries have applied to be among the first colonists on Mars.
The applicants have agreed to stay on the red planet for the rest of their lives – and be filmed for a reality TV program, said the company behind the mission, Mars One.
The colony as it is expected to look in 2015 – with four astronauts arriving every two years on the one-way mission
The Dutch group wants to launch a supply mission that will land on Mars as soon as October 2016. A ‘settlement rover’ will then land in 2018.
They added that landing systems will be tested eight times before they are used to transport humans – a move that Mars One said will make the trips ‘much safer than moon missions’.
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From the 200,000 applications, between 24 and 40 candidates will be selected to participate in a seven-year training program that would start in 2015.
Current applicants have three more rounds to get through before the final selection.
Source Daily Mail
