Lawmaker in Mexico Weighs One-Way Trip to Mars Latin American Herald Tribune
go to original March 5, 2014

One Way Astronaut - Official Trailer (MarsOneProject)

MEXICO CITY – A Mexican Congressman has a remote chance of going to Mars, but the voyage would be a one-way trip.

Congressman Andres Eloy Martinez, of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, is a supporter of science education and an amateur astronomer.

Martinez was one of the 1,058 people selected by Mars One, a Dutch foundation, in the first round of a competition to be one of the first colonists on the red planet.

The group will be whittled down to between 24 and 40 candidates for the first mission, which is projected to arrive on Mars in 2025.

Mars One, which describes itself on its website as a non-profit foundation, contends that the technology to reach Mars and colonize the planet is already available.

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