Mars One Project Attracts More Than 100,000 Applicants for One-Way Trip to Red Planet Agencis
go to original August 14, 2013

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MEXICO CITY - More than 100,000 people have applied for a one-way trip to Mars, hoping to be chosen to spend the rest of their lives on uncharted territory, according to an organisation planning the manned missions. The Mars One project wants to colonise the red planet, beginning in 2022. There are financial and practical questions about this venture that haven’t been clarified. Will there be enough money? Will people really be able to survive on Mars? But these haven’t stopped some 30,000 Americans from signing up.

You can see some of the candidates on the project’s website, but they’re not the only ones who have applied, said Bas Lansdorp, Mars One CEO and co-founder. “There is also a very large number of people who are still working on their profile, so either they have decided not to pay the application fee, or they are still making their video or they’re still filling out the questionnaire or their resume. So the people that you can see online are only the ones that have finished and who have set their profiles as public,” Lansdorp said.

Anyone 18 or older may apply, but the fee depends on a user’s nationality. For Americans, it’s $38; if you’re in Mexico, however, it’s a mere $15.

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