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One-Way Trip To Mars -- You can sign up soon

4/16/2013 5:33:00 PM -- Ted Krapf

<p>Nonprofit organization, Mars-One.com, plans to fund a colonization of the Red Planet with a blend of crowd sourcing and ultimate reality TV. &nbsp;Thus far, their plan is to acquire one million entries from private citizen for $25 each along with a 60-second video of why you'd be a good candidate to go to Mars. &nbsp;If selected, get ready for a seven year long training course.<br /> <br /> <br /> Here's the catch.... you won't be coming home to Earth. &nbsp;The Mars One mission calls for a 2018 rover mission first to scout out the best place for the colonization base. &nbsp;Next some supplies will be shuttled up, and then by 2020, the first four astronauts will step foot on Mars, and get the honor of calling it home. &nbsp;Over the course of a few years, the rest of the 20 astronauts will join them in a pod-type civilization.</p> <p><br /> </p> <p>Mars One apparently already has private support for materials and supplies from a variety of private space entities, so they will be able to operate without the interference of politics. &nbsp;Mars One CEO, Bas Lansdorp, plans to have the entire process documented, recorded and broadcast live for the entire world to watch man reach out to a new world, and create a new home there.</p> <p><br /> </p> <p>Needless to say, this sounds pretty incredible, but Mars One is set on making it a reality. &nbsp;What do you think? &nbsp;Would you go?</p> <p><br /> </p> <p><br /> </p> <object id="flashObj" width="400" height="292" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"> <param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <param name="flashVars" value="videoId=1708011240001&amp;linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2F16303-reality-tv-show-on-mars-to-follow-settlers-video.html&amp;playerID=1403109806001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAFR6xVM~,85KKOZyvPf6qwFANvqEzo9EFltY58YnJ&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true"> <param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com"> <param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="swLiveConnect" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=1708011240001&amp;linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2F16303-reality-tv-show-on-mars-to-follow-settlers-video.html&amp;playerID=1403109806001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAFR6xVM~,85KKOZyvPf6qwFANvqEzo9EFltY58YnJ&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="292" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></object>

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