Who here would be willing to take a one way trip to Mars?

[myreality]

http://rt.com/news/apply-mars-one-mission-088/

Leaving Earth: 78,000 apply for a one-way ticket to Mars


The Mars One project to establish the first human settlement on the Red Planet by 2023 has received 78,000 applications in just two weeks, with as many as 500,000 expected to apply by the time applications close on August 31.

Mars One, a Dutch not-for-profit organization, is planning the project to have no return ticket back to Earth due to a lack of technology, and the physiological changes the human body will undergo after it adjusts “to the 38% gravitation field of Mars, and be incapable of returning to the Earth's much stronger gravity,” the Mars One website explained.

The company has already received thousands of application from over 120 countries. The majority of applicants are from the US (17,324), followed by China (10,241), the United Kingdom (3,581), Russia, Mexico and Brazil.

“With seventy-eight thousand applications in two weeks, this is turning out to be the most desired job in history. These numbers put us right on track for our goal of half a million applicants,” Mars One Co-Founder and CEO Bas Lansdorp said in a press release.

The funds for the $6 billion project are being raised through a planned reality TV show that will follow the applicants as they train and prepare for their one-way journey. The mission has currently raised $84,121.

The applicants have a wide range of personalities, professions and ages. “This is significant because what we are looking for is not restricted to a particular background,” Mars One Chief Medical Officer Dr. Norbert Kraft said.

When applying, individuals were told to explain why they want go to Mars in a one minute video. Twenty-year-old private security contractor Benjamin Payne from the US describes himself as a “space cowboy” who wants to “explore new planets and new things.”

Undergraduate student Connor, 24, wants to be part of the first human colony on Mars because“it is groundbreaking, revolutionary, and historical. I feel it is our duty as human beings to maintain, advance and ensure the survival of the human species. Mars is a stepping stone for that,” he said in his video.

Even the older generation is interested in making the trip despite the lengthy training – at least seven years – plus the seven-month journey to Mars. Retired systems engineer Richard, 60, believes that Mars is “explorer’s golden ring for the next 25 to 30 years and I’d like to be a part of that experience.”

Successful candidates will receive at least seven years of training before leaving Earth, the company explained.

“Four rounds make the selection process, which will come to an end in 2015; Mars One will then employ 28-40 candidates, who will train for around 7 years. Finally an audience vote will elect one of groups in training to be the envoys of humanity to Mars,” Mars One said in its press release.

Once on Mars, settlers will be involved mainly in construction work such as installing greenhouses, maintaining the settlement’s systems and researching Martian climate and geological history – all in inhospitable environment with no breathable air, and with temperatures as low as -50 degrees Celsius.

The perfect candidate for the mission would not be a scientist with specific skill sets, but people with “a deep sense of purpose, willingness to build and maintain healthy relationships, the capacity for self-reflection and ability to trust,” Mars One explained.

This is not the only ongoing Mars project. Previously, Russian space agency Roscosmos signed a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to participate in the ExoMars project, a new attempt to discover life on the Red Planet. The mission will drill 30 times deeper beneath the surface of Mars than the currently operating Curiosity rover, reaching a depth of approximately 6.5 feet (2 meters).

In 2010 and 2011, Russia carried out the Mars-500 experiment: A group of six volunteers were locked inside a simulated spacecraft at the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow for 520 days – the time it would take to travel to Mars and back.

http://rt.com/news/mars-space-life-search-269/

Dutch reality show seeks volunteers for a getaway to the first human colony on Mars

Dutch company ‘Mars One’ has launched an official selection program for volunteers from all nations for a reality show to fly, live and die on Mars.

"Gone are the days when bravery and the number of hours flying a supersonic jet were the top criteria," said Norbert Kraft, Mars One's Chief Medical Director and former NASA senior researcher.

The company invites anyone from anywhere in the world to fill out an online application for the departure, scheduled for 2022, and land in April 2023. As the technology for a return flight does not exist, it will be a one-way ticket, according to Mars One website.

“When that day comes there will be a memorial service and cremation ceremony, just like customs on Earth dictate.”

The return to Earth is also not possible due to funding, as a one-way mission greatly reduces costs. Mars One is a non-profit organization, planning to raise money to fund the project, estimated at about $6 billion, according the web site.

"It sounds like a lot of money. And actually it is a lot of money. But imagine what will happen when the first people land on Mars. Literally everybody on the globe will want to see it," Lansdorp said as quoted on Mars One website.

In addition to application fees, which will vary from $5 to $75 depending on the per capita GDP of the applicant’s country, the company plans to raise money by selling broadcast rights.

"Not unlike the televised events of the Olympic Games, Mars One intends to maintain an on-going, global media event, from astronaut selection to training, from lift-off to landing," the site said.

Last year Mars One received 10,000 messages from applicants from over 100 countries, though the official launch of the selection program started on Monday.

Requirements for ‘Martian citizenship’
“We are very excited about launching the selection program. Round One is where we open the doors to Mars for everyone on Earth. This is an international mission and it is very important for the project that anyone anywhere can ask themselves: Do I want this? Am I ready for this? If the answer is yes then we want to hear from you,” said Lansdorp.

The company established certain requirements for potential Martians. It is looking for applicants older than 18 years, who are ‘both mature and interesting’, according to Mars One. They have to possess certain character traits – ‘resilience, adaptability, curiosity, ability to trust others, creativity, and resourcefulness’.

“For this mission of permanent settlement we are more concerned with how well each astronaut lives and works with others and their ability to deal with a lifetime of challenges”, said Kraft.

According to the company the candidates don’t need particular professional skills, as they will obtain those during a seven-year training program in the US – everything you need to learn to survive on an inhospitable planet.

The first settlers will be picked by an audience vote during the last stage of several rounds of the selection process of the trained and qualified candidates. They will travel to the red planet in groups of four every two years.

The deadline for the first round of online applications is August 31.

The company will use only existing technology available in the space industry. According to the website, a SpaceX spacecraft will send rovers and supplies ahead of the astronauts, and then the SpaceX Falcon Heavy will take the crew to Mars, where they will assemble their habitat.

However, many questions rise about how the astronauts would survive on a planet with freezing temperatures and a carbon dioxide atmosphere. The company's representatives claim that their project is ‘ethically sound’, calling it an ‘idealistic mission’.

This is not the only ongoing Mars project. Previously the Russian space agency Roscosmos signed a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to participate in the ExoMars project, a new attempt to discover life on the Red Planet.

Definitely going to sign up for this, i think it will be awesome.

[Tajin]

Search function.

[Mizango]

In a NY minute.

[Plow]

If only BG was the only place that could vote, I could win this shit np.

[Boyiee]

If only BG was the only place that could vote, I could win this shit np.

There's a difference between "willing to go" and being voted off the planet.

[Churchill]

I don't think we would doom humanity by having you plow up our first manned flight to mars.

[Ksandra]

My thoughts on this is in here:

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/115...rs#post5640474

Ignore the thread title...it's spam...

[BaneTheBrawler]

I would. All I'd need to do is, when I get ~ halfway through a book, request a new one for my Kindle. Plus all that science and shit.

[Outlaw]

A scene from the Val Kilmer movie Red Planet comes to mind..

"I say when we get to Mars we just take it."

"Call Earth and tell em' it sucks and don't bother coming?"

Seriously though, no. Each day would be a struggle just to survive.

[Boyiee]

A scene from the Val Kilmer movie Red Planet comes to mind..

"I say when we get to Mars we just take it."

"Call Earth and tell em' it sucks and don't bother coming?"

Seriously though, no. Each day would be a struggle just to survive.

Makes me think of the Biodome project. Farming and harvesting and planting and eating and recycling your feces and making shit and fuck that. 16-18 Hours a day spent doing shit so everyone survives.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

I'd go in a heart beat

[Darlingchan]

Earth is more my style~

Mars doesn't look very fun thb. The only cool thing would be able to say you have been to Mars, and the no return-ticket back to earth kinda seals the deal.

What if you hate it? You'll be stuck there forever.

[hey]

I don't qualify, but would go if i could.

[Mizango]

Earth is more my style~

Mars doesn't look very fun thb. The only cool thing would be able to say you have been to Mars, and the no return-ticket back to earth kinda seals the deal.

What if you hate it? You'll be stuck there forever.

Which is why you go for the love of Science. Do you think people sit on top of 100 tons of TNT to go to the moon or to the ISS because its safe?

[Darlingchan]

Which is why you go for the love of Science. Do you think people sit on top of 100 tons of TNT to go to the moon or to the ISS because its safe?

It's mainly people who have dedicated their lives to science whom sit on top of 100 tons of TNT to go to the moon, and those trips aren't permanent either.

I would just be terrified to be on a spaceship for a year and have a change of heart. There's no going back!

[Churchill]

I'd do it.

Day 1 I'd do an epic space cumshot that I'd been saving up the entire time I went through zero-g training and shit. It would be so massive that it would set my ship off course and we'd have an Apollo 13 situation on our hands.

Peter North would immediately hang himself in shame and I would be honored by Playboy and Hustler.

It would never end up on FOX News because a hearing on Benghazi would be ongoing in President Biebers term.

[Mizango]

It's mainly people who have dedicated their lives to science whom sit on top of 100 tons of TNT to go to the moon, and those trips aren't permanent either.

I would just be terrified to be on a spaceship for a year and have a change of heart. There's no going back!

No, its not "mainly", its exclusively people that dedicate their life to science that sit atop TNT. As one of those people that has dedicated his life to science, I would do it in a second. Yes fully knowing and comprehending the meaning of "one way" and "forever". If you truly love something having a change of heart is usually something you cant comprehend.

[Mizango]

I'd do it.

Day 1 I'd do an epic space cumshot that I'd been saving up the entire time I went through zero-g training and shit. It would be so massive that it would set my ship off course and we'd have an Apollo 13 situation on our hands.

Peter North would immediately hang himself in shame and I would be honored by Playboy and Hustler.

It would never end up on FOX News because a hearing on Benghazi would be ongoing in President Biebers term.

lol

[Buffy]

It would never end up on FOX News because a hearing on Benghazi would be ongoing in President Biebers term.

If this comes true in 40 years, I will find you and hurt you.

[Dimmauk]

This like a noble and amazing adventure, but I get the feeling this is a big scam. I hope I'm wrong.