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Mars Colony Project to Begin Astronaut Search by July
SPACE.com ^ | 16 April 2013 Time: 06:30 AM ET | Rob Coppinger, Contributor

Posted on 04/17/2013 4:37:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A nonprofit organization that aims to land four astronauts on Mars in 2023 will kick off its two-year, televised search for Red Planet explorers by this summer.

The Netherlands-based Mars One will begin accepting application videos sometime between now and July, charging a fee to weed out folks who aren't serious about their candidacy. The group hopes to raise millions of dollars this way, with the proceeds paying for the ongoing selection process and technology studies.

"We expect a million applications with 1-minute videos, and hopefully some of those videos will go viral,” Mars One co-founder and chief executive officer Bas Lansdorp told SPACE.com on April 10. He was in London to speak to the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) that day.

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: mars; marsone; netherlands
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To: BenLurkin

They should be interviewing us Oldsters, since there’s a good chance anyone sent up won’t be coming back.


21 posted on 04/17/2013 8:30:32 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (American)
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To: KevinDavis; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks BenLurkin.


22 posted on 04/17/2013 8:36:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: BenLurkin

My childhood dream . . . only now I’d never pass the health requirements. Maybe they could take some of my seeds?


23 posted on 04/17/2013 8:46:10 PM PDT by Ellendra ("Laws were most numerous when the Commonwealth was most corrupt." -Tacitus)
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To: Jack Hammer; JRandomFreeper; SunkenCiv

They should send midgets. But I know you are gonna tell me they should NEVER have access to that much technology.


24 posted on 04/18/2013 11:49:27 AM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: bigheadfred
Midgets are way too busy starring in movies that most will never see.

I read that somewhere.

/johnny

25 posted on 04/18/2013 11:50:58 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: BenLurkin

Send all liberals but make sure the rockets don’t make it.


26 posted on 04/18/2013 11:52:51 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

You mean they don’t have booster seats in theaters? And itsa prolly a lowblow to have to wait for the dvd and watch it on the small screen.


27 posted on 04/18/2013 11:54:28 AM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: bigheadfred
Um... Yeah.

Bridget couldn't find a seat that fit.

Ahem.

You just ain't right. In so many, many ways. ;)

/johnny

28 posted on 04/18/2013 11:58:00 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: bigheadfred

Midgets would be ideal for space travel, because they can still reach everything in zero-G.


29 posted on 04/18/2013 6:09:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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