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.
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They should be interviewing us Oldsters, since there’s a good chance anyone sent up won’t be coming back.
Thanks BenLurkin.
My childhood dream . . . only now I’d never pass the health requirements. Maybe they could take some of my seeds?
They should send midgets. But I know you are gonna tell me they should NEVER have access to that much technology.
I read that somewhere.
/johnny
Send all liberals but make sure the rockets don’t make it.
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.
Bridget couldn't find a seat that fit.
Ahem.
You just ain't right. In so many, many ways. ;)
/johnny
Midgets would be ideal for space travel, because they can still reach everything in zero-G.
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