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Mars One Mission Selects 100 Finalists for One Way Trip to the Red Planet

17/02/2015 By blogdottv

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMars One, the Dutch-based venture, announced yesterday that it’s slimmed down its list of applicants to just 50 men and 50 women who will compete for the chance to take a one-way trip to the red planet. For those who haven’t been following the Mars One project, they plan to put on a reality-TV competition […]

Over 200,000 People Have Applied for a One Way Trip to Mars

12/09/2013 By blogdottv

Reading Time: 2 minutesShould the Mars One project become a reality, the team will have to narrow down the number of candidates to just 24-40 from the 200,000+ applicants. The £4,000,000,000 project was founded in 2010 by engineer Bas Lansdorp, who plans to recoup its costs by selling the broadcasting rights to the mission. The Dutch group wants to launch […]