Teh One Who Knocks
02-17-2015, 12:36 PM
Hudson Hongo - Gawker
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Sure, the planned civilian mission to Mars is wildly unrealistic, and if it even if we got there everyone would probably starve, but it's still fun to think about. That's especially true when it comes to deciding what 100 people should be banished to space, never to return, as Mars One did today.
"From the initial 202,586 applicants, only 100 hopefuls have been selected to proceed," read a statement released by the organization Monday. "These candidates are one step closer to becoming the first humans on Mars."
Unfortunately, all of the potential deportees are volunteers, and of the 100 only four would be sent on the one-way trip, but who knows! Maybe Mars is super easy to colonize but a bummer to be on and we can start using it as Earth's Australia.
We may even have some say in the matter, as Mars One's website promises, "The whole world will have a vote which group of four will be the first humans on Mars."
http://i.imgur.com/o5fiV0I.jpg
Sure, the planned civilian mission to Mars is wildly unrealistic, and if it even if we got there everyone would probably starve, but it's still fun to think about. That's especially true when it comes to deciding what 100 people should be banished to space, never to return, as Mars One did today.
"From the initial 202,586 applicants, only 100 hopefuls have been selected to proceed," read a statement released by the organization Monday. "These candidates are one step closer to becoming the first humans on Mars."
Unfortunately, all of the potential deportees are volunteers, and of the 100 only four would be sent on the one-way trip, but who knows! Maybe Mars is super easy to colonize but a bummer to be on and we can start using it as Earth's Australia.
We may even have some say in the matter, as Mars One's website promises, "The whole world will have a vote which group of four will be the first humans on Mars."