Mars One hopefuls prepare for revised date to go to the Red Planet

The Mars One mission to create a human settlement on the Red Planet is hotting up. It has been described by some as a publicity-seeking scam, but those who back the mission are determined to establish a colony there in 2027. It will be a one way journey for those selected and the Dutch firm, Mars One wants four astronauts to land on Mars every two years in the mid 2020s. The size of the settlement would increase gradually.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 6 June 2016.

It has ow been revealed that there is a shortlist of 100 candidates who will have to establish a human colony on the planet Mars. They will have to undergo tests as part of a new phase of the selection process to cut them down to just 40. At the start, there were around 200,000 hopefuls from 140 countries who had signed up for the Mars One project. That has been cut down to 100 people. And, after the five-day third phase of tests, it will become 40. The final list of 24 will be chosen from this list of 40.
The one-way trips to the red planet are scheduled to start in 2026.
In the course of the five days of rigorous tests, the candidates will face several challenges. Since they will not be returning to Earth, the selected ones must be capable of living in small groups, finding water, producing oxygen and growing their own food. They will have to survive by any means possible and, if worst comes to worse, they would have to become cannibals.


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