A one way trip to Mars? Must be crazy right, who would want to sign up for a one way ticket to death. I mean that is just completely absurd. But a Dutch company by the name of Mars One is trying to send 4 adventurous individuals into space by 2024. This will be the first time a group of humans took a trip to Mars trying to establish a self-sustaining settlement on the big red planet. I don't believe at all that this is a great idea.
I mean I would love to know in the future that I could take a spaceship ride to go and visit Mars for vacation. But for someone to really want lay down their life for a trip that may not even go as plan, well that's just ludicrous. But who am I to judge, everyone has their own reasonings for what they want to do with their life. Chief executive Bas Lansdrop told the Washington Post that we're humans and we were born to explore, that's just what we were meant to do. Although that may be true, this is peoples lives at stake for a trip that has a high chance at failure.
As the launch date for this trip draws near, it is losing at lot of interest from the public and it's sponsors.
A team of scientist found that this trip seemed a bit too dangerous and was based off too many assumptions rather than facts. Even with the setbacks that the mission is facing, the company is still very optimistic about the trip and believe it will happen. They have now selected 100 candidates to go under the training to prepare then for the trip. Some of the applicants that haven't got picked feel they weren't giving a fair chance. But the company says they pick each candidate by a point system that is fair for everyone.
With everything that is going on with this trip, it will take a lot of hard work and dedication for this trip to happen.
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