Would You Would Consider a One-Way Ticket to Mars?
At least 78,000 people have applied to travel to the red planet, where they would live out the remainder of their lives and be featured on a reality TV program.
It would be the trip of a lifetime — literally. The Daily Mail reports 78,000 people from more than 120 countries have applied for one-way tickets to the planet Mars, where they would live for the rest of their lives and be featured on a reality TV show. A Dutch company, Mars One, says it plans to fly four people there every year beginning in 2023. Energy will come from solar panels and food will be grown on the planet, the Daily Mail reports, and a supply mission is supposed to land as soon as October 2016. Mars One's website reads, "Mars 2013: Inhabitants Wanted" and highlights its applicants thus far, along with their video submissions in which they explain why they want to settle on Mars. In explaining the qualifications necessary …
