Destination

USA . The conquest of the universe begin with the red planet and more than 200 thousand people from 140 countries have applied to join the group of possible early settlers of Mars on a one way trip , the Mars -One company involved in the project said. In total , 202 . 586 people registered to integrate the first wave of settlers , said in a statement the company Dutch nonprofit organization that in April 2013 launched a call for applications for a seven -month, no return to Mars , scheduled for 2023.

 

The largest group of stakeholders from the United States (24 %), India (10 % ), China ( 6% ) and Brazil ( 5%), but several candidates speaking countries such as Argentina , Chile, Colombia were also received , Spain , Mexico and Peru , as well as Germany , Australia , Canada, the Philippines , France, Italy, Poland , UK, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.

 

Three stages of selection will be held in the next two years , said Mars -One. ' Until 2015 , between six and ten teams of four will receive full training ' before ' some of those teams in 2023 to become the first humans to land on Mars to live there the rest of their lives , "he added .

 

This project has a cost of $ 6 billion as Mars -One , find some skeptics , but nevertheless, was supported by the Dutch winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999 , Gerard 't Hooft .

 

So far there have been only robotic missions to Mars , all performed successfully by NASA. However, the U.S. space agency said in May that the United States is determined to send astronauts to Mars within two decades .

 

But the project Mars -One faces several obstacles. Participants will not only be unable to return to Earth, will also have to live in small habitats , find water, produce oxygen and grow their own food . In addition , Mars is a great desert , the atmosphere consists mainly of carbon dioxide and the average temperature is -63 degrees Celsius. Astronauts also undergo dangerous cosmic radiation during the trip.

 

Finally , there is not a rocket carrying a capsule and these volunteers recognized Mars -One.