706 people continue fighting for four places in the Mars colonization program Mars One, a participant of the project, resident of Los Angeles, Sue Ann Pien said on Friday. More than 202 thousand people filed applications for participation in the first stage of the selection program, which ended in September, 2013. The first six groups of Martian colonists – consisting of four people each –... 

Some 78,000 people from 120 countries have applied for a one-way trip project of settlement in the Red Planet run by the Dutch nonprofit company Mars One. The company plans to send a few willing pioneers on a one-way trip, with no chance of returning to Earth. The project is scheduled to apply existing technology and be funded through sponsors and private investors. Few months ago, the company released... 

The Dutch nonprofit company Mars One is planning to establish a human settlement in the Red Planet by 2023, International Business Times has reported. The company released its basic astronaut requirements for the plan to call not only scientists or pilots but anyone who is at least 18 years old. Recruiting is scheduled to begin later this year during a televised global selection process based on some...