The Mars One will soon reduce its candidate list down to 100. The project may never reach the Red Planet but at least it has proven that there are plenty of people willing to move to there if given the opportunity and even if they can’t come back:
- Would you leave your family behind to be the first human to set foot on Mars? – The Washington Post
- ‘I may go to Mars and never come back’ – BBC Newsbeat
Update: Here is a video about three candidates: