{"id":1742,"date":"2013-04-19T19:35:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T19:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2013-04-19T19:35:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T19:35:42","slug":"mars-one-to-initiate-its-astronaut-selection-program-in-on-line-event-april-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1742","title":{"rendered":"Mars One to initiate its astronaut selection program in on-line event, April 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An announcement from <a title=\"www.mars-one.com\" href=\"http:\/\/mars-one.us5.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=24d8ce153d9cbd2546aca36de&amp;id=349f395c49&amp;e=7bf087703b\" target=\"_blank\">Mars One<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mars One launch astronaut selection on Youtube and Twitter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AMERSFOORT, April 19th 2013<\/strong> &#8211; Mars One will launch its Astronaut Selection Program on the 22nd of April 2013 at a press conference in New York. The event will be streamed live on <a href=\"http:\/\/mars-one.us5.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=24d8ce153d9cbd2546aca36de&amp;id=b0c0fc6d78&amp;e=7bf087703b\" target=\"_self\">Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The briefing will be moderated by <strong>Emily Lakdawalla<\/strong>, Senior Editor at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\" target=\"_blank\">Planetary Society<\/a>. The panel will include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bas Lansdorp<\/strong>, General Director and Co-Founder, Mars One<\/li>\n<li><strong>Norbert Kraft<\/strong>, Medical Director, Mars One<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gerard &#8216;t Hooft<\/strong>, Nobel laureate and Ambassador, Mars One<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grant Anderson<\/strong>, Sr. VP Operations, Chief Engineer and Co-Founder, P<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paragonsdc.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Paragon Space Development Corporation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bryan Versteeg<\/strong>, Mission Concept Artist, Mars One<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Date and Time: 22nd April, starts 12:00 pm EDT ends 1:30 pm EDT<\/p>\n<p>You can be a part of the Q&amp;A by sending us your questions and opinions via Twitter by using the hashtag <strong>#MarsOneLaunch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Mars One<\/strong><br \/>\nMars One is a not-for-profit organization that will establish a permanent human settlement on Mars in 2023 through the integration of existing, readily available technology that can be purchased from the global private space industry. Mars One will fund this decade-long endeavor by involving the whole world as the audience of an interactive, televised broadcast of every aspect of this mission- from launch to landing to living on Mars. In March 2013 Mars One <a href=\"http:\/\/mars-one.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=24d8ce153d9cbd2546aca36de&amp;id=90dd38b568&amp;e=7bf087703b\" target=\"_blank\">contracted<\/a> Paragon Space Development Corporation (USA) to take the first steps in developing the life support system and spacesuits fit for the mission. Mars One is in talks with various other aerospace companies for different components of the mission; a series of contracts will be announced later this year. This is a global mission: our advisers, suppliers and also would-be astronauts come from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Mars One website <a title=\"www.mars-one.com\" href=\"http:\/\/mars-one.us5.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=24d8ce153d9cbd2546aca36de&amp;id=349f395c49&amp;e=7bf087703b\" target=\"_blank\">www.mars-one.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Mars One Introduction Film\" href=\"http:\/\/mars-one.us5.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=24d8ce153d9cbd2546aca36de&amp;id=ad59fd454f&amp;e=7bf087703b\" target=\"_blank\">Mars One Introduction Film<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An announcement from Mars One: Mars One launch astronaut selection on Youtube and Twitter AMERSFOORT, April 19th 2013 &#8211; Mars One will launch its Astronaut Selection Program on the 22nd of April 2013 at a press conference in New York. The event will be streamed live on Youtube. The briefing will be moderated by Emily &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1742\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mars One to initiate its astronaut selection program in on-line event, April 22nd<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-participation","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-s6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1793,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1793","url_meta":{"origin":1742,"position":0},"title":"Video: The Mars One astronaut selection program briefing","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mars One organization had a press conference event in New York City today to talk about the selection of Applicants for their plan to put a settlement on Mars. 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