{"id":1793,"date":"2013-04-22T19:20:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T19:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2013-04-22T19:39:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T19:39:59","slug":"video-the-mars-one-astronaut-selection-program-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1793","title":{"rendered":"Video: The Mars One astronaut selection program briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/wwws.mars-one.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Mars One<\/a> organization had a press conference event in New York City today to talk about the selection of <a href=\"http:\/\/applicants.mars-one.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Applicants<\/a> for their plan to put a settlement on Mars. The panel included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bas Lansdorp, Co-Founder and CEO, Mars One<\/li>\n<li>Gerard &#8216;t Hooft, Nobel laureate and Ambassador of Mars One<\/li>\n<li>Norbert Kraft, Chief Medical Officer, Mars One<\/li>\n<li>Grant Anderson, Sr. VP Operations, Chief Engineer and Co-Founder, Paragon Space Development Corporation<\/li>\n<li>Bryan Versteeg, Mission Concept Artist, Mars One<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event was\u00a0 moderated by Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Planetary Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WJNGH4NZJ4U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Here is a press release from Mars One:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mars One starts its search for the first humans on Mars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, Monday, 22nd April 2013 &#8211; Mars One is happy to announce the launch of its astronaut selection program today. The search has begun for the first humans to set foot on Mars and make it their home.<\/p>\n<p>Mars One invites would-be Mars settlers from anywhere in the world to submit an online application via apply.mars-one.com.<\/p>\n<p>This online application will be the first of the four rounds that together make the Mars One selection procedure. Round One will run for over five months and end on 31st August 2013. Applicants selected at the end of this round will include the first crew that will land on Mars in 2023. Mars One selection committees will hone the search for the first crew in three subsequent rounds and further training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited about launching the selection program. Round One is where we open the doors to Mars for everyone on Earth. This is an international mission and it is very important for the project that anyone anywhere can ask themselves: Do I want this? Am I ready for this? If the answer is yes then we want to hear from you,\u201d said Bas Lansdorp, co-founder of Mars One.<\/p>\n<p>In the last year Mars One received 10,000 messages from prospective applicants from over 100 countries. Mars One expects an unprecedented number of applications and even more internet users visiting the application website to support their favorite candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants are given the choice of publicly sharing and promoting their application page. While Mars One experts will choose which candidates progress to Round 2, everyone will have the opportunity to know the aspiring settlers and give them their vote of confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants will pay a small administration fee that varies across nations according to their per capita GDP. The variable fee makes the program equally accessible for applicants from all nations and also reduces the number of insincere entries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this mission of permanent settlement we are more concerned with how well each astronaut lives and works with others and their ability to deal with a lifetime of challenges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gone are the days when bravery and the number of hours flying a supersonic jet were the top criteria,&#8221; said Norbert Kraft, Mars One&#8217;s Chief Medical Director and former NASA senior researcher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this mission of permanent settlement we are more concerned with how well each astronaut lives and works with others and their ability to deal with a lifetime of challenges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the astronaut selection program, Mars One will select applicants who have good physical and mental health and show five key character traits: Resilience, Adaptability, Curiosity, Ability to trust others, and Creativity\/Resourcefulness.<\/p>\n<p>In the last stage when 24-40 candidates have been fully trained and qualified, the final decision of choosing the first settlers will be decided by an audience vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a 1000 years, everyone on Earth will still remember who the first humans on Mars were, just like Neil Armstrong has etched in our memories forever. This makes the selection of the first crew to a different planet a very important election; in my opinion more important than most elections. We hope the whole world will join Mars One in our democratic search of the envoys of mankind to Mars, &#8221; Lansdorp said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Mars One<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Mars One Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that will send humans to Mars in 2023 to establish the first permanent settlement outside Earth. Before the first settlers land on Mars a self-sustaining habitat will be set up with help of rovers and more settlers will follow every two years. A realistic mission plan has been designed using only existing technology available through the private space industry. The first footprint on Mars will fascinate and inspire generations; it is this public interest that will help finance this human mission to Mars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. The panel included: Bas Lansdorp, Co-Founder and CEO, Mars One Gerard &#8216;t Hooft, Nobel laureate and Ambassador of Mars One Norbert Kraft, Chief Medical Officer, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1793\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: The Mars One astronaut selection program briefing<\/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":[3,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-living-in-space","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-sV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1742,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1742","url_meta":{"origin":1793,"position":0},"title":"Mars One to initiate its astronaut selection program in on-line event, April 22nd","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from Mars One: Mars One launch astronaut selection on Youtube and Twitter AMERSFOORT, April 19th 2013 - Mars One will launch its Astronaut Selection Program on the 22nd of April 2013 at a press conference in New York. 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