{"id":2165,"date":"2013-05-08T05:44:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T05:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2013-05-08T06:08:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T06:08:12","slug":"mars-one-receives-78000-applicants-in-2-weeks-for-mars-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2165","title":{"rendered":"Mars One receives 78,000 applications in 2 weeks for Mars settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mars One<\/a> organization released this announcement on Tuesday:<\/p>\n

78,000 sign up for one-way mission to Mars<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Amersfoort, 7<\/strong>th<\/sup><\/strong> May 2013<\/strong> – \u00a0Just two weeks into the nineteen week application period, more than seventy-eight thousand people have applied to the Mars One astronaut selection program in the hope of becoming a Mars settler in 2023.<\/div>\n

Mars One has received applications from over 120 countries. Most applications come from USA (17324), followed by China (10241), United Kingdom (3581), Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Argentina and India.<\/p>\n

Bas Lansdorp, Mars One Co-Founder and CEO said: \u201cWith seventy-eight thousand applications in two weeks, this is turning out to be the most desired job in history. These numbers put us right on track for our goal of half a million applicants.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMars One is a mission representing all humanity and its true spirit will be justified only if people from the entire world are represented. I\u2019m proud that this is exactly what we see happening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As part of the application every applicant is required to explain his\/her motivation behind their decision go to Mars in an one minute video. Many applicants are choosing to publish this video on the Mars One website. These are openly accessible on applicants.mars-one.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cApplicants we have received come from a very wide range of personalities, professions and ages. This is significant because what<\/a> we are looking for is not restricted to a particular background. From Round 1 we will take forward the most committed, creative, resilient and motivated applicants,\u201d said Dr. Norbert Kraft, Mars One Chief Medical Officer.<\/p>\n

Mars One will continue to receive online applications until August 31st<\/sup> 2013. From all the applicants in Round 1, regional reviewers will select around 50-100 candidates for Round 2 in each of the 300 geographic regions in the world that Mars One has identified.<\/p>\n

Four rounds make the selection process, which will come to an end in 2015; Mars One will then employ 28-40 candidates, who will train for around 7 years. Finally an audience vote will elect one of groups in training to be the envoys of humanity to Mars.<\/p>\n

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About Mars One:<\/em>
\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. We have designed a realistic plan by 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. Mars One is supported by space exploration experts from all over the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mars One organization released this announcement on Tuesday: 78,000 sign up for one-way mission to Mars Amersfoort, 7th May 2013 – \u00a0Just two weeks into the nineteen week application period, more than seventy-eight thousand people have applied to the Mars One astronaut selection program in the hope of becoming a Mars settler in 2023. … Continue reading Mars One receives 78,000 applications in 2 weeks for Mars settlement<\/span> →<\/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":[3,35,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-diy-space","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-yV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4113,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4113","url_meta":{"origin":2165,"position":0},"title":"Mars One – update on applications","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mars One organization has been inviting applications for the first crew to initiate settlement of the Red Planet (see their latest Road map). 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