{"id":2399,"date":"2013-05-21T05:34:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T05:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2013-05-21T05:34:37","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T05:34:37","slug":"why-a-one-way-ticket-to-mars-would-be-prized-by-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2399","title":{"rendered":"Why a one-way ticket to Mars would be prized by some"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mars One<\/a> is having no trouble attracting applications<\/a> for their plan to establish a settlement on the Red Planet. Three applicants explain why they would consider going to Mars even if there will be no chance of returning to earth:\u00a0 Why sign up for a one-way Mars trip? Three applicants explain the appeal – Cosmic Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mars One is having no trouble attracting applications for their plan to establish a settlement on the Red Planet. Three applicants explain why they would consider going to Mars even if there will be no chance of returning to earth:\u00a0 Why sign up for a one-way Mars trip? Three applicants explain the appeal – Cosmic … Continue reading Why a one-way ticket to Mars would be prized by some<\/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":[3,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2399","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-CH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2165,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2165","url_meta":{"origin":2399,"position":0},"title":"Mars One receives 78,000 applications in 2 weeks for Mars settlement","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Activism"","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"MarsOne_Base","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MarsOne_Base.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1793,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1793","url_meta":{"origin":2399,"position":1},"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. The panel included: Bas Lansdorp, Co-Founder and CEO, Mars One Gerard 't Hooft, Nobel laureate and Ambassador of Mars One\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Activism"","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/WJNGH4NZJ4U\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2031,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2031","url_meta":{"origin":2399,"position":2},"title":"Mars settlement – not as far fetched as it used to be","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Science writer Marc Kaufman writes about the growing realization that creating settlements on Mars and elsewhere in space in the not so distant future is not an impossible fiction but something that might actually be doable: Human mission to Mars is no longer just a sci-fi dream - The Washington\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Living in Space"","block_context":{"text":"Living in Space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/xUvbh-Z8Abk\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4113,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4113","url_meta":{"origin":2399,"position":3},"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). This week they released an update on the response so far: Mars One updates figures, but actual number of applicants still unclear - NewSpace Journal Deadline\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mars"","block_context":{"text":"Mars","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=78"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=ur2&o=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6017,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6017","url_meta":{"origin":2399,"position":4},"title":"Video: A Mars One crew candidate","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A brief snippet of a BBC interview with Ryan MacDonald, who passed the first cut in the selection by Mars One of the applicants for their first crew \u00a0:\u00a0'I really want to live on Mars' - Ryan MacDonald - BBC","rel":"","context":"In "Living in Space"","block_context":{"text":"Living in Space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4383,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4383","url_meta":{"origin":2399,"position":5},"title":"Mars One says over 200,000 responded to call for Mars settler applications","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mars One project released the following statement today: Over 200,000 apply to first ever recruitment for Mars settlement Amersfoort, 9th Sep 2013: The first round of the Mars One Astronaut Selection Program has now closed for applications. In the 5 month application period, Mars One received interest from 202,586\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Activism"","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"Settlement_MedRes_500x281","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Settlement_MedRes_500x281.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399\/revisions\/2401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}