{"id":9922,"date":"2015-02-13T13:45:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T18:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9922"},"modified":"2015-02-13T16:49:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T21:49:06","slug":"mars-one-candidates-wait-for-next-down-select","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9922","title":{"rendered":"Mars One candidates wait for next down-select"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mars-one.org\" target=\"_blank\">Mars One<\/a>\u00a0will 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&#8217;t come back:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/would-you-give-up-everything-to-be-the-first-on-mars-these-people-would\/2015\/02\/11\/fd76b3fc-afcc-11e4-886b-c22184f27c35_story.html\" target=\"_d\">Would you leave your family behind to be the first human to set foot on Mars? &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsbeat\/31425104\" target=\"_d\">&#8216;I may go to Mars and never come back&#8217; &#8211; BBC Newsbeat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Here is a video about three candidates:<\/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\/8na3oQzcwCk?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mars One\u00a0will 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&#8217;t come back: Would you leave your family behind to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9922\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mars One candidates wait for next down-select<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35,78,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-mars","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2A2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9930,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9930","url_meta":{"origin":9922,"position":0},"title":"Mars One announces round three astronaut candidates &#8211; The Mars 100","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Mars One reduces their candidate settlers to 100: The Mars 100: Mars One Announces Round Three Astronaut Candidates http:\/\/youtu.be\/xxS7dCMBvSI Amersfoort, 16th February 2015 - From the initial 202,586 applicants, only 100 hopefuls have been selected to proceed to the next round of the Mars One Astronaut Selection Process. 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