{"id":9954,"date":"2015-02-19T15:41:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T20:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9954"},"modified":"2015-02-19T15:43:10","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T20:43:10","slug":"mars-one-odds-of-success-lander-project-stand-down-video-life-on-mars-leila-zucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9954","title":{"rendered":"Mars One: Video ‘Life on Mars: Leila Zucker’ + Odds of success + Lander project stand-down"},"content":{"rendered":"

The announcement<\/a> by\u00a0Mars One<\/a> about the reduction of the list of candidates for missions to Mars down to 100 individuals has gotten quite a bit of publicity. Many in the space community, however, point out the huge, if not insurmountable, hurdles that face the organization in getting to the distant Red Planet.<\/p>\n

I prefer to focus on the fact that it is significant that the project has shown the world that there are plenty of talented, highly-educated people who are eager to\u00a0go to Mars even without any guarantee of ever returning to earth. For example, here is a video profile of Dr. Leila Sucker<\/a>, an emergency room MD, who\u00a0made the cut to the\u00a0final 100<\/a>\u00a0candidates:\u00a0\u00a0Life On Mars: Leila Zucker on Vimeo<\/a>\u00a0(created by Melissa Balan and colleagues at\u00a0Senior Post<\/a><\/em>) –<\/p>\n