One hundred
brave souls from around the globe are now vying for a one-way ticket to
Mars, knowing they will never return from the Red Planet.
The
Dutch-based Mars One project - which aims to send people to live on the
faraway planet - has whittled down its shortlist of candidates from
more than 200,000 to just 50 men and 50 women, a third of them
Americans
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From this shortlist, a final crew of four
will eventually be sent to Mars, scheduled to arrive in 2025 following a
grueling seven-month journey from Earth
Among the 100 prospective Mars colonists, which hail from 40 countries, there are 33 US residents ranging in age from 19 to 60
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The
American hopefuls come from all walks of life, including PhD students,
engineers, artists, medical doctors, and even a singer and a workout
trainer.
Out
of the 33 men and women vying for the honors of traveling to Mars, half
a dozen are over the age of 50, including a married father of five
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