April 22nd, 2013
04:25 PM ET
A one-way ticket to Mars, apply now
Step right up and prove why you should get a one-way ticket to Mars! But wait - you might want to know a little more about this venture first.
A Dutch company called Mars One is looking for volunteer astronauts to fly to Mars. The search began Monday. Departure for the Red Planet is scheduled for 2022, landing seven months later in 2023.
The space travelers will return ... never. They will finish out their lives on Mars and die there, representatives from the nonprofit organization said.
"It's likely that there will be a crematorium," said CEO Bas Lansdorp. "It's up to the people on Mars to decide what to do with their dead."
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This is great, human race only salvation to advance in science rather than war + greed + religion. On the other note, it will be better for humans to improve their genes to live longer in terms of earth life. That will help with the space travel.
You can hitch a ride with the Ruskies for around a million dollars USD and also have a way back to the earth.
Only a 1 way ticket with no way back. That doesn't sound all that fun.
Would be fun but would also take too long to get there...
Not if you went in an airplane. Those things are fast. We flew to Arizona last summer and it only took 4 hours. Usually is a 7 hour drive or more in my Buick. I may sign up for it. Less than $40 to submit an application and if accepted I'll be a hero. Like that astronaut Lance Armstrong or John Glenn.
The gayest planet is not Mars. It is Uranus.
No planet is gay, they're just lumps of rock!!!
No one wants to explore Uranus, so stop asking.
There is no reason to fake a Mars visit – none. We know we can't make it, and we're already faking it, so let's just be happy with the current CG program NASA/JPL has in place and let that be that....
http://www.fountainsofthegreatdeep.com/Mars.htm
'CG' space program?' Another Conspiracy clown – just what we don't need. People launching on rockets is REAL – I've seen several launches. Look for a website called 'Heavens Above.com and it will tell you how to WATCH satellites flying over YOUR city. Buy a telescope and look at the REAL planets and Moons. LEARN – don't just read conspiracy cancer on the World Wide Weird.
I thought that site was to tell where the ISS is?
Heavens Above.com has a selection of spacecraft and satellites you can follow, including Hubble, the Chinese Tiangong 1 station, some weather satellites and a selection of old Russian rocket upper stages etc!!
I doubt this will actually be done. It would be interesting though. Would get many children interested in science and math.
Based the responses so far, I'm ashamed to be the same species as you all.
Judging by the first 4 posts, I see the standard of people commenting in the CNN comments sections is about as high as it ever is – pathetic. Sigh...
Oh Matthew, I hear your sigh, and raise you a giggle. That's not too gay for you, is it?
I love mars
I bet they'll just fake it like NASA did the Apollo moon missions.
I also heard it closes in the wintertime. All the amusement parks and restaurants are closed up tight as a drum. It's just a waste of time to even go there.
Mars is gay. It's a gay planet.