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For those of you who would like to go to Mars and be one of the first humans to set foot on the Red Planet, this may be the ticket. As announced in this morning’s press briefing, Mars One is now searching for the first astronauts to send to Mars in 2023. Yes, really. The goal is to establish the first settlement with a self-sustaining habitat, followed by more settlers every two years. With a lot of uncertainty and no firm timeline yet as to when NASA will send its first astronauts to Mars, the idea of a private organization doing it may seem like a pipedream, but the Mars One effort seems to be a serious attempt at doing just that. From the Mars One website: “Mars One is a not-for-profit organization whose goal is to establish a human settlement on Mars through the integration of existing, readily available technologies from industry leaders world-wide. Mars One intends to fund this decade-long endeavor by involving the whole world as the audience of an interactive, televised broadcast of every aspect of this mission, from the astronaut selections and their preparations to the arrival on Mars and their lives on the Red Planet.” It should be noted also that this is completely separate from the previously reported Inspiration Mars project, which aims to send two astronauts to Mars in 2018, do a flyby (no landing) and then return to Earth. Mars One, however, would be a one-way trip, with no coming back. So far, about 10,000 applications have been received from people in over 100 countries. As Norbert Kraft, Chief Medical Director for Mars One and former NASA senior researcher, explains, “Gone are the days when bravery and the number of hours flying a supersonic jet were the top criteria. For this mission of permanent settlement we are more concerned with how well each astronaut lives and works with others and their ability to deal with a lifetime of challenges.” The selection process consists of four rounds, beginning with an online application (Round 1), which ends on August 31, 2013. Bas Lansdorp, co-founder of Mars One, sums it up this way: “In a 1000 years, everyone on Earth will still remember who the first humans on Mars were, just like Neil Armstrong has etched in our memories forever. This makes the selection of the first crew to a different planet a very important election; in my opinion more important than most elections. We hope the whole world will join Mars One in our democratic search of the envoys of mankind to Mars.” The Mars One endeavour is sure to provoke controversy, but if you think you have what it takes to go to and live on Mars, then get your application in! More information about Mars One is available here. This article was first published on Examiner.com.
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- Objavljeno 30. 08. 2013. - Kategorije - Tagovi - Denis Jeleć [VIDEO] Imate još samo jedan dan za prijave za selidbu na Mars Nakon što se više od 165 tisuća ljudi prijavilo za misiju neprofitne organizacije Mars One, postaju poznati i neki detalji. Cilj misije je inače uspostaviti trajnu ljudsku koloniju na Marsu do 2023. godine. Okvirno godinu prije toga, odabrat će se četiri osobe za put – prvi stanovnici crvenog planeta. Iz više od 140 zemalja svijeta se za projekt prijavilo više od 165 tisuća ljudi, s tim da je najmlađi prijavljeni 18-godišnjak, a najstariji 80-godišnjak. Trošak prijave je iznosio od 5 do 73 američka dolara, ovisno o lokaciji, a vremena za konačno prijavljivanje ima samo do subote. Kroz sljedeća tri izborna kruga, tim projekta Mars One će morati odabrati samo šačicu ljudi… Troškovi jednosmjernog putovanja i postavljanja “naselja” u pogon su procijenjeni na šest milijardi američkih dolara, a među ciljevima je i slanje posebnog vozila (rover) te medicinskog i inženjerskog osoblja. Uz ranije spomenute četiri osobe, svake dvije godine bi u naselje stizala još četiri člana. “Očekujemo kako će članovi postati jasni do kraja tekuće godine”, rekao je Bas Lansdorp, suosnivač Mars One. Organizacija se nada imati ukupno šest timova po četiri člana koji će početi s treninzima, a najvažnija karakteristika će biti – timski rad. Mars One grupa će provesti sedam godina za treniranje prve gomilice od 24 astronauta, a organizacija je već u pregovorima s dobavljačima mehaničkih i tehničkih potrepština, koje bi trebale osigurati zdravlje posade/naseljenika ali i put do crvenog planeta. Organizacija u ovom trenutku razgovara i sa SpaceX, kompanijom Elona Muska čiji je san ljudska posjeta Marsu. Lansdorp je potvrdio kako je za svaku od komponenti potrebnih za putovanje i život na Marsu tražen barem po jedan ponuđač. Lansdorp napominje i kako je cijela organizacija ostala šokirana količinom ljudi koji su se prijavili za projekt, ali i općenitim zanimanjem za njega. Iako su šanse za gore spomenutog 80-godišnjaka iznimno male, suosnivač organizacije u tome vidi samo pozitivno – jasno je kako postoji ljudska potreba za nastavak istraživanja onoga što se samo prividno postavlja ograničenjem. Okviran plan misije je moguće pronaći na službenoj stranici.