Why I want to die on Mars: wannabe pioneers explain

February 17, 2015 22:28

Mars One, a group that plans to send humans on a one-way trip to Mars, has announced its final 100 candidates.

They have been selected from 200,000 applicants and will go on to further testing later this year, which they expect to include team-building exercises and later, isolation.

Eventually, 24 will be selected to make up six crews of four, which Mars One says they hope to launch to the Red Planet every two years from 2024, with the aim of starting a colony there.

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