The application deadline for Mars One has come and gone but more than 200,000 people from 140 different countries applied to be among the first colonists on Mars.
Over the course of five months, hundreds of thousands of applicants applied to be a part of the Mars One mission. Mars One is a not-for-profit foundation that aims to create a permanent settlement on Mars by 2023. The application process is just the very beginning as the Mars One Selection Committee will select candidates from this applicant pool. Selected candidates will have to pass more three more rounds prior to being selected to take part in the Mars One mission.
The second round will include an interview with Mars One committee members and candidates advancing to the third round will compete against one another. The third round will group candidates by regions, approximately 20 to 40 candidates per region, and include a series of challenges that will test the candidates and prepare them for the potential mission to Mars. The challenges will be broadcast on television and the Internet, notes Mars One, and regional audiences will get to choose one winner while the committee chooses the remaining candidates that advance to the fourth round.
The fourth, and final, round will be an international competition that prepares these groups of candidates for life on Mars. According to Mars One, “The groups will be expected to demonstrate their ability to live in harsh living conditions, and work together under difficult circumstances. The groups will receive their first short term training in a copy of the Mars outpost.” At the end of the selection process, 24 individuals will be selected to become Mars One astronauts and the four astronauts selected to become the first human settlers on Mars will land on the planet by 2023.
Mars One will notify applicants selected for the second round by the end of the year with interviews scheduled for early 2014. Mars One plans on opening up additional astronaut recruitment programs in the future.
As for the applicants who wanted the one-way ticket to Mars, the majority of candidates came from the United States. Of the 202,586 applications received by Mars One, 47,654 came from the United States. India had the second highest number of applicants with 20,747 followed by China (13,176), Brazil (10,289) and Great Britain (8,497).
Mars One Update: More Than 200,000 Individuals Applied To Be Among The First Settlers On Mars
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