SPACE - Mars One mission starts sifting through 200,000 applicants

Mars colonyMars OneOnly a few dozen will be chosen for the 2023 mission to colonize the red planet.Five months after the Netherlands-based private spaceflight project Mars One announced it would begin accepting applications for a one-way trip to the red planet, 202,586 people from more than 140 countries have submitted videos explaining why they should be chosen for the mission.The first of four selection rounds ended August 31. Now, the Mars One ...

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