One way ticket to Mars, a seven month trip and never to return. Thousands applied, now down to 100. Been following this in Popular Science, etc. for a couple of years now. I know fellas, I think outside of the box. Life expectancy once there is roughly 36 days. Rockets to launch every two years. I don't know at this point if it's because of the lack of oxygen, food, radiation, or if they get hit in the head with an asteroid that kills them. Info here:

Mars One

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This is nuts. Hard to believe that the majority applied are well educated. Never will seen green grass, trees, flowing water, wildlife, etc. As far as I am concerned, they should have let me choose the ones that ride the one way trip to Mars:

Race pimps Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson will be the first on board.
The punk Kanye West will follow.
The snake in the grass senator David Vitter, along with the no-longer senator Mary Landrieu
The society writer in my local newspaper Ms. Chris Wartell
The beehive haired state employee at the DMV office

The list goes on :rolleyes: