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Could five Britons be among the first men on Mars? Space hopefuls shortlisted for controversial one-way mission
Four women and a man from the UK are among the final 100 candidates for the Mars One Project which plans to set up a permanent human settlement on the planet by 2024.
She said: "Human space exploration has always interested me so the opportunity to be one of the people involved was really appealing. The future of humanity is in space.
"My family is pretty thrilled. They're really happy for me. Obviously it's going to be challenging, leaving Earth and not coming back. I've had support from my friends and family and we can still communicate via the internet."
Ms Earnshaw said she was "not surprised" by scepticism surrounding the project. Last year researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reportedly found that any manned mission to Mars would result in the crew dying after 68 days,
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/could-five-britons-among-first-5175995
So they could only last 68 days on Mars if they get there :10: sorry but i am space mad but there is surely a better way than just sending some humans off to shortly die off on Mars, 2024 this is supposed to happen,,,what do you think? :10:
Four women and a man from the UK are among the final 100 candidates for the Mars One Project which plans to set up a permanent human settlement on the planet by 2024.
She said: "Human space exploration has always interested me so the opportunity to be one of the people involved was really appealing. The future of humanity is in space.
"My family is pretty thrilled. They're really happy for me. Obviously it's going to be challenging, leaving Earth and not coming back. I've had support from my friends and family and we can still communicate via the internet."
Ms Earnshaw said she was "not surprised" by scepticism surrounding the project. Last year researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reportedly found that any manned mission to Mars would result in the crew dying after 68 days,
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/could-five-britons-among-first-5175995
So they could only last 68 days on Mars if they get there :10: sorry but i am space mad but there is surely a better way than just sending some humans off to shortly die off on Mars, 2024 this is supposed to happen,,,what do you think? :10:
