One-Way Ticket To Mars

Aliens, space ships, rockets, UFOs.

The existence of celestial creatures and entities remains a mystery to humanity. This fuels our curiosity towards that journey of discovery. That is also the very reason movies of the same concept become a hit, so filmmakers continue to adapt them in their works. If you are one of those celestial space fanatics, then you better mark the year 2023.

Setting a foot to another planet could be among the coolest things that could happen to one's lifetime. But what if this sky-high launch comes with this consequence – there's no landing back to earth?

Mars One, a Dutch organization, backed by Nobel prize winning physicist, Gerard 't Hooft – and by Paul Romer, co-creator of Big Brother, has revealed details of its plans to land four astronauts on the Red Planet in 2023, with four additional 'crew' arriving every two years. The project aims to come up with a reality show-style 'media event' that will televise training and selection of its astronauts.

The planned 'colony' would be a one-way trip, thus, selected astronaut volunteers will live and die on the Red planet.

The search to find the best candidates for the 'next giant leap of mankind' will push through on the first half of 2013. The Astronaut Selection Program will be open to every person across the globe. Mars One will facilitate the human settlement on Mars, the simulation bases on Earth, and the employer of the astronauts, both in training here on Earth, and those on Mars.

Arno Wielders co-founder and technical director of Mars One conveyed "Sending humans to Mars has been my dream for twenty years. Evidently, I am not alone – we have received emails from over fifty countries."

According to the company's website: Mars One is a not-for-profit organization whose intent is to establish a human outpost on Mars through the integration of existing, readily available technologies from industry leaders world-wide. Unique in its approach, Mars One intends to fund this decade-long endeavor by involving the whole world as the audience of an interactive, reality-style televised broadcast of every aspect of this mission, from launch to landing to living on Mars.