Mars One registration time nearly over
With just hours left before the registration ends, people around the world are waiting for their names to be short listed for the first-of-its-kind expedition.
The final day has come for Indians and people around the world to apply for a one-way trip to Mars and never return to Earth for the rest of their lives.The Mars One Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that will establish a permanent human settlement on Mars in 2023. Till now, more than 1,65,000 people across the world and over 8,000 Indians have applied to become the lucky few to live on the planet for the rest of their lives.Vinod Kotiya of Bhopal is one of the 'wannabe astrounauts' to have applied for Mars One mission.The 31-year-old says, "It is my childhood dream of becoming an astronaut. I even cleared the Pilot Aptitude Battery Test for Indian Air Force but could not make it. Mars One is a surprise opportunity for me to have another go at my dream."However, Kotiya had not informed his wife about his plan to visit Mars on a one way trip and never return. He says, "While uploading my profile on the site, I did not tell anyone, not even my wife. Initially, she thought it was a joke but later when things got serious, she threatened to lay in front of the space craft at the time of launching."Kotiya feels that it is destiny to go to Mars and would like the opportunity to conduct experiments and study the red planet for the sake of science and humanity but won't abandon his family and would like to return someday.
He says, "I want to tell them that I am going to live on other planet in a different way as I live here. I hope that technology will evolve someday to get me back to earth. I will do everything to take care of my family."
An analogue of the Mars habitat is to be constructed on Earth for technology testing and training purposes.With just hours left before the registration ends, people around the world are waiting for their names to be short listed for the first-of-its-kind expedition.Anyone above 18 years can enter the programme at http://www.mars-one.com/en/