O  NE-WAY TICKET TO MARS
Private Firm is Looking for Interplanetary Pioneers
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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN ANCHOR
Well, it’s dangerous, it’s risky and it has never been done before. Starting today, the Dutch company Mars One is offering budding astronauts the chance to go to Mars and build a human colony. You heard me right. But if you want to go and come back with some cool stories for your friends, well, think again. As Zain Verjee tells us, that is not part of the plan.
ZAIN VERJEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT
A one-way ticket to Mars. It sounds like science fiction, but it just became reality. Starting today, Mars One is accepting applications for interplanetary pioneers. You must be willing to go further than any human has ever been, to live on another world. The criteria: You need to be adaptable, resilient, resourceful and team player. You would be the new Christopher Columbus or Magellan.
But there are downsides. No oceans, no trees, no morning cup of coffee. Instead, dust storms, barren deserts, volcanoes. And the biggest downside of all: You can never return.
B ut “marsonauts” won’t be taking off anytime soon. First, they’ll
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