New Delhi: Mars One project that aims to establish the first human colony on the Red Planet by 2025 has shortlisted 100 hopefuls (from the initial 2,02,586 applicants) to proceed to the next round of the Mars One astronaut selection process.
These 100 aspiring candidates shortlisted for a planned one-way trip to Mars in 2024 include 50 men and 50 women from all around the world - 39 from the Americas, 31 from Europe, 16 from Asia, 7 from Africa, and 7 from Oceania. The 16 people from Asia include 3 Indians - 19-year-old girl Sharadha, 29-year-old Ritika and 29-year-old Taranjeet.
These 100 aspiring candidates were selected from a pool of 660 candidates after participating in personal online interviews with Norbert Kraft, MD, chief medical officer.
During the interviews the candidates had a chance to show their understanding of the risks involved, team spirit and their motivation to be part of this life changing expedition.
The finalists will be prepared for the mission by participating full time in an extensive training programme.
Training to go to Mars will be their full time job. Whole teams and individuals might be selected out during training when they prove not to be suitable for the mission.
Mars One will repeat the selection process regularly to train additional teams to replace eliminated teams and crews of settlers that have successfully left Earth to live on Mars.
Ultimately, six teams of four people will be selected to train from 2015 to 2024, leading up to the final four who will make the historic one-way trip to Mars.
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