200,000 from 140 countries apply for one-way ticket to Mars
More than 200,000 people from 140 countries, including more than 13,000 from China, have applied to go to Mars and never return, the group behind an ambitious venture to colonise the inhospitable red planet said.
More than 200,000 people from 140 countries, including more than 13,000 from China, have applied to go to Mars and never return, the group behind an ambitious venture to colonise the inhospitable red planet said.
A quarter of the 202,586 applicants for the one-way trip are Americans, said Mars One, the non-profit group which initiated its hunt for "would-be Mars settlers" in April.
Of the 202,586 applications received by Mars One, 47,654 came from the US. India had the second-highest number of applicants with 20,747, followed by China (13,176), Brazil (10,289) and Great Britain (8,497).
Five per cent of applicants were from Brazil.
By 2015, Mars One expects to put up to 10 four-member teams through intensive training, with the first of those teams setting off for Mars in 2023 on a high-risk journey that would take seven months to complete.