Project Mars One: Nigerians Yet to Apply..hmm, 600 Chinese have applied oooo

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Over 600 Chinese have applied to join an ambitious Dutch aerospace project that plans to send humans on a one-way trip to Mars for permanent settlement.

The Dutch project, while triggering enthusiasm to explore outer space, is also under fire with the trip being viewed by some as a suicide mission, with applicants being shipped to a planet that is uninhabitable by humans.

The project, Mars One, is being launched by a Dutch non-profit organisation, and is scheduled to take four humans to the Red Planet in 2023.

In the first three days after it was launched this week, over 20,000 people from all over the world submitted their applications online, with more than 600 coming from China.

Bas Lansdorp, co-founder of Mars One told the media in Shanghai that he is confident of turning the dream into reality, and plans to attract more than five lakh applicants.

The Chinese enthusiasm to travel to Mars is building up as China, which has a well funded space programme focusing on Moon missions and building a space station is planning a three-phase Mars space missions to collect samples from the Red Planet by 2030.

The three stages are remote sensing, soft-landing, exploration and return after collecting automatic sampling, according to Ouyang Ziyuan, China's Chief scientist for Lunar missions. http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/over-600-chinese-apply-for-a-trip-to-mars_845437.html

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The number of applicants who want to take part in the Mars One project has almost reached 80,000.

Mars One, a Dutch company’s project that aims to fly four people to the red Planet every two years, starting in April 2023 has reportedly received more than 78 000 entries since it announced the mission, reports nbcnewyork.com.

According to time.com, the company is expecting 500,000 applicants by the time applications close on August 31.

Entries have been received from 120 countries across the world including South Africa.

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