1,058 candidates are recruited as Martian residents

After the first round of rigorous selection, Mars One Organization (Netherlands) has selected 1,058 candidates from many parts of the world for the permanent settlement program on Mars.

The permanent settlement program on Mars was initiated in 2011, attracting more than 200,000 recruitment records from 140 countries around the world, including Vietnam. The Mars One is a non-profit project of a Dutch businessman, Bas Lansdorp, aimed at conquering Mars as a human colony in 2023.

Jacqueline Storey, a press officer at the National Maritime Museum, stands in front of a giant picture of Mars, taken by NASA's Curious robot at a new vision exhibition in the universe, held in Greenwich, London June 5, 2013 - (Photo: Reuters)

This is the largest reality program in television history so far, all phases of the project, from recruitment, training candidates to the process of flying to Mars, living and settling there. get live broadcast.

After the first round of recruitment, the recruitment committee screened 1,058 candidates. In particular, the United States is the country with the highest number of successful applicants, about 297 members, followed by Canada - 75 people and India - 62 people. After that, the recruitment council again screened about 24 most typical candidates to train and bring to Mars to settle.

According to the plan, the Mars One will bring all the equipment and tools needed to build the upper settlement to Mars by 2022. As planned, in April 2024 they will launch the first group ship including four people go to Mars, the flight time is about seven months.

The other five groups, each of which will also have four members, will be put on Mars one after another, the average time being 1-2 years apart. The full cost for Mars One program is up to 6 billion USD, funded by many organizations and individuals around the world.