If I Die on Mars: A One-Way Ticket to the Red Planet

If I Die on Mars

Three volunteers are on the shortlist to be among four people on the Mars One programme, the first manned space flight to Mars – a one-way trip that’s effectively a suicide mission.

A physics student in the UK, a young doctor from Mozambique and an Iraqi-American woman, all happy to sacrifice their futures for a place in history. Why do they want to leave Earth, and who are they leaving behind?

As the list of potential Mars explorers is whittled down further on 16 February, meet those competing to be the first to land on the Red Planet.

What kind of person is willing to leave behind everything for humanity’s dream of space colonisation?

Meet three of the volunteers for the Mars One programme – the first manned space flight to Mars.

( ⚆ _ ⚆ ) Look down!

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