Before we get to Mars One, I'd like to point out that I am the worst blogger ever. I haven't posted since February... but I only have 10 followers so who cares, right? :-)
Ok. Mars One. Is an insane program. I first heard about it in January and of course had to talk about it... go read my post from January to get just how insane it is. It is so insane that I believe it will never happen so I signed up for the email updates to see how this was going to go. Apparently they are now taking applications for the astronaut selection.
The best part? As an applicant, you can make your application public and attach a video. If you go to the website - http://applicants.mars-one.com/ - you can view/read all the public applications. Very entertaining.
So you apply, you get accepted, you go through a few years of training, then leave planet earth basically forever. It takes 7 months to get to Mars... not 7 hours, 7 MONTHS. All the sanity and self-control that Mars One is looking for in an applicant will be lost when they send you off in a small spaceship for 7 months only to arrive on Mars where you live in space pods with those same people... Does this not seem crazy to anyone else?
No, I am not applying....
