Would you live Earth to live on another planet that looks exactly the opposite of our green and friendly planet? There are people who have volunteered to spend the rest of their lives on Mars, far far far away from everything they know and is familiar.

When making life changing decisions, there are a lot of things we take into consideration before taking actions. Just the thought of moving to another city, implies so many changes and make us wonder about how will our life be affected by it, let’s not talk about moving to another country, a situation that would change our whole universe.
Talking about Universe, if moving to another city or country would be challenging, how about moving to another planet, lets say Mars?

Would you be brave enough to leave Earth for good along with all the comfort that this planet offers us and move to less life hospitable conditions like the ones on Mars?
Well, if you are not brave enough to do it, there are others who would leave even this instant.
Mars One, a special travel nonprofit, is planning the next giant leap for human kind, establishing a permanent settlement for human life and after, will send people there.

WHATS THE PLAN AND HOW TO APPLY

The organisation will soon start the selection of the next round of “space lovers” out of almost 700 present finalists. So far, tens of thousands of people are ready to leave their families, jobs and Earth life behind and move to Mars and never come back.
The project plans to land the very first Mars colonists by the year 2023. Applicants with the minimum age of 18, are eligible to apply, it doesn’t matter were are they from. So far, Mars One has received over 165,000 applications, so there are that many people who want to run away from this planet.

During the interview, applicants had to respond questions from the audience, concerning their main reasons they wanted to for ever go to Mars. Twenty nine years old, Aaron Hamm a hotel manager, stated that traveling to Mars has been his lifetime dream, Leila Zucker, of 45 years old, married and an emergency doctor, said that space travel has been a wish since she was a child, Austin Bradley of 32 years old, is a physics student , stated that he wanted to apply for NASA, but MarsOne could actually be his one way ticket to space.

IS SPACE TRAVEL FOR ANYBODY?

What does it take to dream so far away from Earth? Does it take tremendous courage and a great dose of crazy?
Yes, a little crazy is definitely needed, as this is not for everybody and it takes a certain type of person to deliberately choose to live the rest of their life, “prisoner” on another planet, not life friendly at all, with no breathable air, no cable television, not cell phones, no more video games, bye bye romantic walks on the beach and maybe bye bye sex.

Since the moment we started space explorations, the humans sent in outer space, have always been chosen from the smartest, the ones most physically fit and the ones having the best skills for survival in the an unfriendly environment. This criteria was mainly based on the fact that leaving Earth was a difficult task.

Astronauts had to know how to fly ships, how to fix computers, to conduct scientific experiments, and if these things weren’t hard enough as it was, they had to do all this in a zero gravity space, wearing space suits that needed also knowledge to put on and off.

But the organisation who is preparing to colonise Mars in the future, doesn’t demand such high qualifications from the people that will populate planet Mars. The present technology can help humans arrive to Mars in about nine months, a period of time close to the one spent by astronauts on the International Space Station. It doesn’t sound easy and you wont just go to bed and wake up the next morning on Mars.

HOW WILL PEOPLE LIVE THERE?

Previous explorations taken by NASA’s Curiosity Opportunity and its arsenal of Rovers, experts have enough information about the conditions on Mars and what would be the demands to make human living possible. First of all people would need special spacesuits to protect themselves against dust storms and sub zero temperatures, large quantities of frozen dried food, housing capsules that could provide protection against radiation, and a huge drill to reach the water found beneath the surface of Mars. It doesn’t sound like an easy living at all, but people should manage.

One of the most difficult tasks wont be trying to stay alive but trying to remain sane. Life on Earth has provided humans with a lot of things that they might not manage to live without, and we are not talking about the vital things like water and air. Try imagining living on a planet where there are no cupcakes, no Starbucks, none of these things that are addictive and so comforting.

Moving on further, living a life without love, and since love is out of the question, living a life without sex? How many of us could go trough that and still keep his head straight and clear?The ones choosing this extreme isolation should have a great amount of weirdness in them, otherwise is tough to swallow. For those who are curious if they are fit to live on the Red Planet or if they want to get a glimpse of how life there would be like, here are some things you need to know from the Survival to Life on Mars guide.

THINGS YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE UP

Sex- colonists are not advised to have intercourse as the supplies couldn’t support the arrival of a baby born in space
Beer- sad thing, but carbonate drinks cannot survive in low atmospheric pressure conditions
No food that cannot be freeze-dried
Your family and loved ones, if you thought internet connection on earth was bad, imagine being 35 million years away
Definitely say goodbye to your World Cup tickets from 2026.

THINGS YOU WILL NEED

A lot of curiosity and fascination for the unknown
A tablet with a lot of books, which should include Introduction to Rocket Science and Engineering by Travis Taylor and possibly How to Win a Bridge
Plenty of self esteem as there are no mirrors in outer space
Meat glue, also known as transglutaminase, to convert the pre-fab proteins they would serve in space, into an actual meal.
Maybe some good old scotch.
Lots of condoms, because who wants to have a baby in space, its difficult enough on Earth imagine how would be out there in the loneliness, and you couldn’t pass out the opportunity of space sex, could you?
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