Countdown To The Start Of Mars One: 100 Candidates Will Be Tested For "professional Suitability" - Alternative View

Countdown To The Start Of Mars One: 100 Candidates Will Be Tested For "professional Suitability" - Alternative View
Countdown To The Start Of Mars One: 100 Candidates Will Be Tested For "professional Suitability" - Alternative View

Video: Countdown To The Start Of Mars One: 100 Candidates Will Be Tested For "professional Suitability" - Alternative View

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The staff of the Mars One project, which is planned to be the first interplanetary reality show, some time ago selected 100 applicants for the title of the inhabitants of the Red Planet. Now they intend to conduct qualifying tests to identify the best among them. Four participants from Russia also claim the honorary title of the first conquerors of Mars.

Recall that in 2012, a Dutch non-profit group announced its intention to send cargo ships to the Red Planet. The goal is ambitious - to create a permanent colony of people there in a few years.

According to company employees, six billion US dollars are required to implement the project. It is expected to be funded in part by the sale of the rights to the first interplanetary reality show.

After a lengthy and sometimes controversial advertising campaign, 100 potential amateur astronauts were selected from applications sent from various people (about 200 thousand applications from people from 140 countries of the world).

At the last press conference, the employees of the unusual project told how potential migrants will soon be tested for "professional suitability".

“The upcoming tests will help identify the candidate's key skills. In addition, an individual “debriefing” after testing each group will give us an understanding of the morality, motivation, and boundaries of each participant,”says the head physician of the project, Norbert Kraft.

He explained that the project experts will check potential participants for interaction with other people and the ability to get out of conflict situations. The steering committee will decide which potential astronauts are suitable for the highly unusual mission.

Over the next six months, candidates will first spend a few days at the hotel testing. Then ten groups of ten will be phased out to 40 main candidates. The final party should consist of 24 people, among whom there will be an equal number of men and women.

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After screening tests, candidates will be placed in isolation chambers for long periods. So, scientists will see whether amateur astronauts will be able to get along in a cramped chamber with another person for a long time. This is very important, since if the project still succeeds, then only one flight to Mars will take at least nine months, experts say.

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And since the selected candidates will never be brought back to Earth, they will need to be able to interact with a small number of people, be able to search for water, get oxygen and grow food for themselves.

According to the planned schedule, Mars One employees intend to send a series of unmanned cargo capsules to the Red Planet using SpaceX Falcon Heavy rockets. Cargo capsules will be landed on the planet. While the landing site has not been determined, it will be selected later using an orbiting satellite and other technological devices.

By the way, the first "walking map" on the Red Planet, which was released in Great Britain, will help with this.

The first four colonists are slated to arrive on Mars in 2026, after which an additional four teams will be sent to them every two years with different cargoes. Video cameras will be installed around the perimeter of the Martian colony to show viewers every step of the new planet's exploration.

Despite the grandiose plans, many experts question the implementation of the project. Everything is criticized, from the cost of the flight (NASA employees believe that sending one team of astronauts and safely transporting them back will cost 100 billion US dollars), pumping the very expediency of building a colony using available technologies.

Nevertheless, the staff of the Mars One project are determined and are preparing for a serious selection for the role of the first settlers of the Red Planet.

Be that as it may, the Dutch project may have already fulfilled its historic role. Indeed, thanks to the active advertising campaign of Mars One, many states and even private companies are thinking about the realism of this kind of travel and how to implement them in the foreseeable future.

The list of candidates can be found here.

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