If you've always wanted to live on a distant world, Dutch company Mars One wants to give you your chance to settle on the red planet. There's only one catch: You'll never be able to return to Earth. This year, the company's holding a worldwide lottery to select 40 people to train to be civilian astronauts. They'll be sent to live in a desert simulation for three months, after which the initial pool will be whittled down to 10. By 2023, this group will be sent to Mars to form the first permanent human settlement. And if that's you -- you will live there for the rest of your life.

According to Bas Lansdorp, founder of Mars One, "There will be a habitat waiting for them, and we'll start sending four people every two years."


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Poll: Would you buy a one-way ticket to Mars?
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