Mars One

http://applicants.mars-one.com/ The Mars One project has been open for applicants for 2 weeks and already has 78,000 applicants. This is a project to establish the first human colony on another planet in our lifetimes. In the next 10 years in fact. I'm of two minds about this myself. My initial thought is that this is blisteringly excting true blue pioneer stuff. Boldly going where no man has gone before and all that. The less idealistic part of me is concerned about the 24/7/365 streaming video for the duration of the project and the intention of making this the greatest madia spectacle the world has ever seen. The Mercury Program meets The Truman Show. Some of the initial applicants look like the early American Idol auditions with potential pop stars that are apparently deaf and/or not in possession of a mirror. The possibility of really making a one way voyage to establish the first human colony on another planet though....that is exciting stuff.