Mars One, a privately funded Dutch project, plans to send the first group of humans to the Planet Mars in the year 2023. Due to the physiological changes this trip would make to one’s body and the length of time it takes to get there, however, this will be a one-way trip.[1]
Right now you’re either asking yourself why anyone would leave their friends, family, and planet behind in the name of exploration…
…Or you’re asking yourself what you have to do to be on that spacecraft. And you wouldn’t be the only one! According to Time Magazine, as of May 2013, 78,000 people had already signed up to be considered for the mission.[2]
Why the fascination with space exploration and the Red Planet? Here’s my theory: what we have seen of the universe is so magnificent, so overwhelmingly beautiful, and such a testament to the power and majesty of an Almighty God, that we are thirsty for more.
If you’d like a small taste of the beauty and grandeur you might see after landing on Mars, check out the Mars as Art Gallery, courtesy of NASA and the Mars Spacecraft:
http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/marsasart/
So the question remains…would you make the trip to Mars?
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[1] Mars One Project: www.mars-one.com
[2] Time Magazine: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/09/78000-people-apply-for-one-way-trip-to-mars/
Photo Credit: An Actual Martian Sunset – Courtesy of NASA and the Mars Spacecraft
The Artistic Christian 
Short answer? No!
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Aww, come on! You’ve traveled everywhere else I think!!! But I agree…I’d miss my friends here on Earth a little too much!
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It was the “one way ticket” that out me off!
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Agreed… hard to believe that 78,000 people were so ready to sign up!
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I’m wondering how long it will take for cabin fever to set in.
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True…but how many people can say they walked on Mars? I can kind of see the draw…
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I agree with Anabel! NO!! I have anxiety just driving to an unknown place. Can’t imagine leaving earth for Mars and knowing I’d never come back! And I don’t believe they have Internet connections on mars yet, sooo…nope! Not going! 🙂
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Okay, well, good point about the Internet connections! But I have always dreamed of floating weightlessly through space…it seems like it would be relaxing!
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I’d love to be weightless also, and to float through space, but I think I will wait until I earn my angel wings and can be in the safety of His Kingdom to do it! I have no spirit of adventure.
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Ha ha! Well I agree with you – and when I reach Heaven I’ll be excited to experience some of these things that we only dream about now!
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Um, no. 🙂 I’d love to see pics of the trip, and I’d tune in to watch a documentary it, but no way would I leave everybody behind for a permanent adventure. {I’m sure you’re aware that this scenario would make a killer sci-fi novel 🙂 }
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I absolutely agree! It would also make an absolutely irresistible Reality TV show! How could we not want to know what is going through those adventurers’ minds?
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