This man sends 4 people to Mars in 2023...for the rest of their lives

Mars One project - Bas Lansdorp
sends four people to Mars

When Dutch businessman Bas Lansdorp spoke to media-tycoon John de Mol about his dream to start a community on the red rock Mars, John told him "well, if you really would want to go for that, why don't you use the media to finance the project?" And so he started his

Mars One project

With the project, Bas aims to realize a self sustainable settlement on Mars and then in 2023 he would send over four people who will stay there for the rest of their lives.

Together with John de Mol, Bas is going to put together a gigantic international media-spectacle as never seen before in which each and every step can be witnessed on TV stations around the world, on the web and even on a mobile app. In the TV-shows people will battle to be one of those four who will have the privilage of making the Mars-journey in 2023.

So far, over 86,000 people have applied for the Mars One program. Apply for Mars One