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>> MARS ONE WILL ESTABLISH HUMAN
SETTLEMENT ON MARS IN 2023.
>> Reporter: WHAT WOULD IT TAKE
TO GET TO YOU LEAVE EARTH
FOREVER TO LIVE ON --
>> MARS.
FROM NOW ON WE WON'T JUST BE
VISITING THE PLANET.
WE'LL BE STAYING.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
DUTCH FOUNDATION MARS ONE IS
TROLLING FOR PIONEERS TO
COLONIZE THE RED PLANET.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 18
YEARS OLD TO APPLY.
>> YOU WILL BE STAYING.
THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS
BEGINS ON EARTH.
>> Reporter: WAIT, YOU WOULDN'T
LEAVE BEHIND YOUR FRIENDS, HOT
PIZZA, COLD DRINKS?
NO WORRIES, THERE ARE AT LEAST
100,000 EARTHLINGS WHO SAY THEY
WOULD.
>> I'M CURIOUS.
I'M WILLING TO TEST MY LIMITS.
AND I'M DETERMINED TO GO TO
MARS.
>> Reporter: THE MISSION WILL
COST $6 BILLION.
MARS ONE IS CONSIDERING TURNING
THE VIDEO APPLICATION PROCESS
INTO A, YOU GUESSED IT, REALITY
TV SHOW IN ORDER TO OFFSET THE
COSTS.
>> SINCE I WAS A LITTLE BOY AND
WATCHING THE STARS FOR THE FIRST
TIME, I KNOW THAT MY PLACE IS
THERE, BETWEEN THE STARS.
>> TRUTH BE TOLD, I'M ALREADY A
MARTIAN.
I'M JUST LOOKING TO MAKE IT
OFFICIAL.
>> LEAVE THE LIFE TO THE CHAOS
OF THE COSMO.
COLONIZING MARS WILL MAKE IT
CLEAR MAN IS CAPABLE OF GREAT
THINGS.
>> IT'S NOT YOUR NEW HOME YET.
THE FIRST HALF YEAR YOU WILL BE
DOING A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION.
>> Reporter: BASLANSDORP IS THE
CEO OF MARS ONE.
HE IS DEDICATING HIS LIFE TO THE
MISSION.
>> SOMEONE IN THE GROUP MIGHT BE
ILL AND NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO
GO.
WE WILL BE REPEATING THE
APPLICATION PROCESS EVERY YEAR.
>> IF YOU WANT TO APPLY, IT WILL
COST YOU ABOUT $38, WHICH WAS
ABOUT THE AVERAGE COST OF A
COLLEGE APPLICATION IN THE
UNITED STATES LAST YEAR.
BUT THIS WILL TAKE MORE THAN
JUST YOUR VITALS AND WHAT
INTERESTS YOU.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO TELL MARS ONE
WHAT STRESSES YOU OUT, WHAT
FRIGHTENS YOU AND SITUATIONS
YOU'VE EXPERIENCED, INTERACTIONS
WITH CULTURES OTHER THAN YOUR
OWN.
>> IT WILL BE VERY TRICKY.
PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM RADIATION
IS GOING TO BE HARD.
MAINTAINING HUMAN HEALTH WITH
MINIMAL FACILITIES AND PRODUCING
FOOD ON THE SURFACE OF MARS.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OBSTACLES.
>> Reporter: NOW, REMEMBER, ONCE
YOU GO YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN.
BUT FOR SOME APPLICANTS, MAYBE
THAT'S A GOOD THING?
>> I'M A LAWYER.
FOR A LOT OF YOU THAT'S ENOUGH
TO WANT YOU TO LAUNCH ME INTO