Spanish people opt for life on Mars
Thursday, May 9, 2013 @ 10:13 AM
ELEVEN Spaniards have put their names down to live in a colony on Mars, from which there will be no return.
The 'Mars One' project is aimed at populating the red planet with humans, and since it was announced two weeks ago that volunteers were needed, 78,000 people from 120 countries have signed up.
In Spain, this includes eight men – three of whom have been named and are said to be aged 37, 30 and 22 with jobs in solar power and IT and, in the case of one of them, aeronautical training.
Three women have also signed up, including 28-year-old Araceli, who says she feels an 'affinity' with the astronaut Pedro Duque because their birthday is on the same day.
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