Do you like to travel? Tired of Earth? Maybe it is time to pack up your belongings and join 1,058 other people who may be making a one way trip to Mars.

“I would never want to go, robots are accurate enough, and we could contaminate any objects that we come in contact with,” said junior Emily White.

According to space.com, Mars One(based out of the Netherlands) has confirmed 1,058 people out of 200,000 applicants have been chosen by officials to launch in the year 2023 to the Red Plane where they will live out the remainder of their lives. The first round of applications were due on August 31, 2013, and the only requirement was that applicants had to be at least 18. They were sent an email if Mars One desired to send them under a more rigorous examination of acceptance.

“I think I could handle being with the people as long as people do not go crazy,” said White.

The more serious applicants will begin more rigorous training in 2014 and 2015 with exercises that include more simulations. Testing such as team settings will focus on the physical and emotional capabilities of the remaining candidates.

“I could never live with that small group of people, I would need to get away,” said senior Jessica Hart.

According to space.com, 77 percent of people who succeeded in making it past the first cut are employed, and roughly 15 percent are still in school. 55 percent of the candidates are male, and 357 are under 25 and 415 are under 35, and only 26 are over the age of 56. The oldest person to make it into the more serious part of training is 81.

Of those selected to move on, 297 candidates are from the United States, Canada has 75, India is represented with 62 and Russia has 52.

“I am not surprised that the United States is the head runner, we have more interest in the space race,” said Hart.

The program reports that a reality television series is in the works to broadcasting the candidates as they prepare for their one way journey. As this organization is a non-profit one, organizers are hoping the television show will help raise funds for the program.

“I am worried that the science will be lost if people are distracted by all the drama that comes with a reality show,” said astronomy teacher Timothy Dougherty.

Mars One also released that they are going to send an unmanned robot in 2018 as a precursor for their later permanent visit. To help get them off the ground they are receiving help from Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

Technology is a huge factor in making this mission possible and if it advances as Mars One believes it will , future space advancements are likely. According to marsone.com,the astronauts will be carried around space for seven months in a Mars Transit Vehicle, but it will not be able to land because it is too heavy.

“Everything they need to survive will be in these shuttles and it is going to be hard to move so much that is so far away,” said Dougherty.

Participants will descend in a Mars Landing Capsule that contains Life Support Units, Living Units, and Rovers. Every astronaut must wear a Mars suit when exposed to the open air on Mars; they are similar to the ones worn on the Apollo mission.

“The average temperature is -70 degrees Fahrenheit, the suits will be absolutely necessary,” said Dougherty.

People on the Mars One mission will be unable to return to Earth because they will be exposed to different diseases that have not been experienced here. Esteemed doctors will travel into space with the astronauts so that they could study the disease and its effect so that they know how to cure it when more people make the move to Mars.

“If there is even a disease I am not sure how they will do anything about it, there is just so much we do not know,” said Dougherty.

Their bones will also weaken greatly after a lengthened time in space so if they returned to Earth they could never function the same and be at a greater risk for injury.
“You need the vitamin D3 to keep your bones up to where they need to be, it would be almost impossible for anyone to come back,” said Dougherty.