A putative program to establish a human colony on Mars has met with a strong response from hopeful Chinese citizens.
Chinese people have explored most places on Earth, from the arctic icecaps to Amazonian rainforests and the valleys of the Himalaya. Now, it seems, they want to plant a footprint much further afield - on Mars, to be exact.
A private Dutch project called Mars One, endorsed by the 1999 Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gerard't Hooft, aims to take four people on a one-way trip and establish a permanent human colony on the red planet in 2023.
An artist's impression of a settlement on Mars. The Mars One project has attracted more than 78,000 applicants worldwide.( Source: China Daily)
Chinese people have explored most places on Earth, from the arctic icecaps to Amazonian rainforests and the valleys of the Himalaya. Now, it seems, they want to plant a footprint much further afield - on Mars, to be exact.
A private Dutch project called Mars One, endorsed by the 1999 Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gerard't Hooft, aims to take four people on a one-way trip and establish a permanent human colony on the red planet in 2023.
The news has stirred enthusiasm for space exploration in China. Applications opened last month and of the 78,000 people who had applied by early May, 10,241 came from China. Only the United States had more applicants with 17,324, according to Mars One's official website.
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