If you want to go to Mars so fucking badly that you don’t care if you come back, Mars One may be interested in your ass. Those of us who would rather wander Ares than ever suck air on Earth again will be able to apply for the trip. But wait, there is more! Should you spacefaring ass be chosen, you will then enter into some sort of zany reality show about the colonization of the planet.

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Not the first way I would suggest finding space-worthy folk. The Mars One program is searching for people willing to take the journey to the Red (Er, Pale?) Planet through a reality show. Yeah! Nothing like attention-seeking bandits to colonize Mars. Bradbury was right! Isn’t he always?

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If you’re anything like me, you’ve contemplated leaving the planet forever rather than deal with 90% of the mouth breathing mall zombies we happen to share this rock with.  When you realize that you’re stuck here, you then begin to wonder how easy it would be just to blow the whole damn place up.  Well fret no longer because Mars One is coming up with a solution.  Hit the jump for some info and your orientation.

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