20,000 people apply for one-way ticket to Mars

[HeyCori]

More than 20,000 people apply for one-way ticket to Mars | Ars Technica

I need this show to happen.

You know, for the good of humanity.

 

[berty6294]

Hmm, I felt like more people would sign up than that.

I had thought about doing it for a second...

 

[b23h]

There's a lot of idiots in the world. I guess this is a way of getting the "cream of the crop" to self select...

It will of course never happen. It's way too expensive to do, even with boatloads of idiots trying to give you money in order to die an horrible death. We really don't even have the shielding from cosmic ray issue resolved yet. It's a long trip to Mars.

 

[BIGPADDY]

My ticket should be arriving soon.

 

[Orlok1138]

They should just wait for technology to catch up, and only go when we can actually return.