From more than 200,000 application videos, 1058 hopefuls have been selected as candidates to begin human life on Mars in 2025 and three of them are Irish (two men and one woman).

The candidates will eventually be whittled down to 40 people who will be selected to make their home on Mars. The ‘rub’ of the whole thing is that they will never be able to return!

Mars One announces Round 2 Astronaut Selection Results. Read the full press release here: http://t.co/hdyhiUPrZ1

— Mars One (@MarsOneProject) December 30, 2013

So who would to sign up for such a space flight?

Well, on this week's show, we will be talking to Joseph Roche, one of the successful Irish applicants to find out why he would like to be a part of the project and whats next in store for him.

Computer generated image of the initial housing for the colony on Mars

Bas Lansdorp, the co-founder had this to say about the application slashing, "We’re extremely appreciative and impressed with the sheer number of people who submitted their applications. However, the challenge with 200,000 applicants is separating those who we feel are physically and mentally adept to become human ambassadors on Mars from those who are obviously taking the mission much less seriously. We even had a couple of applicants submit their videos in the nude!”

We previously spoke to Bas on the show and had a fascinating conversation which you can listen to here:

Tune in to Futureproof on Saturday at 10am for what promises to be a fascinating show!

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