Monday, September 03, 2012

Manned Mission to Mars about to become a reality



Are you ready to take a trip down to Mars?  Want to take some snapshots of the Red planet? Well according to Mashable this might happen sooner than you think


A Dutch company that aims to land humans on Mars in 2023 as the vanguard of a permanent Red Planet colony has received its first funding from sponsors, officials announced this week.
Mars One plans to fund most of its ambitious activities via a global reality-TV media event, which will follow the mission from the selection of astronauts through their first years on the Red Planet. But the sponsorship money is important, helping the company — which had been self-funded for the last 18 months — get to that point, officials said Wednesday (Aug. 29).
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