WASHINGTON, DC, April 28, 2013 – Last Monday a Dutch nonprofit announced its search for volunteers to become the first humans to inhabit Mars. With a scheduled landing on the Red Planet in 2023, Mars One will send four initial colonists to live out the rest of their lives on our neighboring planet.
Mars One, a Dutch nonprofit founded by entrepreneur and engineer Bas Lansdorp, will head the project, which will be televised from start to finish, reality-show style.
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