Who Wants A One-Way Trip To Mars? Meet Three People Applying For Mars One

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Three Mars One applicants that made it to the second round. From left, Max Fagin, Brian Hinson and Andrew Rader. Click to see a bigger version. (All pictures provided by the respective subjects of the photos). Photos combined by Elizabeth Howell

If you were to find yourself on the Red Planet, what would you do when you get there? Those who made the second round of the Mars One mission (which aims to establish a colony on Mars in the next decade) are a step closer to answering that question. In interviews with Universe Today, applicants Andrew Rader, Max Fagin and Brian Hinson explained what they’ll do if they embark on a planned one-way trip to the Red Planet.

It’s impossible in three interviews to capture the diversity of more than 1,000 second-round applicants, so we encourage you to head over to Mars One’s website to browse the full list of people. As for these three would-be Marstronauts, we have their application videos and their plans for Mars exploration below the jump.

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