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78,000 People Want to Die on Mars. Do You?

Since late April, the not-for-profit organization, Mars One, has been flooded with applications for a one-way ticket to colonize Mars in 2023.
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The not-for-profit organization, Mars One, has received some 78,000 applications for a one-way ticket to colonize Mars in 2023. The key word here, of course, is one. Not round trip – one-way. 

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Do you want to die on Mars?

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