Who Would Take A One-Way Trip To Mars? This Woman.

Friday, August 2, 2013 - 16:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Katrina Wolfe wants to go to Mars Courtesy Katrina Wolfe Katrina Wolfe, a 24-year-old video game designer, wants to live and die on Mars. Mars One, a Netherlands-based private spaceflight project, announced April 22 that it would begin accepting applications for a one-way mission to colonize Mars; three weeks later, 78,000 people had already signed up. We admit we wondered at the sanity of everyone involved. So we tracked down a few of the applicants and asked them: Why do you want to die on Mars? Katrina Wolfe, 24, is a video game designer who lives in Los Angeles. You can watch her Mars One application video here. Popular Science: How would your parents feel about you leaving Earth forever? Katrina Wolfe: My dad is more excited than my mom. She wouldn't want me to go. When I told my dad about it, he said, "That would be awesome, I want a call...

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