It required the astronauts to Mars

private organization begins to look for candidates who want to settle on Mars ... forever. The Dutch organization Mars One, which plans to colonize the Red Planet in 2023, recently published criteria for the application and announced that, finally, choose the first earthlings for flights to Mars. Colonization of Mars: the selection of candidates who can apply for a one-way trip to the planet Mars? According to representatives of the project Mars One, marsonavtom can be any person that meets the following requirements:

 - Physically and mentally healthy person - age over 18 years - Personal qualities: "hardy, adaptable to new surroundings, inquisitive, creative and resourceful" - has a deep understanding of the mission objectives - able to build and maintain healthy relationships - have a tendency to introspection and the ability to trust Candidates can be from any country in the world, but it is desirable to have a basic knowledge of English. Also, everyone will have to devote 8 years of preparation for the mission in 2023. And, given that it will fly without returning to Earth may daredevils reshivshemusya such a feat, you must either deeply hate the planet Earth, or have nothing for which it would be possible to live. The flight program on Mars

The selection process begins in the first half of 2013. Experts and spectators reality show that will talk about the process of preparation, will choose six groups of four for the mission. Only one of these groups will go to the Red Planet in September 2022 and will settle on Mars, and other groups will join them gradually in the following years. Participants will spend 8 years of preparation, including the modeling of the mission, the practice in an environment where limited movement lessons in electronics, repairing equipment and the basics of health care.
According to the plan of the project Mars One, the reality show will not only help earthlings to decide who will represent our planet, but also become a major source of funding for the mission. The TV show will talk about the process of selection and training for the mission and document the lives of astronauts on Mars. The first tests will be held in 2016, when the rovers sent to Mars, equipment and supplies power. Mars 500 project: what the astronauts would face on Mars? Meanwhile, recently the Russian space experiment Mars 500, which simulated a manned mission to Mars, has revealed new challenges that face marsonavty.

Mars 500 - a space experiment, which was conducted under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the European Space Agency ESA, and other international partners for more than 520 days from 2010 to 2011. In the experiment, a team of six astronauts were in a confined space that simulated mission to the Red Planet. Data were collected about their daily activities, as well as physical and mental health volunteers.

Most of the time the volunteers were in limited contact with the outside world, and in combination had no windows. There have been more than 100 different experiments, and recently the first results of the project. - All crew members came out of the project mentally and physically healthy. - Bedtime participants on average increased more than 8 percent (35 minutes a day more) - Crew members have become less active. Most participants succumbed to boredom and monotony, were sedentary, less moved.

 - Sleep quality was very different from all 6 volunteer. One participant began to sleep at 25 hours instead of the 24-hour cycle. Another sleeping at different times of the day, someone began to sleep less and less, as opposed to the other. - One participant developed a mild form of depression remain unexplored aspects such as radiation and exposure to reduced gravity. In addition, the participants know that they really are not on Mars, it is possible a positive impact on their psychological health.

Source: www.infoniac.ru/news/Trebuyutsya-kosmonavty-na-Mars-s-pereletom-v-odin-konec.html