By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:36 EST, 26 February 2014 | UPDATED: 15:58 EST, 26 February 2014 If you thought your long-distance relationship was tough, consider this: At least you're both on the same planet. On the same day a Brooklyn woman's boyfriend proposed to her, she learned that she has made it to the next round of the selection process to be one of several people a Dutch non-profit hopes to send to Mars to colonize the planet - forever. The training and potential mission also will be turned into a reality TV show.
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Kellie Gerardi applied to be one of the people the Mars One project sends to the Red Planet
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The same day she learned she made it to the next round in the competition, Gerardi's boyfriend proposed to her
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If selected, Gerardi would begin training next year for the planned 2024 one-way trip to Mars
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She is unlikely to ever return... putting considerable strain on her marriage
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24 explorers will make up six teams of colonists the project hopes to sent to Mars
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Gerardi says she realizes that if her dreams of going to Mars are realized, there's a chance that she would have to forgo a future with her fiance, a 36-year-old who works in finance whom @placeholder asked to not identify by name for professional reasons.