article_snippet: In February 100 people - including five Britons - were shortlisted for the questionable Mars mission, which claims Mars will send people to live on the red planet.
article_snippet: people are hoping to be chosen to be among the final crew of four who are set to begin people new lives in just 10 years time - and ultimately die on Mars.
article_snippet: The large cut in candidates [from 200,000 to 100] is an important step towards finding out who has the right stuff to go to Mars,' said Bas Lansdorp, co-founder of the Dutch Mars mission.
article_snippet: These aspiring Martians provide the world with a glimpse into who the modern day explorers will be.'
article_snippet: The Mars 100 Round Three candidates were selected from a pool of 660 candidates after participating in personal online interviews.
article_snippet: The Mars 100 Round Three candidates include 50 men and 50 women who successfully passed the second round.
article_snippet: Mars One made headlines around the world in February when Mars One revealed the final longlist of 100 applicants who will train on Earth for a one-way mission to the Red Planet in 2025.
article_snippet: You have to applaud the ambition, but sadly the whole project feels very much like wing-and-a-prayer stuff when you start to look into the details,’ Giles Sparrow, author of Mars:
article_snippet: ‘’ Giles Sparrow, author of Mars say ’ Giles Sparrow, author of Mars can put a first crew on Mars for $6 billion [£3.9 billion], which is a shoestring budget compared to the Apollo programme which cost $25 billion [£16.2 billion] - and that was in 1960s money!
article_snippet: Pictured are some of the Mars One hopefuls, who will be spending eight years in training ahead of what they think will be a mission to Mars, although the mission has been widely criticised for the lack of a feasible plan to actually get to the Red Planet .
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  Mars recently revealed its 'longlist' of candidates for the mission, but the plan has been widely criticised .
  