Maltese man applies to live on Mars

A Maltese man has applied to join a mission to establish a human settlement on Mars. Clive Gerada, a 28-year-old art and language teacher, said: "I consider myself as an outgoing person, who is always looking for something interesting and challenging. I have various hobbies which are mainly related to the arts, though I also enjoy cooking, reading, photography, painting and many other things which are considered creative and artistic. He listed his interests as being painting, reading, photography, cooking, music, chilling out, discovering and experimenting new experiences. See video at http://applicants.mars-one.com/profile/fd91a1bd-980b-4811-baac-f4e3ba394193 The project, called Mars One is to establish a human settlement on Mars through the integration of existing, readily available technologies from industry leaders world-wide. The NGO which is heading the project says it intends to fund this decade-long endeavor by involving the whole world as the audience of an interactive, televised broadcast of every aspect of this mission, from the astronaut selections and their preparations to the arrival on Mars and their lives on the Red Planet. The Mars One Project is connected to the...