#marstronaut

[nuptia]

A  LETTER  OPENER  NOTCHES  BENEATH  HIS  CHIN       (       a  thin  blade,     flimsy  between  the  pinch  of  untrained  fingers       ---      it’d  be  a  death  wish  to  carry  something  bigger,     though,     practically  pleading  to  get  caught       ).       as  if  she  wasn’t  already  fucking  caught      ---      tangled  web  of  motel  fumes  leading  her  here,     a  stranger  pressed  against  the  wall,    the  letter  opener  poised  to  slash.     MIGHT  NOT  KILL,     BUT  IT’D  BE  A  NASTY  STORY       (       always  go  down  with  a  fight       ).      background  noise   :     the  curtains  are  drawn  closed,     the  pounding  on  the  door  grows  in  intensity.     OPEN  UP.       she  has  a  face  like  a  fucking  brand,      a  tag  around  her  neck  that  reads  GUILTY,     and  she  digs  the  knife  in  a  little  deeper  with  a  breathless  sigh.       ‘       if  they  find  me,     they’re  going  to  kill  me.       ‘

@marstronaut​ + starter.

[steve-schild-mars-one]

Three years ago. Technorama science museum Switzerland. Marstronaut night 2014. It was a great event. @robtomars @marsoneproject @steveschild #drkraft #kenjohnston #drkass#marsone #marstronaut #technorama #switzerland #great #cool #wow #time @bigshotlemur (hier: Swiss Science Center Technorama)

[mars-maggie]

The Mars 100: Mars One Announces Round Three Astronaut Candidates - Press Releases - News - Mars One

So its been one week.

Last Monday, Mars One announced the 100 finalists who would be accompanying them on their rocky road to the red planet. Despite the incredible odds, I made the cut.

It still doesn't seem real one week later. I've been balancing media interviews with my work schedule and the snow and ice storms we've been having. I've still sewn products that were ordered through the Nostalgia Bomb store, because even if I'm going to Mars these pillowcases have to be shipped out. I've had to engage in social media sites, and between all of the other projects I'm working on it has been very hard to keep up with the internet. How did I used to do it? I can't remember.

Somehow I still find the time to take the dog for a walk. I'm still writing, I'm still drawing, and I'm still putting together footage of a video thats been in the works for a month. I'm excited for this opportunity, I'm humbled by my fellow marstronauts, and I'm intruiged by all the skeptical articles that continue to come out.

Will we make it to Mars in 2025?

That remains to be seen. But I'm putting 100% of my effort behind this mission. I love a challenge, and I love having a goal, and I can't think of anything better to do in life than to pursue something that I'm passionate about.

Its a good time to aim for Mars. I want to get there with the rest of the world beside me, every step of the way.

[mars-maggie]

Here's a new item in our shop: The Mars One 'Void Between' Scarf! If you've ever been looking to support an awesome cause (like colonizing Mars) and wanted to be fashionable while doing so, this is your chance! This scarf was painted by Mars One candidate Maggie Duckworth, and is professionally printed in bright and brilliant shades. We wanted an item with a lot more volume than our previous scarves, so it was rendered at a full two yard resolution, allowing you to use it as a scarf, a wrap, or a shawl. The star-field is overlaid with a full range of subtle colors, too, to complement or contrast any wardrobe! I really like this piece, and with it we'll be celebrating the fact that the 'Void Between' is shortening every year by donating 10$ per scarf to the Mars One project! Enjoy this item and others by visiting our Nostalgia Bomb Studios store on etsy. Thanks!

[mars-maggie]

So my mom has this plan to come up with an amazing new scientific theory and then hide the thesis within a romance novel so that any time anyone quotes the body of work they have to reference 'Her heaving Boson' or something like that.

[marstronautx]

Journalist Questions

So I got an email recently from a national journalist and some of the questions really made me look at living on Mars from a different angle.

Its awe inspiring to think that for just 4 of us 705, a new world shall be what we call home. I have always looked at Mars One as an adventure fulfilling my unexplainable desire to go beyond the planet that we call home. I see it filled with challenges, many that may be life or death but that has never scared me or deterred me. I want to explore another world more than anything I can imagine and have always seen it as the frontier for new discovery.

With the epic-ness of this project it becomes easy to forget that although we may be a part of the most exciting science on Mars, we will be living through many normal Earth traditions and milestones. Birthdays, anniversaries, possibly new births (later on) and eventually death shall be celebrated and mourned on Mars. We are still going to spend our lives on this new planet regardless of the new discoveries and with humanities colonisation of Mars there will come many Earth traditions.

I just wonder whether Earth traditions/celebrations will always remain as they were or whether as time goes by new Martian traditions/celebrations shall arise.

[bourbonface]

Mars One in the news! My boy NDT thinks they're overestimating their abilities. I hope they prove him wrong.

[marstronautx]

WE ARE THE 705

On the 30th of April 2014 at 4:15pm I finally received the email from Mars One informing us of the results of our submitted medicals. I was ecstatic to be one of the Mars One 705. An emotion shared by many of my fellow marstronauts.

I was reading in my room when I received the email and after I read the email I was bouncing around my house for the rest of the day. It was a surreal feeling and I could not believe that I had made it this far. Many of my friends were not as surprised. They said they knew I would make it through. They all are so happy and proud that I have made it this far. I am amazed that I made it this far but I cant say I am proud of myself. It just seems abit to conceited to me to say that. I do hope that i get to meet many fellow aspiring martians though.

The buzz of being part of the 705 has not worn off yet !!! I you think drugs give you a high, try being a Mars One Candidate. A big congratulations to hannahgoestomars, @bourbonface, wellimthelordoftime and the other 701 candidates.