HE discovered the Mars One project while researching a comedy show, but a one-way trip to the Red Planet is no joke for Josh Richards. The Australian comedian, physicist and former soldier is among a ...

Mars One co-founder Bas Lansdorp addresses the Million Martian Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 3, 2013 to discuss plans for a Mars colony mission in 2023. SPACE ...

Would you want to be part of the first human colony on Mars if it meant you could never return home? The Mars One project has outlined a bold ambition of putting humans on Mars in a decade, but ...

THOUSANDS of wannabe Martians have put their hand up for the relocation of a lifetime to the Red Planet. Don't expect to come back. More than 2500 Australians have applied for the one-way trip to Mars ...

A Perth physicist and Mars One astronaut candidate hopes to generate the first breathable air on the Red Planet with a project that has made the finals of an international competition. Josh Richards, ...

How did you get involved with a project that sells one-way tickets to Mars? The concept fits in with my own ideas about human exploration of space, which I described in my book, Playing with Planets.

Astrophysicist Maggie Lieu is writing a PhD dissertation on cosmic giants at the University of Birmingham in the UK. [Photo/CCTV] Four Chinese are among the top 100 candidates for the Mars One project ...

The colonisation of Mars is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Meet the Australians signing up for a one-way trip to the red planet - and the biggest show on earth. By Mark white. They dream of ...