The four other Britons among the final 100 candidates for the mission include Durham University PhD astronomy student Hannah Earnshaw, University of Birmigham astrophysics PhD student Dr Maggie Lieu, Alison Rigby, 35, a science laboratory technician who is from Beckenham, Kent, and Clare Weedon, 27,
Date: Feb 20, 2015
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
'Mars One' selects 100 candidates to compete for one-way trip on reality TV
"It's something that has never been done before, it's a leap into the unknown," Alison Rigby, one of the "Mars 100," told CNN. "When people ask me why I am going to Mars to die, I say we are all going to die, but it's important what you do before you die."
Date: Feb 17, 2015
Source: Google
Mars One mission: 5 Britons shortlisted for one-way trip to Red Planet
The other British hopefuls are Dr Maggie Lieu, 24, a PhD in Astrophysics at the University of Birmingham, Oxford University student Ryan MacDonald, 21, from Derby, Alison Rigby, 35, a science laboratory technician, from Beckenham, Kent, and Clare Weedon, 27, a systems integration manager foAlison Rigby, 35, a science laboratory technician, from Beckenham, Kent. She said: "I want to be remembered for doing something great. I think it's time for humans to leave the Earth and start living somewhere else and I have the skills to help make that happen."