Marios – Goulielmos Choumos is one of the 78,000 candidates from around the world who have applied to the Dutch company Mars One to become the first residents of the red planet.
“Hello! My name is Marios – Goulielmos Choumos and I would like to go to Mars, because visiting a planet is something more than a life dream,” says the 21-year-old bachelor student of the Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus in the video posted in the company’s official website, which hosts the descriptions of the astronaut candidates from more than 100 countries.
The announcement of Mars One for the colonization of Mars was made about a month ago, according to Eleftheros Typos, with the company’s representatives saying that from 2018 the first unmanned missions will be carried out to pave the way for the installation of Earth immigrants to the neighboring planet.
According to the company’s ambitious estimates, the final mission which will mark the beginning of the coveted space travel will take place in a decade, while the cost for the creation of the facilities amount to 3,1 billion euros.
Mars One poses as a basic requirement that the candidates must be individuals who are easily adaptive to various situations and environments, disciplined with team spirit. The courageous young man seems to have these features.
“I believe I am the perfect candidate for this mission because I’m young – I am 21- and I can provide many things at work and complete important tasks,” he says in his message.
Even if something goes wrong, as he explains, he won’t give up and he will do his best to solve any problem and ameliorate the situation.
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