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_ __ WA'l‘liRllX) ctr-(mm -Wednesday, lanuary 22, 2014 - 3 . - e- ‘ Ir ; I? , l’ 5» IV I , . , . . > 2 f4i l . . M‘ ',.. I: D . An artistic rendering of what the Mars One colony might look like when it arrives on the red planet a decade from now. A University of Waterloo grad has made the shortlist for the mission. I mmvnsrtsqumout Miss .0 (0 Mars C Q l O O UW grad among 75 Canadians shortlisted for Mars One misszon to colonize the Red Planet Brim IACKSON Netherlands. the United States and Canada. Space Society while at UW. form of colour blindness." said Criger. The M (JhmnicleSlafl ; and the plan is for a crew of four to depart MarsOne began soliciting applications in 27»year-old said he's waiting to take his every two years. starting in 2024. The jour- April 2013, and the organization said it medical exam until he can get into better For centuries. humans have gazed up at the ney will take about one year to complete. received 78,000 applicants in the first two shape. since his BMl is just below 30. starswith curiosityandwonder. ' Humanity has a long history of explo» weeks. By the time the shortlist was revealed As for what he might contribute to the A decade from now, one University of ration, but Criger doesn't see himself as a in December, Mars One said it had more mission, Criger said he would be an asset Waterloo graduate could have the opportu- modern Christopher Columbus or Heman than 200,000 applicants from around the since he is a lack of All Trades, capable of a nity.to help unlock some of the mysteries of Conez world, and 8.243 appli- range of jobs from lifting or moving heavy the cosmos as he's been shortlisted for a ~ "I think the idea of cations from Canada. objects, to complicated mathematical equa proposed oneâ€"way mission to colonize Mars the explorer-type is The next step for tions or even basic surgery. set to launch in 2024. incorrect, it comes from Criger is to get a physical As for his family's reaaion to hearing he Ben Criger. a PhD graduate from the romanticized versions of and to send it into Mars may be Mars~bound on the one~way space Institute for Quantum Computing at UW. is history we get in grade One by April. The organ mission. Criger said they were “cautiously one of 75 Canadians - and l,058 applicants school," he said. “A lot of ization has some strict proud.” The Mars One website indicates overall â€"~ who have made it to the second explorers are mercenary guidelines that appli- communication with Earth would be possi round of cuts for the mission, known as minded and only cared cants must meet in ble, but real-time communication was not Mars One. about money, so (blum- order to get to the next due to the vast distance w roughly “it's a place in the history books, but bus and (Iortez. you'll stage 56 million kilometres there’s a lot of cool science you can do up notice. came back with a They must be free ol “My brother has it in his mind that it will there," said Criger, a Hamilton native who is lot ofgold." disease and dependen definitely happen (but) I'm not nearly so working on his post-doctoral quantum com~ Rather, (Iriger sees , "if ("K‘s on drugs. cigarettes optimistic." Criger said “My family is a little pu'ting research in Aachen, (lemiany. the mission to Mars as or alcohol. their blood afraid I might leave and won't come back or “'lhere's something appealing about it in one that will help Ben Criger pressure must not that something will happen along the way.“ terms of making everything an edifying humanity by leading to exceed 140/90. they must so is (Inger worried he might actually get challenge. lust getting air is a challenge and new technological have good VISION (though picked for the mission and have to leave the any time you take a breath you can feel as advances, akin to a new industrial Revolu corrective lenses are permitted). they must “unions of Earth behind? though you've accomplished something." tion. pass a psychological evaluation, their Body “No. because I'm not assuming it Will Mars One is a notâ€"for-profit foundation lite selfprofessed science fiction [an Mass Index must be under 30 and they can happen,“ he said pragmatically. “if they looking to establish a permanent human “My mother had the entire Star “In-k series not becolour blind. -l( tually select me. then I'll get nervous.” settlement on the red planet The team on Beta" he said â€"â€" has learned a lot about " lhat last one Wlll probably disqualify For more information on Mars 0m- and behind the prom is an intemational group space exploration through his research and about It!) applicants right there, since up to their business plan for space exploration of entrepreneurs and scientists based in lhe was even the president of the Waterloo It) per ( ent of the population can have some visit their website, www mars one rum - .. 3; ,i"” “(a o. 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