One Way Ticket to Mars

NASA is figuring out how to take the next great leap into space. The difficulty is, if we leap to Mars, we might not make it back.

NASA is figuring out how to take the next great leap into space. The difficulty is, if we leap to Mars, we might not make it back.

Roman Mars (no relation) probes into the "One Person, One Way" proposal for Martian exploration.

Roman Mars (@romanmars) is the creator of 99% Invisible , a short radio show about design and architecture.

BEHIND THE SCENES with Roman Mars

This story is like an Arthur C. Clark book come alive. Or Ray Bradbury. Or maybe Twilight Zone. But as we know, truth is often stranger than fiction and the idea of one guy alone on Mars without a way to come back definitely qualifies as strange. But so intriguing. Where did you find out about Mr. McClane and was it tough to get him to talk to you or was he dying to talk to you?
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