Space Exploration as Reality Show: 1000 chosen for Private Mars Colonization Mission

More than 1,000 chosen for one-way Mars reality-TV mission (via AFP)

More than 1,000 candidates — from 200,000 hopefuls — have been chosen to train for a private Mars colonisation mission to be partly funded by a reality-TV show following their training and subsequent steps, organisers said Thursday. They are to be…