Recently, Mars One released their list of the final 100 people selected to take a one way trip to the red planet in the year 2024. You can view the list here. While my hat goes off to these brave finalists, I can't help but to reflect on my own willingness to travel to a distant planet... not on vacation, but for ever. If you'd rather take my word for it than to check out the list of brave souls, I'll gladly give it to you - these people while their hopes are high and their futures seem bright... are in serious risk! Maybe its the hypochondriac in me... but can you imagine the things that could go wrong?! Let me list a few for you - micrometeorites, intense radiation exposure, systems failures on the red planet, food shortages, water shortages, emotional breakdowns as a result of extreme isolation, suicide, cannibalism, and the list goes on.
But what if they succeeded? What if they actually established a colony. What if this really took off?
The book Trials is set to a time after this colony has been established and explores these questions. Explore them with me here!
