Meet the 33 Americans who could live on MARS and never return

The Mars One mission aims to establish a colony on the red planet It now has a list of 50 men and 50 women from an original 200,000 entries US is bestrepresentedin thelong-list, with 33 Americans vying to be part of themission The 33 US residents are ranging in age from 19 to 60 Some of the would-beastronautsare married with children, including oneapplicant withfive kids This will be cut to 40 in next stages, with four chosen for the first mission

By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com

Published: 11:30 EST, 17 February 2015 | Updated: 00:00 EST, 18 February 2015

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One hundred brave souls from around the globe are now vying for a one-way ticket to Mars, knowing they will never return from the Red Planet.

The Dutch-based Mars One project - which aims to send people to live on the faraway planet - has whittled down its shortlist of candidates from more than 200,000 to just 50 men and 50 women, a third of them Americans.

Among the array of science fanatics, Trekies, physics majors, engineers and doctors, there were also a few more surprising choices, including a singer who was doing a two-man show in New York at the time of his application for the program; an artist with a fascinating family connection to NASA; a mechanic from a remote part of Utah, and an aspiring novelist.

From this shortlist, a final crew of four will eventually be sent to Mars, scheduled to arrive in 2025 following a grueling seven-month journey from Earth.

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Meet the 33 Americans who could live on MARS and never return