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Cost $6 billion. mars one is considering turning the video application process into a, you guessed it, reality tv show in order to offset the costs. >> since i was a little boy and watching the stars for the first time, i know that my place is there, between the stars. >> truth be told, i'm already a martian. i'm just looking to make it official. >> leave the life to the chaos of the cosmo. colonizing mars will make it clear man is capable of great things. >> it's not your new home yet. the first half year you will be doing a lot of construction. >> reporter: baslansdorp is the ceo of mars one...

Application process every year. >> if you want to apply, it will cost you about $38, which was about the average cost of a college application in the united states last year. but this will take more than just your vitals and what interests you. you also have to tell mars one what stresses you out, what frightens you and situations you've experienced, interactions with cultures other than your own. >> it will be very tricky. protecting people from radiation is going to be hard. maintaining human health with minimal facilities and producing food on the surface of mars. so there are a lot of obst...

Supposed to launch in 2022. their mission is to build the first human settlement on martian soil. the biggest hitch? once they blast off from earth, there is no turning back. we have the cofounder and ceo of mars one. he joins us now on the telephone. so the idea is these four earth links launch to marchs but they don't come back, is that right? >> that's right. you have all the technology here on earth to send humans to mars, to land them safely, to support their life there. to keep them alive, but there is simply not the technology to let humans take off from mars and get them back to earth....

Profile case. is he pretty much in over his head if you ask me. i'm starting to develop a certain sympathy for the guy. is he in a tough spot. he has got to go out there. >> bill: he doesn't. can he moderate his -- >> bill: he can moderate the responses by saying all of the scandals are concocted. everybody knows that is ridiculous. >> you, mcguirk have chosen mars. there is a list to sign up for to go to mars. roll the tape. >> establish human settlement on mars in 2023. in that year the first group of four humans will land on mars. 1972 was the last time that humans walked on the moon. no hu...

Profile case. is he pretty much his head if you ask me. i'm starting to develop a certain sympathy for the guy. is he in a tough spot. he has got to go out there. >> bill: he doesn't. can he moderate his -- >> bill: he can moderate the responses by saying all of the scandals are concocted. everybody knows that is ridiculous. >> you, mcguirk have chosen mars. there is a list to sign up for to go to mars. roll the tape. >> establish human settlement on mars in 2023. in that year the first group of four humans will land on mars. 1972 was the last time that humans walked on the moon. no human has ...