I Want to Live on Mars - Up Close & Personal with a Mars One Applicant

Meet Amulya Nidhi Rastogi

A Mars One Applicant

Name: Amulya Nidhi Rastogi

Age: 20 Years Old

Sex: Male

From: India
 

Language: English

Field of Study: Mechanical Engineering

Highlighted Personal Interests: Singing, Working Out, Writing, Animals, Weather, Food, Exploring, Philosophy, the Outdoors

 

From Amulya's Application:

Why did you apply for Mars One?
There comes a time in a person’s life when they realize their purpose and do whatever it takes to help better understand it and achieve it. This is my purpose. I’ve always waited and prepared myself for this opportunity.
What scares you most about the mission?
I won’t be afraid of anything if I’m chosen. I’m afraid of spending the rest of my life on Earth.
What will you miss the most on Earth?
I will miss swimming the most.
What do you bring to the table?
The two things that I have and the two things that matter the most for the success of this mission are: mental stability and patience. I also have hope.
If you could bring three things with you to Mars, what would they be?
1) A gold ring my grandmother gave me; 2) a cat, and 3) South Indian food.
Fun fact: I am always trying to become Batman. To me, the seven-year training period of Mars One is similar to the seven- to eight-year training period that Bruce Wayne (Batman) went through.

Via Buzzfeed 

Amulya's Video Application

Amulya's Mars One Application 

Back Story on the Mars One Mission:   In 2012 Bas Lansdorp, a Dutch entrepreneur, announced that his non-profit organization Mars One would be sending 24 people (4 people in each of the 6 separate trips) on a one way trip to the red planet for ten years between 2023 and 2033. Applications were open to the public for a period of just over 4 months, ending August 31st of 2013. Applicants will undergo a training process for quite some time before they are actually chosen for the mission, all applicants will find out whether they've been chosen in July of 2015. The plans for the Mars One mission include building a settlement on the red planet for humans in the future, with completely sustainable systems on site. Chosen applicants are told that they will never return to Earth, so the decision to even apply for this opportunity is a heavy one- even so over 2,500 people applied (including almost 25% Americans). Similar missions to Mars include: Inspiration Mars, which is a project that will take couples on a 501 day fly-by of the red planet.

GOOD LUCK AMULYA!

xoxo disaster girl

P.F.S. Links for the Curious

Mars One Wiki 

Mars One Official Website 

American Stonehenge – The Georgia Guidestones

One of the most fascinating monuments you will find in America is the Georgia Guidestones located in Elbert County, GA. Over the years the stones have been described as many things- from the ten commandments of the Anti-Christ to a call for an age of reason. The mystery surrounding the Guidestones covers almost every aspect of the Guidestones itself, and makes even an anti-conspiracist’s head race with theories.

I was going to write a long in depth article, but while researching I found that Wired had covered it in its entirety. You can view it here. The article itself is flawless so I chose not to compete with it, so I will instead highlight the main things about the Guidestones that stand out.

1. The Georgia Guidestones features 12 different languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, Babylonian Cuneiform, and Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
2. It was commissioned in 1979, by R.C. Christian, who admitted that his name was a pseudonym and that he preferred to remain anonymous.
3. The Guidestones stand just under 20 feet tall, and are made from six solid granite slabs that together weigh more than 240,000 pounds.
4. The Guidestones function as a Clock, Calendar, and Compass.
5. The Guidestones are aligned in complex astrological specifications, and track the sun’s east to west motion.
6. The Guidestones were designed to withstand catastrophic events, and are ironically in sync with many of the future maps, (See Future Maps Tab & Video Below) – Also most agree that the Guidestones were designed to serve survivors of an apocalypse as they attempt to recreate civilization.
7. The land that the Georgia Guidestones sits on is county land, sold by R.C. Christian to the county in October of 1979, before the construction was completed.
8. The most unsettling of the Guidestones ‘Commandments’: MAINTAIN HUMANITY UNDER 500,000,000 IN PERPETUAL BALANCE WITH NATURE – a 6.5 billion reduction from current population statistics.
9. R.C. Christian communicated with the builders mostly by mail, never sending anything from the same place twice.
10. The Guidestones also feature a time capsule that has yet to be filled.

*YOU MAY WANT TO MUTE THIS, AS THE MUSIC IS A LIL' TOO MUCH*

Regardless of personal opinions and beliefs, the Georgia Guidestones are just as permanent as the pyramids in Egypt and the ruins in Mexico. They will forever remain a part of what our current American society leaves behind. But how are we supposed to take the message that this leaves behind?

xoxo disaster girl