Summary: Living on Mars. The thought of not only traveling to the red planet but setting up camp there is mind blowing. But that’s exactly what the <a href="http://mars-one.com" target="_blank">Mars-One</a> team intends to do. And they mean to do it soon.<br> Starting with a candidate pool of over 200,000 applicants, they have whittled their way down to 100 hopefuls who may soon be eating a bowl of cereal and reading the newspaper in outer space. Literally. And the goal is to start sending these space-aged colonists on this amazing journey beginning in 2026.<br> In this episode we get to speak one of those finalists, Sonia Van Meter, about why she is so excited to go despite having a husband and family. She was truly a pleasure to talk to as well as highly entertaining. We came away from the interview inspired and excited about the future of space travel.<br> One Cool Thing<br> <br> * Andrew – <a href="http://www.dubsmash.com/" target="_blank">Dubsmash</a><br> * Brent – <a href="https://www.periscope.tv/" target="_blank">Periscope</a><br> <br>
