Space agency wants volunteers to fly to Mars. Sort of.

Not NASA but European Space Agency offering simulated 520 day round trip to the red planet

By Michael Cooney, Network World
October 27, 2009 04:41 PM ET

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Selection will be based on education, professional experience, medical fitness and social habits. Following an initial assessment, potential candidates will have to submit results from medical tests and will then be invited for interview, to be screened in a process similar to that used in astronaut selection.

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The kicker? You have to be a citizen of ESA Member States meaning: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Norway, The Netherlands, Sweden and Canada.