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Aspiring to live on Mars would live in 'pisitos' of at least 50 square meters[pic 1]

• The training of the applicants begin this 2015 and in 2018 an unmanned mission will be sent to study the terrain
• Two Spaniards among 100 applicants will travel to Mars but not one-way ticket.

How will they arrive?        

Astronauts will have to travel on a ship for seven or eight months. The food is not exactly delicious. All that time will have to be based in canned food and water will have to be manage carefully.

How will they get oxygen?

Oxygen will be achieved through the dissociation of water into its forms hydrogen and oxygen, which is frozen in the ground of Mars.

Where will they get water?[pic 2]

The experts who conducted the "Mars One" project believe that water can be removed from the ground. The robot was sent to Earth a few years earlier to choose where the camp will be installed, look for an area that has a high water content.

How would they plant and what will they eat?

When astronauts land on Mars, they would storage food from the earth to spend the first few weeks. From Mars One they suggest that probably they will eat some algae and insects.

Food production will occur indoors under artificial light. In total, there will be approximately 80 m2 available for growing plants in their native habitat. The Martian soil is good enough for planting because it has elements such as magnesium, sodium, potassium and chlorine, essential for plant growth.

The CO2 for plants is available in the Martian atmosphere and water is available for recycling through the soil of Mars. 

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