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Not so soon enough, Filipino astronauts may have to hop on Mars’ bright red surface in 2024 as seven Filipinos passed third screening of Mars One’s candidates.
Recently, the three Filipino candidates who were announced first hand to made it to the list was added by four more fellow Filipinos as Mars One updated. Here are the list of achieving Filipino candidates:
- Michael Theodore L. Pias
Profession: Physician in an oilfield
Current Location: Oman - Willard Sollano Daniac
Profession: Electrical inspector at KAHRAMAA-Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation
Current Location: Qatar - Catherine Jane Franco
Profession: Pre-production engineer in a PCB manufacturing company
Current Location: Singapore - Jaymee del Rosario
Profession: President of International Metal Source
Current Location: USA - Duane Locsin
Profession: I.T. support and hauler
Current Location: Australia - Gabrielle Angeli
- Minerva (no last name given)
In a report, Mars One stated that only 705 aspirants remain in the search. Consequently, a panel interview will resolve who gets to set foot at Mars on 2024. For each selected person, they will go through astronaut training before a take-off for the red planet for good.
Source/s:
- Takumi, R. Seven Pinoys still in the running for life on Mars program. (2014, May 7). Retrieved from http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/359950/scitech/science/seven-pinoys-still-in-the-running-for-life-on-mars-program.
