Standing as we do now on the precipice of change, will a move to a different planet be the solution for the future?
Ryan MacDonald is one of the final 100 Astronaut Candidates in Mars One's Astronaut Selection Programme. A one way trip to the red planet! He is a Physics Master's student at the University of Oxford where he is carrying out preliminary design work on a sample return mission to Mars's moon Phobos.
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