This pool will be narrowed down further by 2023, when one team will comprise the first humans ever to land on Mars and live there for the rest of their lives. The mission plan consists of cargo missions and unmanned preparation of a habitable settlement, followed by human landings.Ĭurrently, UAE national Khalid Al Jaaidi is one of the 1,058 selected from 200,000 hopefuls around the world, to vie for a new home at the first human settlement on planet Mars. In future, the company also plans to allow the naming of mountains, hills and canyons on the planet.Īll this will work is in conjunction with the Mars One project, which is a not-for-profit Dutch-based foundation that aims to establish a permanent human settlement on the red planet by 2025. The company states there is no approval process involved in the naming exercise, saying once you’ve completed the checkout process, your name is accepted, unless it’s later found to be profane, pejorative, or otherwise offensive (in which case it’ll be removed), it’ll remain approved.Īlso, if the name you choose already has found its way up on the map, Uwingu states a unique Province and District grid system on the face of Mars, like we have on Earth, can be repeated on the red planet just so long as its unique within the given area. “…We are very excited about actually flying our map to Mars in 2018.” Uwingu founder and CEO Dr Alan Stern, a planetary scientist and the former head of Nasa’s science programme, said: “Every person who names craters on Mars will now know that their crater names are planned to be used in the exploration and hoped for settlement of Mars. Mars One will carry a digital copy of the resulting Mars Map on board its 2018 unmanned Mars Lander and will use the Uwingu crater names as part of Mars One mission operations. What an amazing opportunity!”Įveryone around the world can help name craters on Mars through Uwingu’s website. “The name you choose will go down in history, travelling to Mars on board our 2018 lander and will be used by our future astronauts. Like Mars One, Uwingu gives everyone around the world the opportunity to participate in Mars exploration. The goal of the project is to engage the audience in Mars exploration and generate a new funding stream for private space-related projects in the field of space exploration, research and education.īas Lansdorp, Mars One Co-Founder and CEO, said in a statement: “We’re very enthusiastic about the partnership with Uwingu. Uwingu, which describes its mission statement by creating ‘new ways for people to personally connect with space exploration and astronomy’, launched its Mars Crater Naming Project last week giving the public the opportunity to name approximately 500,000 scientifically identified craters on Mars by end-2014. The Tucker family wishes you well! Do I get the mineral and water rights in and under our crater?’
Some of the names that have already made its way to the map include ‘The Crater of Dave’s Hopes and Dreams’, ‘Bill and Norma’s Retirement Home Away From Home’ and ‘Tuckernators Crater’ with the citation, ‘Jerry, Hope, Dorien and Travis Tucker 2014. Naming a larger crater can set you back as much as Dh10,000.
‘Turn right from Acer Ali, followed by a kilometre trek to Renegade Rashid’ could very well be the landmarks used by astronauts in future as the team behind the Mars One project partners with Uwingu to develop a detailed map of the Red Planet.įor as low as Dh18, you can have a crater on the Red Planet named after you, which will be immortalised and used in all their missions, starting with its first unmanned Mars landing in 2018. What’s in a name, you ask? Quite a lot actually, especially when it’s your own immortalised on a road map for planet Mars.
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