Wanna Live On Mars? Forever?

No kidding.
Currently there's the Mars One Foundation, who is gearing up to select and train people to leave Earth and live on Mars.
Pretty cool stuff! The catch is that this is obviously a one-way trip. Even though Mars One intends to have an "escape" craft in case something major happens, after a certain point, the human body will become accustomed to Mars' lower gravity thereby making it impossible for them to ever return to Earth.
No matter what happens.
If you click on the link above and tool around the web site, it'll probably answer most, if not all, questions you may have. I'll admit that I'll certainly be glued to my television or computer to witness people walking around Mars, doing things that our current unmanned rovers just can't do!
Now, what kind of people would want to leave Earth and live in an enclosed environment for the rest of their lives? It certainly takes a special breed. You'll never again feel the warm sun on your face or feel a cool natural breeze or lay on the beach or tool around the internet. Whether the mission is a success or a failure, though, you're certain to go down in history as the first person born on Earth to live on Mars.
I would imagine that you would also want people of certain talents to be included in the trip; a Doctor, an Engineer, people that are mechanically inclined. I'm hoping this stuff will be taken into account in the selection process otherwise it may go something like this:
    "I think I broke my arm!"
    "Okay. What do we do?"
    Everyone just looks at each other in total silence.
    "...shit."

This entire idea is certainly a step in the right direction. Having the entire Earth work together to send humans into space, to mine asteroids and to possibly, dare I say, terraform Mars so that it can once again be a living planet is the stuff that drives us to dream big.
For a long time we've been waiting on government to fund these types of ideas. Those days are gone. With the hopeful success of Mars One, private businesses or wealthy individuals are who's going to build a moonbase or a large enough ship to journey to another solar system.
Kudos to Mars One and I look forward to seeing them realize their mission.