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Maggie Lieu

The World

A trip to Mars is a lifetime dream — and excellent reality TV

Science

Maggie Lieu has wanted to be an astronaut since she was a child. Now she’s on the short list of candidates for Mars One, a non-profit mission to Mars that’s using private donations and a reality show to try and send a crew of colonists to the Red Planet — for the rest of their lives.

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