{"id":7928,"date":"2013-04-22T18:48:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T16:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.trifork.com\/?p=7928"},"modified":"2013-04-22T18:48:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T16:48:09","slug":"1098-the-countdown-to-mars-has-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trifork.nl\/blog\/1098-the-countdown-to-mars-has-started\/","title":{"rendered":"10,9,8, the countdown to Mars has started&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.trifork.com\/2013\/04\/22\/1098-the-countdown-to-mars-has-started\/logo_marsone\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7932 alignleft\" alt=\"logo_marsone\" src=\"https:\/\/trifork.nl\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/logo_marsone.png\" width=\"218\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a>A big congratulations to one of our customers <a href=\"http:\/\/applicants.mars-one.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mars One<\/a> who this afternoon announced the start of their astronaut selection program at a press conference in New York.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who have not heard heard of them,\u00a0Mars One is a not-for-profit organization that will establish a permanent human settlement on Mars in 2023 through the integration of existing, readily available technologies from industry leaders world-wide. Unique in its approach, Mars One intends to fund this decade-long endeavor by involving the whole world as the audience of an interactive, televised broadcast of every aspect of this mission, from launch to landing to living on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few months Trifork has been working together with the team at Mars One to build a global platform that will support <strong>Astronaut Selection Program<\/strong>. A scalable site has been developed which expects applications from hundreds, perhaps thousands more likely even millions of applicants in the coming months from all across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Using the services from SoftLayer, MongoDB, Bits on the Run and a lot of other cool technologies and services, we&#8217;ve been able to create a very robust website which will make everyone across the world \u00a0able to participate in this great journey.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the press conference on Youtube:\u00a0<a title=\"Watch the press conference\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WJNGH4NZJ4U\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WJNGH4NZJ4U<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big congratulations to one of our customers Mars One who this afternoon announced the start of their astronaut selection program at a press conference in New York. 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