Mars One, a non-profit group, has announced of coming up with a permanent colony on Mars and that too within next decade or so. The company has been going as per its plans and has chosen 1,058 participants from the first round, who will be taking part in the second round.

One among the 1,058 participants is Erik Sapre, who from childhood wanted to live on Mars. His unusual dream could be credited to the Star Trek convention, which he visited at the time when he was in the first grade.

Since then, Sapre, a Gallatin native, has been dreaming to live on the Red Planet. "They sent me an email on Monday telling me I'd made the first cut from among more than 200,000 applicants", said Sapre. He affirmed that he was having no idea that he would ever get a chance to go to Mars.

But he knows that still there is a long journey to cover considering the stages of the project. It has been found that it will be by 2025 that the first colonists will arrive on the planet. Each member on the red planet will be given about 500 square feet of personal space.

Moreover, there would be a communal kitchen and living room as well.