 |
|
Li Dapeng in a poster. [Photo/IC] |
His confidence for human beings to land on Mars increased after China unveiled its design of a Mars probe on Tuesday but his own dream to settle down on Mars still seems unreachable.
Li Dapeng, a 34-year-old man from North China's Hebei province was one of the first 24 lucky ones among the 100 selected candidates from around the world offered one-way tickets by Mars One (initiated by a Dutch private company) to establish a permanent settlement on Mars. According its original plan, these finalists will attend a space capsule simulation training this September.
However, financial and technical problems dragged the project to a halt and Li has not been updated about its progress since July 27.
Compared with his frequent appearances in the media one and a half years ago, when news of his presence in the 100 candidates list came out, he has gradually retreated from the spotlight back to his ordinary life.
He had a second baby daughter, moved into a new apartment and kept on learning English, waiting for new emails from Mars One.
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 130349 
