Could You Survive Colonizing Mars?

Your fear of the unknown would give you a heart attack before you ever left Earth. You are not a good candidate for colonizing Mars.

You would join the mission with good intentions and, if you could make it there, might even do okay, but the long journey would be your undoing. You are just not cut out for months of travel in zero-gravity space.

You have a great spirit of adventure, and you want to make a difference in the world, but you aren't good with pain, hunger, and loneliness. The first sign of trouble would really shake you up and make it hard for you to keep your sunny disposition.

You could make the journey just fine, but once on Mars, the extreme cold, confined spaces, and storms that can last for months would be your undoing.

You would thrive on the adventure. You are smart and a hard worker and don't let things like confined spaces and little privacy get to you. However, you would eventually miss planet Earth and the people you left behind so deeply that you would have to come home or die trying.

You live for adventure. You are smart and hardworking. You don't mind being confined or being with the same small group of people for life. You care very little about your own personal comfort, and while you may miss family and the pleasures of planet Earth, you would happily sacrifice them for the adventure of colonizing Mars.