NASA offers Internet users a one-way ticket to Mars. This is a formal invitation from the US Space Agency, just to take a little height. On the occasion of the next American Martian mission, called InSight and whose departure was postponed until May 2018, Internet users from all over the world are invited to register on a dedicated site to board the new exploration module of the Red Planet.

A journey of 485 million kilometers

Happy travelers can even accumulate "miles" or miles of flying if they participate in various NASA missions. Too bad they are not recognized by aircraft manufacturers, since the robot module of InSight will take about 485 million kilometers to reach its destination.

His mission will be to study the seismic activity of Mars for two years. By drilling the planet's soil to depths of five meters, researchers hope to determine whether the planet's nucleus is solid or melting like the Earth's, and to understand the mechanisms involved in the formation of rocky planets.

Americans register in numbers

Until the big departure, NASA continues its communication operation by publishing an interactive map that indicates by country the number of participants in this scientific project. With 37,000 registered, France is in the good European average. The African continent is also passionate, but to a lesser extent, for the mission. The greatest enthusiasm is coming from the United States, where more than 450,000 Martian explorers have wanted to mark this new chapter in the history of space conquest.