The Mars One Project plans to test out life on Mars by sending the first humans to the Red Planet.
If all goes well, the finalist could be chosen to start a permanent human colony on the said planet.
With the recent discovery of water by NASA, one finalist of the project couldn't help but be excited about the news.
"The chances of finding microscopic life just increased substantially," Hampton Black, from Tampa, told ABC Action News. "I think it gets people excited, like 'wow, maybe there is life out there'."
Getting a one-way ticket to Mars - even with the possibility of dying there - doesn't seem to scare Black, or the other 99 finalists of the privately funded project.
"We're talking about a frozen world and to be able to hold water in liquid form is pretty amazing," he added.
Along with the excitement, the Mars One Project has also been receiving criticisms from different experts in the field.
Most recently, it was called "unsustainable" and "unfeasible" by Sydney Do, an MIT graduate research fellow.
"A one-way mission inherently goes on forever, so as soon as the crew members land on the surface, you have to keep them alive for 50 to 70 years or however long you expect them to live," Do told Huffington Post earlier this September. "To keep the systems going, you need to continually send spare parts to the surface of Mars over time... the technology that is required is just not there yet."
Nevertheless, the recent discoveries about the Red Planet are fascinating not only the finalists of the Mars One Project, but the public as well.
Like normal people, who are not planning to go to Mars for a life-altering mission, Black will be going to the cinemas to watch Ridley Scott's newest film, "The Martian." Starring Matt Damon, the space-themed odyssey will be opening in theaters this weekend.
