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Virgin/Google's Mission to Mars: Virgle

Set your April jokes on fool, dear reader because it's April 1st. That means there'll be a non-stop barrage of April Fools Jokes coming at you from all directions. We had to

join in the fun

, but we're not the only ones. Check out this "offering" from Virgin Galactic and Google. They're going to be setting up a colony on Mars and they're looking for volunteers. You've got to know it's serious because Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page make the offer personally. I like how they mentioned the

one-way trip idea

. Is someone reading Universe Today?

And Branson's version is here:

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