Why Indians want to settle on Mars

"I want to meet aliens. I strongly feel that we are not alone in this universe. If possible, I would like to live on both Earth and Mars from time to time," says Amulya Nidhi Rastogi, an engineering student from the suburb of Gurgaon near the Indian capital, Delhi.
 Mr Rastogi, 21, is one of 1,058 applicants shortlisted from some two million hopefuls globally for a one-way trip to Mars by Dutch non-profit organisation Mars One in 2024. It hopes to build a community of settlers on the planet. They have cleared two rounds of a rigorous four-stage clearance process, at the end of which 24 people will be sent to the planet. India has the largest number of applicants - 62 - after the US who have made it to the shortlist for the trip to the Red Planet.