West Hempstead Man Wants to Live on Mars

A space-loving West Hempstead electrician wants to help humans “live long and prosper” on Mars.

Robert Buccheri, 51, and submitted his name along with thousands of others vying for a possible trip to our planetary next-door neighbor, according to Newsday.

“As I watched Neil Armstrong step on the moon for the first time, first person to step on another world, I was hooked,” Buccheri said, according to Newsday.

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“Wouldn’t it be great if the first electrician on Mars was Union Local 3,” Buccheri said, according to the report.

The competition, Mars One, selected the Mars 100 on Monday. The group of 50 men and 50 women have been whittled down from a pool of 202,586 applicants.

The winners of the competition will hopefully ship off forever -- yep, forever -- to Mars and attempt to survive and establish a colony for further human life.

Live long and prosper, Bobby!

Photo via Wikimedia Commons/Facebook

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