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Mars One Concept

Ken Sullivan has applied for a one-way trip to Mars, and, good news, he’s made it past the first round of Mars One applicants! Hooray! Surely nothing could stand in his way.

Except his wife and four children, who are less than ecstatic about the idea.

Jeez. Just can’t let a guy have any fun.

From a report in the Salt Lake Tribune:

Oof. Yeah, I guess, although if a spouse told his partner, It’s my dream to leave you and the kids through literally the most accelerated means possible, in fact rocketing off of this very planet, in the near future, that would perhaps be grounds for less dream-support. Maybe just let that one die.

But the real kicker are the children quoted in the article, one of whom delivers this line right out of some domestic science-fiction tragedy:

Sullivan’s wife says they’ll cross the divorce road if he actually makes it down from the current pool of applicants down to the final four. Anyway, at least he’s being open about it, and not trying to pull My father said he was going out for cigarettes and then left for Mars.

[Salt Lake Tribune via Gawker]