Dorr, MI (WHTC) – As children, we all want to live on a distant planet in the future. Laura Smith-Valazquez, a native of Dorr in Allegan County, is going to live that dream! Valazquez wants to be one of the first people to set foot on Mars with the help of the Mars One project, a Dutch nonprofit foundation aiming at establishing a permanent settlement on the planet Mars. Valazquez, who now lives in Maryland, submitted a video to the project organizers, and along with 99 other people, was chosen from over 200,000 applicants. More cuts will be made as project officials separate the chosen into six groups of four people that work well together. They will be launched into space and hopefully colonize the red planet.
– Caitlyn Burry
