Live on Mars or go to law school? For one Plano resident, that’s not an analytical question for LSAT prep—that’s real life.

At some point, Cole Leonard, 27, might have to decide whether to chase his lawyerly career ambitions or pursue a Mars colonization project orchestrated by Mars One, a nonprofit founded by a wealthy Dutch entrepreneur. According to the Mars One website, the organization “will establish a permanent human settlement on Mars” populated by interested parties from all over Earth. The organization says 705 candidates remain—of whom Leonard said he is one—from an original pool of more than 200,000 applicants since last year.

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