Mars colony astronaut candidates narrowed to 705

The Netherlands-based Mars One space colony project has narrowed its astronaut candidates down to 705 on Monday May 5th. The plan to land the first permanent human colony on Mars by 2025 had an initial pool of 200,000 applicants that were narrowed to 1058 in December. http://news.yahoo.com/private-mars-one-colony-project-705-astronaut-candidates-184016459.html