Cork-based engineer in last 100 for Mars One mission

A Co Cork-based engineer has made it into the last 100 candidates for the Mars One mission to the red planet.

Steve Menaa, who lives in Cobh, said he was the last remaining Irish candidate in with a chance of making the one-way mission, after an initial 200,000 people from around the world applied.

He enters the next round, during which the 100 candidates will be whittled down to 40 candidates, then 30 and finally, the 24 who will be offered a full-time employment contract to begin training.