He is among 1,058 people who have been selected to go through to the next round of the Mars One project, which is set to colonise the Red Planet
His children say they will miss their father if he embarks on an extraterrestrial life and Mr Sullivan admits he'll be 'relieved' if not chosen
A father of four, who applied for a one-way-ticket to live on Mars, could be looking at a divorce as a result of his extraterrestrial ambition.
Ken Sullivan made it the next stage of the Mars One project, which could potentially see him making a new life on Mars – but his wife and children are not happy about the news.
Mr Sullivan, who lives in Utah, is among the 1,058 applicants selected so far who could colonise the red planet and never return to their families and friends on Earth.
While the 38-year-old might be excited about his potential ticket to an extraterrestrial life, his wife of five-and-a-half years, Becky, is contemplating getting a divorce.
‘The question is do we get divorced now or get divorced later. If I stand in the way of his dreams and passions, then we get divorced now, so I have to be supportive
If he did make the final cut to live on Mars, Mr Sullivan would also have to leave behind his four children, who range in age from just six months to 13-years-old.
His 12-year-old daughter Kaitlyn is upset at the idea she might never see her father in person again and said that she would miss him, yet her older sister Jocelyn told the newspaper: ‘If he wants to go to Mars, he should go to Mars.’
There is only a slim chance of Mr Sullivan being selected to live on Mars, as just 24 people will be chosen, but his wife is sad that he did not ask her opinion before completing the application form and said that she could not contemplate leaving her children.
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