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This job is out of this world — if you don’t mind a lousy commute and questionable odds of survival.

NASA is seeking a few good men and women to fill future jobs as farmers, surveyors, teachers, and explorers on Mars.

The space agency this week released a series of retro tourism-style recruitment posters — first created for an exhibit at the Kennedy Center in 2009 – to attract brave adventurers.

“Hike the solar system’s largest canyon, Valles Marineris on Mars, where you can catch blue sunsets in the twilight, and see the two moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos) in the night sky,” NASA writes on its website.

If you’re a night owl, the agency can sign you up – eventually – for a night shift on the Martian moon Phobos.

“You’d have an office with a view, mining for resources with Mars in the night sky. Settlers below on Mars would see Phobos rise and set not once, but twice in one day!” the ad for the “Journey to Mars” campaign reads.

Got a green thumb?

“In space, you can grow tomatoes, lettuce, peas, and radishes just like you would find in your summer garden. New ways of growing fresh food will be needed to keep brave explorers alive,” NASA says.

But don’t expect to have a blast anytime soon – NASA doesn’t envision colonizing Mars until 2030.

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