The Mars Generation Page #2

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[Kyle] The Mars Mission is something

that they've had in R&D for a while.

It's exhilarating, the fact that

we are simulating a mission to Mars.

[instructor]

You got your guy out there. Pull it up.

[Zoe] We are training to go to Mars.

We know that there will be problems

because it is dangerous.

We need to have the simulator

as close to a nominal mission as possible.

[Raj] This is gonna be intense!

[excited chatter]

Space Camp was designed

to simulate the peak of NASA.

This is cool! Woah!

[Zoe] Here at Space Camp,

we learn a lot about space history

and what it will be like

to be an astronaut.

All of the simulators here,

NASA has been recruited to help design.

So, they're as close as we can get

to what the astronauts actually use.

[camper screams]

Oh my God!

[laughter and chatter]

[Victoria]

This is my third year at Space Camp.

I said, "I'm going to

apply for a scholarship,"

because being an astronaut is

something I don't want to give up on.

I'm going up whether I want to or not!

I had to get three letters

of recommendation,

I had to write two essays,

and I had to do a science experiment

and break it down

in the scientific method.

[screams]

[instructor] Oh! Good job, Victoria!

[Jace] I believe that

the people who come here

are the future of the space program.

It's really giving us an education

on how to be a person

who works with space on a daily basis.

When I grow up, I would like to be

CAPCOM for NASA.

-I want to become a mission specialist.

-Be a machine toolist.

I want to be an engineer.

Aerospace engineer.

It would be amazing to construct engines

for a mission to Mars.

When you enter the base

and turn on the emergency power,

it turns to red lighting.

[instructor] That's what we're wanting...

[Jace] The base that they've designed

up there is fascinating.

The base is all powered down.

They have to turn on

the communications array,

set up the solar panels,

set up all of the ECLSS systems,

and also set up a greenhouse

because somebody

might want to eat up there.

-[camper] Activate the power.

-Hey, guys. The hydro popo is in here.

The fact that people

are now even teaching children,

16 year-olds, 15 year-olds,

saying, "Hey, we're going to Mars"

and simulating how it would work out,

means they'll grow up and we'll grow up

to believe:
hey, we're going to Mars.

So let's go to Mars.

[camper] I'll go there in a minute.

Well, good luck.

[chatter]

[male voiceover]

Of all the planets in the solar system,

Earth and Mars, the third and fourth

planets from the Sun,

are the most similar.

But despite the similarities,

Mars is essentially like no other planet.

[Jeffrey Kluger] One of the greatest

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