SO WOULD YOU DO IT?
WHAT IF, HERE'S THE WHAT IF FOR 
THE DAY, WHAT IF THE CONDITION 
OF FLYING INTO SPACE MEANT YOU 
COULD NEVER RETURN TO EARTH?
APPARENTLY 200,000 OF YOU WOULD 
BE JUST FINE WITH THAT.
THAT'S HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLIED 
TO BE PART OF MARS 1.
THIS IS THE ONE WAY, I'M TALKING
NO RETURN TRIP HERE TO GO 
COLONIZE THE RED PLANET, ROUND 
ONE APPLICANTS WERE ANNOUNCED.
JUST OVER 1,000 IN THE RUNNING.
AND JOINING ME NEXT GUEST, FIRST
LAWSUIT AND CHEMISTRY AND 
ASTRONOMY GRADUATE OF 
MILITARY -- HEIDI, I NEED TO 
TAKE A BREATH AFTER GIVING YOUR 
WHOLE RESUME.
WELCOME, NICE TO HAVE YOU ON.
YOU'RE LEAVING FOR MARS, NEVER 
COMING BACK, NEVER SEEING THOSE 
THAT YOU LOVE, I KNOW THIS HAS 
BEEN A DREAM OF YOURS SINCE THE 
THIRD GRADE, YOU EVEN SPENT TWO 
WEEKS WITH NASA IN THE DESERT 
LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE 
SUITS.
BUT ISN'T THERE A LITTLE TINY 
PIECE OF YOU THAT'S AFRAID?
>> ONCE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO LIVE YOUR DREAM, ALL THAT 
FEAR GOES AWAY.
THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN 
WORKING FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE AND 
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
ACCOMPLISH IT, I'M NOTHING BUT 
EXCITED ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
>> ROUNDS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TE
TESTING, MEDICAL TESTING, THE 
OBVIOUS QUESTION IS WHY DO YOU 
WANT TO GO?
>> AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WHEN I
WAS 8 YEARS OLD MY DAD GAVE ME A
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT THE 
ROVER.
I LOOKED AT THAT NEWSPAPER 
ARTICLE AND SAID WE NEED TO SEND
HUMANS HERE, WHY NOT BE ME?
SO I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE 
TRYING TO BE THE BEST APPLICANT,
BE THE BEST CANDIDATE.
AND THE REASON I WANT TO GO IS 
TO HELP HUMANITY, I WANT TO BE 
ABLE TO LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND AND 
GIVE FUTURE GENERATIONS 
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
I WASN'T BORN YET WHEN WE LANDED
ON THE MOON AND THAT INSPIRES ME
TO PUSH TOWARD THE SPACE 
FRONTIER.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT 
TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
>> TO HELP HUMANITY, WE 
APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO 
OLLIE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU 
WILL BE DOING, HOW YOU WILL BE 
LIVING THERE FOR THE REST OF 
YOUR LIFE?
>> SO THE SYSTEM THAT THEY PUT 
IN PLACE IS, IT'S AN ELABOR
ELABORATE -- THEY'RE SENDING SIX
ROCKETS TO THE SURFACE OF MARS, 
THOSE SHIPS WILL HAVE 
APPROXIMATE BO LIFE SUPPORT 
SYSTEMS AND TWO SUPPLY SYSTEMS.
ONCE YOU CONNECT THEM ALL 
TOGETHER USING ROBOTS, WE'LL 
THEN BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE ON 
THE SURFACE IN CREWS OF FOUR.
ONCE WE'RE THERE, WE'LL BE ABLE 
TO DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
SCIENCE WILL BE OUR MAIN 
OBJECTIVE.
WE'LL BE GOING OUTSIDE OF THE 
HABITAT THREE TIMES A WEEK AND 
WE'LL BE CONDUCTING
