DONNA: A MARYLAND WOMAN AS A
FINALIST FOR A SPOT ON A MISSION
TO MARS, BUT THAT COMES AT A
HEAVY PERSONAL COST TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN.
KERRY CAVANAUGH EXPLAINS.
KERRY:
A MARYLAND DOCTOR IS ON A
MISSION
TO MAKE HISTORY.
ACCORDING TO MY
PARENTS WHEN
THE MOON LANDING CAME ON WHEN I
WAS LIKE 15 OR 16 MONTHS, I
HUDDLED INTO THE TELEVISION AND
TRIED TO HUG IT.
KERRY: NOW HER FOCUS IS ON MARS
SPIRIT SHE IS ONE OF 100
FINALISTS CHOSEN FROM OVER
200,000 LEVEL APPLICANTS FOR THE
MARS ONE MISSION.
THE GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH THE
FIRST HUMAN SETTLEMENT ON MARS
BY 2026.
IT WOULD BE A ONE-WEEK TRIP FOR
THE FIRST ASTRONAUT, BECAUSE
MORRIS ONE SAYS ARE NOW THE
TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT EXIST TO
BRING THE TEAM ACT TO EARTH.
THAT IS WHY YOU MAY BE SURPRISED
TO HEAR WHO ENCOURAGED HER TO
APPLY.
MY HUSBAND SENT ME AN E-MAIL
AND SAID, I DO NOT WANT TO, BUT
I WOULD FEEL LIKE A LOUSY
HUSBAND IF I DO NOT SEND YOU A
LINK.
HE SENT ME THE LINK.
A WEEK LATER, I HAD MY
APPLICATION COMPLETED AND IN.
KERRY: WE ASKED WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TO HER 20 HAVING YOUR MARRIAGE
IF SHE GETS PICKED.
ASK IF I DID GET SELECTED
,
BEFORE I LEAVE WE WOULD GET A
DIVORCE SO THAT HE COULD
CONTINUE HIS LIFE HERE ON EARTH
AND I WOULD CONTINUE MINE ON
MARS.
KERRY: SHE WILL FIND OUT NEXT
YEAR IF SHE WILL BE ONE OF THE
24 APPLICANTS PICKED AND PAID TO
TRAIN FOR THE MISSION.
SHE IS HOPING HER DAY JOB OF
CLINCH THE DECISION.
KERRY: SHE HAS WORKED HERE THE
HOWARD UNIVERSITY EMERGES REFER
THE PAST QUARTER YEARS.
SHE FEELS LIKE SHE HAS SEEN IT
ALL.
THAT IS WHAT SHE IS CONFIDENT
SHE CAN HANDLE MEDICAL CARE FOR
HERSELF AND THE ENTIRE MARS ONE
TEAM.
SHE BELIEVES THAT GIVES HER AN
ADVANTAGE.
IF IT DOES, SHE WOULD START A
10-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE
$6 BILLION MISSION, WHICH HINGES
ON CROWD-FUNDING, DONATIONS, AND
CORPORATE SPONSORS.
THE 47-YEAR-OLD SAYS SHE HAS NO
DOUBTS ABOUT TAKING THE ONE-WAY
TRIP.
WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE
