OUTSTANDING TRAFFIC TICKET.
WE REACHED OUT TO DALLAS POLICE
FOR COMMENT, BUT
HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.
THE FUTURE SCIENTIST WHO
WILL HELP GET US TO
MARS ARE IN CLASSROOMS NOW.
SO ENGINEERS WITH LOCKHEED
MARTIN ARE TAPPING
VIRTUAL REALITY TO EXCITE AND
ENCOURAGE THOSE YOUNG
MINDS RIGHT HERE IN NORTH
TEXAS.
RAVI OWENS HAS THE STORY.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THINGS WE
WANT TO EXPLORE IN
DEEP SPACE?
.
MARS.
REPORTER: NOW EXPERTS SAY
IT'S JUST A QUESTION
OF WHEN.
MARS IS CLOSER THAN --
REPORTER: ESPECIALLY FOR
STUDENTS AT THE GRAND
PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.
WELCOME TO MARS.
REPORTER: SURE, IT MAY LOOK
LIKE A SECONDHAND
SCHOOL BUS, BUT FOR CURIOUS
MINDS --
YOUR GENERATION WILL BE THE
FIRST TO WALK ON
MARS.
REPORTER: -- IT'S A VIRTUAL
REALITY TRANSPORT TO
THE RED PLAN CIGARETTE IT
COMPLETELY FINANCIAL
RESULT REAL TO ME, ESPECIALLY
WHEN WE STARTED AND
THE LIGHTS DIPPED.
YOU CAN SEE THE TERRAIN, HOW IT
LOOKED.
THE TERRAIN WAS, LIKE, VERY
ROUGH.
MARS DOESN'T HAVE THAT MUCH
WATER AND STUFF.
IT'S, LIKE, VERY REALISTIC.
IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE MARS.
WHEN THEY GO TO MARS, THAT
BRINGS TO LIFE WHAT
ENGINEERING REALLY MEANS.
REPORTER: THE MARS
EXPERIENCE IS PART OF
LOCKHEED MARTIN'S EFFORT TO
INSPIRE THE NEXT
GENERATION OF ENGINEERS.
IF WE DON'T KEEP THE
PIPELINE FULL, WE WON'T HAVE
THE ENGINEERS WE NEED TO PUSH
THE TECHNOLOGICAL
ENVELOPE.
REPORTER: STEVEN JASPER IS
ON BOARD, LITERALLY.
IF I COULD HAVE A HOME ON
MARS WHERE PEOPLE COULD
LIVE --
REPORTER: IS YOUR MIND
RACING?
.
YES.
I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS NASA
COULD USE.
REPORTER: BEING ABLE TO
TAKE WHAT THEY LEARNED
AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN THE
CLASSROOM FROM THE BOOKS,
THE INTERNET, FROM THEIR
INSTRUCTORS, AND APPLY IT
AND BUILD THINGS, WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING HERE IS A PRIME
EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN BY
GIVING KIDS THE
OPPORTUNITY.
YEAH, EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT
IT.
IT WAS COOL TO SEE IT'S
ACTUALLY POSSIBLE, THAT IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
