>>> IT'S BEEN A BIG WEEK FOR 
MARS.
THE MARTIAN DEBUTED JUST AS NASA
ANNOUNCED THEY FOUND WATER ON 
THE RED PLANET AND SILICON 
VALLEY INVENTER UNVEILED A PLAN 
TO MAKE MARS LIVER.
IS LIVING ON MARS A DREAM OR A 
GOAL?
MARS IS IN THE AIR WITH NEWS 
FROM WATER WAS DISCOVERED THERE.
WILL WE EVER GET THERE?
GET TO MARS?
IN 2004 PRESIDENT BUSH PITCHED A
RENEWED SPACE PROGRAM THAT COULD
BRING AMERICANS BACK TO THE MOON
BY 2020.
>> WITH THE EXPERIENCE AND 
KNOWLEDGE GAINED ON THE MOON 
WE'LL BE READY TO TAKE NEXT 
STEPS OF SPACE EXPLORATION.
HUMAN MISSIONS TO MARS AND TO 
WORLDS BEYOND.
>> Reporter: SOMETHING HAS 
HAPPENED SINCE THEN WHEN NEWT 
GINGRICH SAID HE WANTED A 
PRIORITY ON.
>> GETTING TO MARS AS RAPIDLY AS
POSSIBLE. 
>> Reporter: HE WAS MOCKED AND 
FEW IN POLITICS TALKED THAT WAY 
ABOUT MARS TODAY.
WHAT IF WE LOOKED AT MARS THE 
WAY J.F.K. ONCE LOOKED AT THE 
MOON.
>> SOME SAY THE MOON, WHY CHOOSE
THIS AS OUR GOAL AND THEY MAY 
WELL ASK WHY CLIMB THE HIGHEST 
MOUNTAIN.
WHY 35 YEARS AGO FLY THE 
ATLANTIC. 
>> Reporter: WHY INDEED.
WHAT WOULD WE FIND IF PRESIDENT 
OBAMA RENEWED CALL TO VISIT 
MARS.
WHAT WOULD BE THERE?
