The Mars Generation

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[siren]

[Raj] I have no information

from anyone in space.

I mean, this is important.

[Patrick] Ground Leader checking in.

I was directly told that we cannot

land on Mars before we do a med check.

Meteor shower incoming!

We have a meteor shower!

[metallic banging]

CAPCOM, come in.

Guys, just stay calm. We believe the

orbiter can survive the meteor shower.

[banging continues]

I believe we have a leak.

[beeping]

OK, pressure's going down. This is bad.

[camper] What do we do?

Get them out of here!

No! Oh my god!

[camper screams]

Throw them in the FEMA hallway!

Moderate cabin pressure

onboard the Station.

[camper]

Cabin leak check. Losing air pressure.

[banging continues]

Are we dead?

Are we OK?

All in a day's work!

Space for me is one of the things

that defines me most, I think.

It really is a central part of who I am.

I am a space nerd.

Yeah, I would say that I am a space nerd!

I am the biggest space nerd

of all the space nerds ever.

It may not look like it, but I am.

Because space is space and it's awesome.

-[CAPCOM] Up here we may be slightly...

-[mission control] OK, stand by.

We have you go for orbit.

You're go for orbit.

[Dr. Michio Kaku]

When we look at the night sky, we think

"Are there any planets out there

that are possible homes for humanity?"

[newscaster] The spacecraft almost seemed

to grow stronger as the days went by.

Going to Mars will foster

an entire revolution

in how people think about

how they will invest their brain energy

in their lives and in their careers.

By the way, this next generation wants

to do it because they know it's cool.

[astronaut] Go for landing, 3,000 feet.

[mission control] You're looking great,

so we know it will be a good flight.

[CAPCOM] Astronauts report it feels good.

[Raj] It's been over 50 years

since we've done

something significant like this.

Having a man, or woman, walk on Mars

is just the most badass thought

in my mind.

[mission control] Liftoff.

I think Mars is an interesting planet

and it would be fascinating

to do science there.

[CAPCOM] We just had word from Houston

we're ready to have you get out

whenever you're ready.

[astronaut] OK, we've got our go now.

Is that right?

[CAPCOM] Affirmative.

[Josh] This is where people

are going to live, on another planet,

close enough to get there in under a year.

So yes, it's dangerous!

Yes, it's never been attempted.

Yes, you're probably gonna die.

But you can do it still.

[astronaut] How you doing,

Mission Control?

-[mission control] Good.

-[astronaut] Telcom? Guidance, happy?

-[CAPCOM] Go!

-[astronaut] Final go!

[CAPCOM] 2,000 feet. 2,000 feet.

Into the air, 47 degrees.

[astronaut] Roger.

[Tim Urban]

Does anyone regret going to the Moon?

Does anyone who lived in the 60s say,

"What a waste of time,

I wish we hadn't done that."?

No. Going to the Moon was awesome.

Everyone's happy we went to the Moon!

Mars is even cooler.

[newscaster] Mariner is the spacecraft.

Mars is the destination.

[newscaster] Americans could once again

look up towards their future with faith

and with confidence.

We're focused on Mars.

That's NASA's ultimate goal.

To lead other nations,

and particularly ourselves,

with humans to Mars.

[newscaster] The retrograde rockets

will be tested in space.

The antenna housing

will transmit telemetry.

[Alyssa] Ever since I was little,

I've always had a passion for space.

It would be so amazing just to see

the Martian surface with my own eyes.

[mission control] T minus 25 seconds.

We will go to Mars.

Let's go out there and explore.

Let's make discoveries.

Let's change the world.

-[camper] Is this the PCS right here?

-[camper] OK, the L Cone...

[instructor]

A couple of things you need to know.

When the launch happens going to Mars,

what are we going to say to the press?

[camper] I mean, I'm sure Neil Armstrong

had a ton of time

to think what his first words would be.

I know what I would say.

What do we want?

[all] Oranges.

When do we want we want them? Oranges!

[instructor] Fantastic.

That's a great monologue.

However, we're going to transition

to practicing your checklists now.

Everybody has a checklist

that was either on their seat

or around their space.

It's under your suits.

It's what happens when you start

before the mission starts.

Coming to Space Camp

is the closest I can really get to space,

at least emotionally and psychologically.

7A on.

[instructor] Do you guys feel good?

[Josh] C auto.

Tank 9. Reset.

[instructor]

This is the suiting up process.

We'll transition over.

Grab the book. You got it?

[Josh] If people want to

call me a space nerd,

they can call me a space nerd.

And I'll say "Yeah, so what do you

want to know about space?

You want to know

about SRBs, egress, ECLSS?"

And they'll be like "What?"

And I'll be like "So, wait, which one

did you want to know about?

Cause I can give you at least five,

maybe ten minutes of conversation

for each one.

Come at me, bro!"

-Let me out of this.

-Come on, Josh!

Today, we were the first group ever

to test out this new Mars Mission.

[instructor]

This mission is a futuristic mission,

obviously, because we haven't

gone to Mars at this point.

This is MEB, the Mars Elysium Base.

And this base has been delivered

to Mars already

with all the gear that you guys

are gonna need to set it up, OK?

[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.

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