Lauren WebberPosted on 09/01/2018 2:38:05 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Alyssa Carson fell in love with space when she was only 3 years old and now is making it her life’s work to be the first human to land on Mars.
The 17-year-old is training to be on the first NASA trip to the Red Planet, where she says she’ll spend two to three years.
It started with “The Backyardigans” — a TV show that features an episode called “Mission to Mars.” After watching the episode, the rest of her life would be focused on all things space.
Carson began her journey at NASA’s United State Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama.
Alyssa Carson, 17, is preparing to be the first human on Mars (Photo: NASA Blueberry)
“My dad had to go through everything with me. It was the best weekend of my life. I learned everything about space that I wanted to know. I kept going every year,” Carson said.
As of now, the mission to Mars is scheduled for 2033. They will travel in the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and use the Orion spacecraft.
“With the current technology, it will take 6 months to get to Mars. We will stay there for over a year because we have to wait for the planets to align together and then it is a nine-month trip back,” Carson said. “It’s a two- to three-year mission in total.”
Carson says she wants to make new discoveries and learn more about Mars. She says she will be looking at the water samples, seeing if they can find any signs of life and uncover the history.
“To understand what’s going on there and what resources we can find,” Carson said. “It’s something that I think is super important for us to accomplish.”
Alyssa Carson, 17, is preparing to be the first human on Mars (Photo: NASA Blueberry)
Until the mission to Mars, she will continue preparing and building her resume. Right now, she’s working on getting her pilot’s license, underwater survival training, scuba diving certification and more.
“Follow your dream. When I was three saying I wanted to go to Mars, it was absolutely insane. But now, I am out here doing actual training,” she said.
You can read more about her here.
Hope she is a Liberal. She will be 45 by the time she gets there if at all.
*****Right now, she’s working on getting her pilot’s license, underwater survival training, scuba diving certification and more*****
I just don’t think those last two will be of much use on mars...
Well, I could not agree more. If this nation needs a vision, we need to invade Chicago With thousands of federal troops and save all the wonderful and innocent Black people who live in mortal fear of their small children being shot is the head by thugs!!. What the hell is this moon/mars crap??
But would you even ask that question if this thread were about a 17 year old boy?
Ditto. Totally.
A lot can happen in a decade, so time will tell.
What we know for sure is there won’t be a straight white male on board.
What utter rank stupidity. No decisions on who will go to Mars should have been made yet. There may be millions more qualified than this 17 year old.
I agree so much. We have this cottage industry of geeks that need to go work at general motors and FMC, I did not take them to raise.I went to NASA recently. I have never seen such “welfare” . I am out. I will spend my days against this waste of money. We must close our borders and liberate Chicago and Baltimore for crime and murder with a Brutal crackdown door to door. STOP this insane space nonsense,!!
Sending anyone to mars to look for water and discover “really awesome things” is stupid to the max. Send a robot. Easier, cheaoer, more efficient and safer. That is, if you must know about water on mars.
It is all very fanciful and wastefully silly to me.
Wonderful plot for a power rangers movie though.
On what?
She will have the most training by the time the mission begins.
Oh, boy. Here comes the next version of the Shuttle program.
Actually, they will. The effects of different gravitational forces on the body, orienting yourself quickly in a continuous, dark environment, emergency preparedness and response training, regulating your breathing to conserve oxygen in stressful situations, etc. are all skills that she will need for this mission.
Not many, but she is no longer 3 years old and the dream has not died. Courage is not charging blindly into the unknown, courage is understanding the dangers and charging anyway. This young lady is demonstrating both courage and conviction, something that is sorely lacking in too many Americans nowadays.
Good for her. She reminds me of my cousin, who scored just under a perfect score on her SATs, attended Rennsalier, got her degree in petroleum engineering, and flew around the world exploring for oil and working on rigs.
I suspect the return trip can be accomplished.
I bet there were people just like you when talk began about settling "The New World".
Spoken just like those who were opposed to going to the moon in the 1960s. I remember them well. Apollo was wondrous, and really did go to the moon, by the way.
You should go then.
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