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I hope I'm still alive to see an expedition set off for Mars.

I would enjoy flying to Mars. This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am ready to fly without coming back.

If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.

Every day, we get a little bit closer to the kind of expertise and the kind of experience we're going to need to go there. I'd love to be the guy walking on Mars.

We want to make sure we get living astronauts to the surface of Mars.

I'd love to be an astronaut. I bet you get a better understanding of our planet seeing it from a distance.

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

It's great that people are interested in Mars.

We like to talk about pioneering Mars rather than just exploring Mars, because once we get to Mars, we will set up some sort of permanent presence.

If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.