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

I almost feel like Mars has been taking care of me for all of these years.

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

There's nothing I would like more than to watch a manned Mars landing.

I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.

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

I am confident that life once thrived on Mars and may well still exist there today.

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.

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