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>> WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE

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WITH YOU TO MARS?

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>> MATT DAMON AND

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EXTRA KETCHUP.

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I'M FROM BOULDER, COLORADO

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AND I CURRENTLY LIVE IN

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PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

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AND I'M NOW WORKING AT

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CALTECH, THE CALIFORNIA

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INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

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I'M WORKING ON THE MARS

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SCIENCE LABORATORY

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CURIOSITY ROVER.

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IT WAS IN MY MIDDLE SCHOOL

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YEARS REALLY, STARTING

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TOWARDS THE END OF ELEMENTARY

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SCHOOL THAT I REALLY STARTED

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TO HAVE THIS DESIRE,

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THIS DREAM TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.

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AND IT REALLY HAS NEVER

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GONE AWAY SINCE THEN.

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I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED

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IN EXPLORING SPACE,

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AND WHAT'S OUT THERE,

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AND HOW CAN WE-- AS HUMANS,

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HOW CAN WE REACH THOSE OUTER

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STARS AND HOW CAN WE LEARN MORE

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INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE

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THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

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I HAD JUST CAUGHT A COLD,

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A POORLY TIMED COLD, AND SO

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I WAS ACTUALLY IN BED

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WHEN I RECEIVED THE CALL.

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I WAS AWAKE, BUT I WAS KIND OF

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RESTING TO TRY TO GET OVER

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THIS COLD OF MINE.

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SO I RECEIVED THE PHONE CALL

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AND TALKED TO BK

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ON THE OTHER END.

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AND BK ASKED HOW WAS I

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DOING TODAY, AND I SAID,

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"WELL, I'M FEELING A LITTLE

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"BIT UNDER THE WEATHER."

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HIS RESPONSE WAS, "WELL,

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"MAYBE WE CAN HELP WITH THAT."

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SO IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT

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NECESSARILY THE ANSWER

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I WAS EXPECTING BUT

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IT CERTAINLY HELPED WITH

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GETTING OVER MY COLD QUICKLY.

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I WENT INTO A STEM FIELD,

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LARGELY BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS

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INTERESTED IN BEING

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AN ASTRONAUT, HONESTLY.

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I KIND OF WORKED

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THE BACKWARD-- WORK BACKWARDS

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FOR ME IN THAT CASE.

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BUT I THINK WHAT KEPT ME

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IN THE STEM FIELD WAS

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ALL THE SUPPORT THAT

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I HAD THROUGHOUT MY CAREER

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FROM MENTORS, TEACHERS,

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PROFESSORS WHO REALLY

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INVESTED IN ME AND WERE

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ENCOURAGING TO ME

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IN A STEM FIELD.

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HINDSIGHT IS ALWAYS 20/20,

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AND I THINK NOW LOOKING BACK

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I KNOW FOR SURE THAT WHENEVER

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IT FEELS LIKE A DOOR IS CLOSING

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THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER DOOR

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THAT'S OPENING, AS LONG AS

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YOU ARE AMBITIOUS ENOUGH

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OR PROACTIVE ENOUGH TO FIND IT.

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