Senator Ted Cruz

Let me start with a question you know a lot about. What year... Does man first set foot on Mars?

And that's not an unmanned. That's a human being putting his foot on the surface.

And that's not an unmanned. That's a human being putting his foot on the surface.

And that's not an unmanned. That's a human being putting his foot on the surface.

And what do you put the odds of finding either alien life or evidence of alien life?

And what do you put the odds of finding either alien life or evidence of alien life?

And what do you put the odds of finding either alien life or evidence of alien life?

All right. If man lands on Mars in 29, how soon after that do you land on Mars?

All right. If man lands on Mars in 29, how soon after that do you land on Mars?

All right. If man lands on Mars in 29, how soon after that do you land on Mars?

And how close are we technologically to be able to do that, to have a self-sustaining settlement on the surface of Mars?

And how close are we technologically to be able to do that, to have a self-sustaining settlement on the surface of Mars?

And how close are we technologically to be able to do that, to have a self-sustaining settlement on the surface of Mars?

But it would take 20 years. So we're not, in 29, we're not there. What are we missing?

But it would take 20 years. So we're not, in 29, we're not there. What are we missing?

But it would take 20 years. So we're not, in 29, we're not there. What are we missing?

So, but you think we could have a million people on Mars in 20 years?

So, but you think we could have a million people on Mars in 20 years?

So, but you think we could have a million people on Mars in 20 years?

And what's the technology we're missing right now? When you think about a million people on Mars... Do we have the ability to get water, to get food, to keep them safe? I mean, what do we need to make that happen?