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13岁小女孩或将成为登陆火星第一人!

Alyssa Carson is 13 years old. And she made the headlines in 2014 by announcing her determination to be the first person to land on Mars. Wishful thinking? Well, NASA thinks she stands a chance. And she is already in training, becoming the first person to attend all three of NASA’s world space camps.

13-year old Alyssa Carson is using a video simulation to land on Mars. At the moment, it’s the closest she or anybody else can get to the Red Planet. But for as long as she can remember, Alyssa has dreamed of being the first person to actually land on Mars.

Although a mission to Mars might be decades away, Alyssa is already in training. She’s completed several NASA space camps including one in Turkey. She says: “At space camp, you train, eat, sleep. You live the life of an astronaut.”

At the Baton Rouge International School, Alyssa is learning French and several other languages including Chinese. And of course, she is studying science and math,too.

Bert Carson is Alyssa’s father, a single parent who has dedicated his life to fulfilling his daughter’s ambition. He says “I’ve lived my life. I’ve, you know, had my fun all around the world. So now it’s her time. And it’s my job as her dad to support that and to be by her side and do whatever it is that she needs to support this dream.”