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Red earth. >> maybe we came from there. >> have you heard of the mars 1 expedition by any chance? the crews that are training to go to mars by 2024. it's actually occurring right now. >> you mean just like the regular earthlings? >> yes, i interviewed one of them. >> did you know the little catch 22 about that one? >> they don't come back. >> that's right. one way journey. i'm taking it you were not an applicant? >> i wasn't but isn't it amazing. so thousands were. >> 200,000, i believe. >> see if it happens. >> all right. i'll sign up. >> anyway back here on boring old earth. >> back here on ...

About. >> reporter: mars 1 is a private venture. these candidates say they thought about the risks, the rewards. >> it may inspire millions, if not billions of people across the earth. >> reporter: and the goodbyes. >> i'm torn. i do not know if i have what it will take to turn my back on my family. but this is the only thing that would make me even think about trying. >> reporter: mars 1, an idea once out of this world. for "outfront," i'm jason carroll, new york. >> so what you do it? please, let us know on twitter. i've been wondering that ever since that jodie foster movie. "outfront" ne...

Mars one mission that hopes to send its own astronauts to the red planet and televise every step of the way. >> i compare it more readily to the olympic games where extraordinary people do things that almost nobody else can do and share that success with us. >> reporter: he spent nearly a decade researching the mission. its cost, $6 billion. and mars 1 has already partnered with lockheed martin, which built ten spacecrafts for nasa. >> this is the first privatized space mission that lockheed martin is going to be involved with. and that makes it very exciting. >> reporter: mars 1's goal, get t...

To take one's life. mars one responded saying they should cancel the warning and said it will only launch when conditions on mars were ready to support life. ex-star aaron hernandez may be behind bars, but he is not staying out of trouble. spokesman said the former new england patriot got into a fight with another inmate. hernandez is in jail without bond as he awaits the trial in the death of his friend and international correspondent susan candiotti is on the phone. you have been covering this. he is a high profile prisoner who separated from others behind bars. how he could have this confro...

. what's a day without hope in the news. say hello to the mini pope. he came face-to-face with a tiny version of himself. audiences with the child who was not loving it was dressed up for the carnival wearing a cape and even a skull cap. he did not seem to appreciate the moment. he cried when the pope picked him up and gave him a kiss. the mission to mars is getting an official thumbs down from one authority. the general authority of islamic affairs and endowment is warning muslims, do not apply to mars 1. we talked about this. this is the effort to send hu n humans on the red planet. the au...