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By 2025, we knew we were
in trouble...
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...and began to desperately search
for a new home: Mars.
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For the last 20 years, we've sent
unmanned probes with algae...
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...bioengineered to grow there and
produce oxygen.
:01:15
We'll build ourselves an atmosphere
we can breathe.
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And for 20 years it seemed to work.
It looked like we'd pulled it off.
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Then all of a sudden,
oxygen levels started to drop.
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We don 't know why.
:01:44
The international community has thrown
all its resources behind us.
:01:48
It's the greatest undertaking man
has ever attempted.
:01:51
Our ship, Mars-1 , is too massive to
launch from the surface of the planet.
:01:56
We've shuttled to the high-orbit
space station...
:01:59
...for a low-gravity launch to begin
our six-month trip:
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The first manned mission to Mars.
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The hope and survival
of mankind rests on us.
:02:17
But I know we'll solve the problem.
:02:19
Because the best scientific minds are
going there to find the answer.
:02:23
And I'm leading the mission.
:02:25
I'm Bowman, pilot
and mission commander.
:02:28
Chantilas, chief science officer
and the soul of the crew.
:02:33
Santen, a hothead,
but a fine copilot.
:02:38
Gallagher, our mechanical systems
engineer. Maintenance.
:02:42
Frankly, not my first choice.
:02:49
The two civilian members
of the team are:
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Burchenal, one of the world's leading
bioengineers, his own greatest hero.
:02:58
Pettengil...
:02:59
... terraforming expert and last-minute
replacement on the science team.