Alyssa Carson describes herself as “Future Mars Walker,” and she is amazing.
Alyssa Carson is training to be one of the first people to step on Mars — and she's only in the seventh grade.
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The teen from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has already proved her incredible determination at just 13 years old: She became the first person to attend all three NASA world space camps in the world.
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She's attended Space Camp seven times and the Robotics Academy, and has attended Sally Ride Camp at MIT.
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She's witnessed three space shuttle launches, regularly delivers motivational speeches, and says that "failure is not an option" for her.
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