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US Tycoon Asks for a Couple Willing to go to Mars and Back

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Dennis Tito, multi-millionare turned space pioneer, wants to send two people to Mars and back. We hear about the challenges such a couple would face from Bill and Laurel Cooper, who spent 35 years sailing the world together.

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