I mean there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering.

I mean there are some amazing storytelling being done on the small screen right now. That's what so cool about being in television right now. Studios networks are starting to throw more resources better writers more production values... and to be part of that is awesome.

Perhaps the best motivation for going to Mars is political. It is obvious that no single nation currently has either the will or the resources to do it alone but a consortium of nations and space agencies could achieve it within 20 years.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.