The idea of traveling to Mars came to her through a cartoon.
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You can thank The Backyardigans’ 2006 episode “Mission to Mars” for the inspiration. Carson asked her father if anyone had ever been to Mars after seeing the episode, and he told her that the trip to Mars would belong to her generation.