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The next storyteller honoured 
us to be here tonight

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but if it was up to her, she would be
on another planet

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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
Florence Porcel

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Good evening. So I would actually like to
go on another planet.

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I would like to settle down on Mars.

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So, Mars, for those who don't really get
it, is located between

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60 millions and 400 millions kilometers
from Earth -- quite a long way.

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It is very cold, -63°C (-81,4°F) on
average, there's no liquid water

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at a stable state. It is constantly
exposed by cosmic rays

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and the atmosphere is 95% CO2.

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So... Not really an oasis. But I 
definitely want to go there.

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It's not like a silly whim or something.

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I mean, I do everything
to prepare myself.

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For example, a few weeks ago,
I was returning of a simulation

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of a journey on Mars in the Utah desert,
in the United States. There's a housing

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that is similar to the ones that will
be used on Mars in a few years;

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We ate lyophilized food like astronauts.

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We never went outside without our space
suits. We also simulated the distances

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between Earth and Mars -- each
time we sent a mail

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we waited 40 minutes to answer, so that
would be as immersive as we could.

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Beside, I applied to a project named
Mars One

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you may have heard about it. It's a
private company who is willing to

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send men and women on Mars.

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The principle of this project is to settle
permanently -- there's no back on Earth.

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It's not a scientific mission where we
just go, take some samples and thats it.

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This is another kind of approach. We're
gonna settle, make our new house

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on another world. And as one of
the few French to go further and further

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in the candidacy, I was well reported on
the media.

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I've met a lot of journalists, I went to
plenty of TV shows.

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I've met a lot of people, I've made
conferences, round tables,

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all kind of events. So I really met a lot
of people.

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And each time I tell my story, there's
two possible reactions.

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Wether the people were super enthusiastics,
like "Wow, that's so cool!"

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They asked me question about the approach,
the practicability of the project,

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how it would goes, etc.
Or they were getting completely angry

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and agressive. And there is always this
sentence:

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"You're completely crazy, do 
you even know that you

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"are going to die ?"

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"Well... Yes, I'm going to die. And you
too by the way. Sorry for this

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unpleasant reminder, but yes, 
we're all going to die."

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And people weren't like you in general,
they wouldn't laugh,

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they just became livid. That was funny
to see these people reminding my

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own death while they didn't even know
themselves if they were going

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to die one day.
Ironically, I'm already dead.

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I died drown when I was young.
When I say that I died,

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it is because I was able to live a 
"Near-Death Experience."

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And later, at 16, I got a brain tumor.
I nearly passed away again.

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And then, 3 years ago, I've been
intoxicated by carbon monoxide.