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Track 24.

That’d be ideal.

Six months is just right for you.

You could follow their progress and how the project develops.

From what I know, the Pluto project is already a success, but with the Mars one you can assess how successful it is as it progresses and you can write it up for your final report.

Hmm, yeah, that sounds promising.

OK, but before we decide, I’d just like to mention one more.

I heard that the Chinese are planning an expedition to the moon.

What?

Another man or woman on the moon?

That’s already been done.

I don’t think the moon’s particularly interesting these days.

Simon has a point.

I mean, the Chinese are coming up now and they’ve got some new ideas.

I don’t think they’re sending any astronauts.

I think it’s just an expedition with robots and machines to find the best place to start a colony.

Yes, but l don’t think that’s particularly interesting.

I mean, no one has ever seen Pluto close up and no one has tried to go to Mars, so I think they’d be more interesting expeditions to do.

You have a point.

Perhaps it would be better to focus on one of the other two.

OK, if you ask me, I’d prefer to see how a group of people get along living together in a difficult situation, like they’ll be doing in Arizona in preparation for their trip.

I think you’d get far more out of that, but the final decision is yours.

What do you think?