MEXICO.- In order for Mexico to prosper in terms of science and technology, the first thing it needs is for its authorities to stop killing students, and then, for public resources to stop being funneled out of the public coffers into the hands of corrupt people. This was the answer given by Alberto Barrita, the winner of the second edition of NASA's International Air and Space Program, when asked what it would take for a Mexican to set foot on the planet Mars.

While, it is true, that Mexico doesn't have a history of space endeavors as specialized as NASA in the United States, this doesn't prevent two groups out of the Mexican School of Robotics for Children to make it to the second edition of the International Air Space Program and represent their country with their own robotic project.

Arturo Dan, age 15 years old; Sergio Vidal, age 14 years old, and Alberto Barrita, of only 12 years old make up the group that participated in a group called Robotix Marsabots, and they went home with a first place price recognizing their project.

As a result, two of the three children were interviewed by a news channel, and were asked about their concerns and plans for the future. In what appeared to be a normal interview, one reporter asked one of the children what is needed for a Mexican to land on the moon, to which Alberto Barrita (the youngest of the group) answered:

"That I don't get killed by a politician and that all of the investments and taxes are spent on what they are meant for, and not on politicians."

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Elizabeth.rosales@sandiegored.com