What does the American dream mean to you?

What it means to me is to being able to bring up

my community with me.

That is part of the dream that I am building.

I want to see more people like me

in the forefront of technology.

We build on a previous knowledge.

And right now we are building knowledge

for future generations.

Nelio Morillo, Roxana González Burgos, it is such a pleasure to meet you and to have an opportunity to get to know you a little bit.

Thanks for being with me.

Thank you for having me.

You both are so intricately involved in the Mars rover and in our mission to Mars.

And it's so fascinating because when we see what just recently Perseverance was able to accomplish, we all stand in awe.

But it's difficult, I think, for us to understand just how complicated, how difficult it is to carry out

this mission to Mars.

And it's so wonderful to see two of the people that are so intricately involved in that mission.

And Nelio, let me start with you here.

Born in Ecuador, raised in Puerto Rico, spent time in New York.

What is it for you that when you were growing up, space meant for you?

Yeah, I'm a no-med.

And now I'm even traveling between planets in a certain way.

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