we asked armbrister why she wants to leave mother earth. >> why not leave earth?ore and see within our own solar system. >> a lot to see here, too, though. the 36-year-old works in research and development at a pharmaceutical company in san francisco. but she says she would rather help create a new society from scratch. armbrister still needs to pass group challenges and training to make the final 24. but good luck. >> yeah. >> road trip. >> she also tells betty yu that the traffic is so bad in the bay area, so she is out of here. >> she is off that bay bridge. tired of dealing with traffic. >> that's one reason to leave earth. don't want to get stuck in the traffic backup. >>> we're seeing plenty of them this morning over at the bay bridge. metering lights are on. delays in the cash and fastrak lanes. if you have a fastrak pass it's too late to beat the rush. it's stacked up to the overcrossing. highway 4 is bottlenecked at hillcrest and past "a" street inching closer to pittsburg-bay point. 880 is fine. all the overnight roadwork has cleared as you pass oakland

. >> reporter: armbrister is one of 100 finalists in the mission to colonize the planet. >> i have notr: that could be a tough talk. >> a lot of people couldn't wrap their minds around it. >> reporter: if she ends up being one of the final four. >> i will train to spend the rest of my life on mars. >> reporter: the mars 1 mission is to start sending people in 2024 to live on mars. there have been long term space missions but even the astronauts on the space station get to come home. the ticket to mars is one way. >> it is hard to wrap my mind around it as well. leaving my friends, leaving my family behind. leaving this beautiful area behind. >> reporter: no lake mara to stroll around. no birds, water, the warmth of the sun. >> i will miss the breeze on my face. >> reporter: the atmosphere on mars is a little different. >> different. >> there is no oxygen for us to breathe. >> reporter: the mission sounds like science fiction, but armbrister is a handful of people hoping they will be chosen to live her life on mars. >> i will die on mars. if i'm chosen. but, i will die on earth if i'm n

. >> reporter: kenya armbrister of oakland is one of a few finalists that could be going to mars in 2024. they are being chosen to be part of the mars 1 project to send humans to mars with today's technology. >> why leave earth? >> why not leave earth. there is so much more to explore and see. >> reporter: the 36-year-old works in research and development in a pharmiseudical company in san francisco. she has been preparing to be a martian for months. >> we are crating a new society on another world from scratch. >> reporter: kenya still has to pass group challenges and training later on this year to make the final 24. >> some say this is even suicidal to take a trip like this. >> it is suicidal to go on the bay bridge every morning. >> reporter: she says the risk is worth it though it will be hard to say good-bye the friends and family. >> to leave that all behind to go to another planet, to open more doors for human beings, i mean, that is a lot to sacrifice, but i'm willing to do that because i truly believe in this project. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix5. >> wow, a tech worker in san ma

. >> reporter: kenya armbrister of oakland is one of 100 finalists who could leave earth forever in 2024chosen from 200,000 applicants around the world to be a part of the mars one profit. the nonprofit plans to send humans to mars using today's technology. >> why leave earth? >> why not leave earth? there's so much to explore and see. within our own solar system. >> reporter: the 36-year-old works in research and development at a pharmaceutical company in san francisco. she's been preparing to be a martian for months. >> we're basically creating a new society on another world from scratch. >> reporter: kenya still has to pass through challenges and training later this year to make the final 24. >> some say it's suicidal to take a trip like this. >> so is getting on the bay bridge, you know. there are some crazy drivers in the bay area. >> reporter: she said the risk will be worth it though it will be hard to say good-bye to friends and family. >> to leave that all behind to go to another planet to open more doors for human beings, i mean that's a large sacrifice but i'm willing to do th

. >> reporter: ken yeah armbrister of oakland is one of 100 finalists who could leave earth forever inosen from 200,000 applicants around the world to be part of the "mars one" project to send humans to mars using today's technology. why leave earth? >> why not leave earth? there's so much more to explore and see within our own solar system. >> reporter: the 36-year-old works in research and development at a pharmaceutical company in san francisco. she has been preparing to be a martian for months. >> it's basically creating a new society on another world from scratch. >> reporter: kenya still has to pass group challenges and training later this year to make the final 24. some say this is even suicidal to take a trip like this. >> it's suicidal getting on the bay bridge every morning, you know? crazy drivers in the bay area. >> reporter: she says the risk is worth it although it been hard to say good-bye to friends and family. >> to leave that all behind, um, to go to another planet to, um, open more doors for human beings, i mean, that's a lot to sacrifice. but i'm willing to do that