jacob schindler spends his days battling kudzu. >> it is the mile a minute vine.ales about ifs don't close your windows, it will climb in your window and take your children. >> it was first used for erosion control by the u.s. government. it is spreading and is almost impossible to control. >> it kills the local growth. the only thing that winds up growing is more invasive species. >> experts have been trying to get rid of it. jacob, now 17, thinks he may have found the solution. his work started with a sixth grade science project. to grow kudsu on mars. >> what if i grew something fast on a planet where there is nothing. it became how can i eliminate kudzu in an environmentally friendly way. >> his solution is killing it with helium. a vine like this can be killed with a gas that goes into a birthday balloon? >> pretty much. >> he shopped that experiment, but first his mother was skeptical. >> the roots were dead on the helium. they were not dead on the oxygen and co 2. at that point, i thought, he has something. >> now, she is his biggest supporter. he is an exc