>> TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ FACES INTENSE HEAT FOR FLYING TO
CANCUN, WHILE HIS CONSTITUENTS SHIVERED IN THE BITTER COLD.
WHY HE'S NOW CALLING THE TRIP A MISTAKE.
AND N.A.S.A. MAKES HISTORY WITH ITS NEWEST MARS MISSION.
>> THE S PORT B HAS SHUT DOWN.
AND PERSEVERANCE BEGINS ITS DESCENT TO THE SURFACE OF MARS.
>> HOUSTON -- WHO'S THAT?
I'M TED CRUZ, AND I'M GOING TO MARS.
>> SHOULDN'T YOU BE HELPING YOUR STATE GET ITS POWER BACK ON?
>> LEAVING WHEN SO MANY TEXANS WERE HURTING, I TOOK THE FIRST
FLIGHT I COULD GET.
>> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MOST MISS DOING ON EARTH?
>> FAILING TEXANS, MASSIVELY.
BUT WHY ARE YOU GOING TO MARS?
>> I -- WANT -- TO BE -- ON VACATION -- SOMEWHERE WARMER.
>> MARS HAS AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF NEGATIVE
80 DEGREES.
>> IT WAS A OBVIOUSLY MISTAKE.
IN HINDSIGHT, I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THEN.
CONGRATULATIONS, HOUSTON -- TED CRUZ HAS LEFT THE PLANET.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT!