Will We Survive Mars? - Glad You Asked S1

NASA says the first humans will set foot on Mars in the mid-2030’s. It will be the most dangerous mission any human has ever taken. Glad You Asked host Cleo Abram wants to know: What comes after that? Not how do we get there, but how will we survive once we do? Note: There are several Fahrenheit measurements in this piece. The metric conversions are: At 7:53: 212 degrees Fahrenheit = 100 degrees Celsius At 8:04: 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit = 37 degrees Celsius At 8:45: -81 degrees Fahrenheit = -62.8 degrees Celsius Key sources: International Space Station Integrated Medical Group Medical Checklist Examining Psychosocial Well-Being and Performance in Isolated, Confined, and Extreme Environments Mars Exploration Program, NASA NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project “The Great Salt Lake Desert: Exploring the Habitability of Paleolakes on Earth and Mars” “Inventory of CO2 available for terraforming Mars” “A future Mars environment for science and exploration” “The human factor in a mission to Mars” ://#about 0:00 Intro 1:02 Life On Mars 4:20 Surviving The Planet 6:57 The Deadly Red 10:27 Terraforming 13:43 Surviving The People 19:01 NASA’s Crisis Checklist