Discover the captivating world of Mars in our latest exploration, where we delve into the mysteries of the Red Planet, from the innovative Ingenuity helicopter's historic flight to groundbreaking searches for organic life and water. Explore the potential of subterranean habitats and the secrets revealed by Marsquakes, showcasing a planet ripe with possibilities. Join us on this thrilling journey as we uncover 500 years of fascination and the future of human exploration on Mars!
DESTINATION MARS
PART 1 RED FRONTIER • THE FOURTH ROCK FROM THE SUN ALREADY HAS FOUR SEASONS AND HINTS OF WATER AND LIFE. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES WE CAN TERRAFORM IT FOR OURSELVES?
endless fascination • FOR MILLENNIA, MARS WAS JUST A DOT IN THE SKY, TAUNTING US. NOW, PLANS FOR HUMAN ARRIVAL ARE HEATING UP, AND WE ARE CLOSE TO REALIZING THE ANCIENT MARTIAN DREAM.
YOUR ANCESTORS MIGHT HAVE BEEN MARTIANS • FOUR BILLION YEARS AGO, MARS’ MICROBES COULD HAVE TRAVELED TO EARTH, SEEDING LIFE HERE.
SPRINGTIME ON MARS • THE SNOWFLAKES OF WINTER GIVE WAY TO SPIDERY BUMPS AND THEN MASCARA STREAKS AS THE WORLD WARMS. NOW SCIENTISTS ARE TELLING US THE RED PLANET HAS FOUR DISTINCT SEASONS, MUCH LIKE EARTH.
The Spiders of Inca City
Glitter Against the Cold • SEEDING MARTIAN SKIES WITH METALLIC NANORODS COULD START THE TERRAFORMING PROCESS BY RAISING TEMPERATURES SOME 50 DEGREES.
WHEELS DOWN • A TALK WITH STEVE SQUYRES, MARS EXPLORER AND CHIEF SCIENTIST AT BLUE ORIGIN
PART 2 THE PAYLOADS • ROVERS, FLYING MACHINES, STARSHIPS, BASE CAMPS, VETTED HUMAN TEAMS
ROBOT LOVE • SPIRIT, OPPORTUNITY AND THE STORY OF HOW THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS ENCHANTED THE WORLD
OFF - WORLD HELICOPTER • THEY SAID IT COULDN’T BE DONE, BUT A LITTLE WHIRLING ROBOT PERFORMED THE FIRST-EVER FLIGHTS ON ANOTHER PLANET.
vital signs • A SOUPED-UP LAB IS SEARCHING FOR SIGNS OF ORGANIC LIFE AND WATER IN THE FISSURES AND CRATERS OF MARS.
subterranean world • A DIET OF WATER, ROCK AND RADIOACTIVITY COULD SUSTAIN MICROBES BELOW THE SURFACE OF MARS.
refuge of ice • COULD LIFE HAVE TAKEN HOLD BENEATH ANCIENT MARTIAN GLACIERS?
marsquakes • REVELATIONS FROM MARTIAN SEISMIC WAVES TELL US THAT THE RED PLANET IS MORE RADIOACTIVE THAN WE THOUGHT.
THE RIGHT STUFF • GUTS AND BRAINS ARE NO LONGER ENOUGH; THE TRIP TO MARS WILL ALSO REQUIRE ALMOST SUPERHUMAN LEVELS OF PATIENCE AND FLEXIBILITY. KIM BINSTED DEVELOPED A WAY TO MAKE SURE THE CREW IS UP TO THE JOB.
To make a Mars colony click, leave the jerks on Earth • COMPUTER SIMULATIONS CAN HELP TO MIX AND MATCH MEMBERS OF MARTIAN SETTLEMENTS FOR COHESION AND SUCCESS.
PART 3 BIG REVELATIONS • VOLCANOES HIGHER THAN ANY EARTH MOUNTAIN, FIERCE SEISMIC STORMS, INCOMING PROJECTILES AND CHINESE PROBES
MARS UP CLOSE • FORTY REMARKABLE IMAGES OF THE RED PLANET AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF OUR NEWEST ROBOTIC EXPLORERS.
a long obsession • FIVE CENTURIES OF WATCHING, WONDERING ABOUT AND EXPLORING THE WORLD NEXT DOOR
MARS MIGHT HAVE AN ASTEROID PROBLEM • SETTLERS WILL FACE MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY CLOSE ENCOUNTERS AS THEY WOULD ON EARTH.
5 impacts on Mars sent hundreds of meteorites to Earth • UNDERSTANDING THEIR ORIGINS MAY HELP REVISE THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE RED PLANET.
strange volcanoes • SCIENTISTS THOUGHT THESE FORMATIONS WERE LAVA. INSTEAD, THEY SEEM TO BE ERUPTIONS OF MUD, HINTING AT PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN WATER RESERVOIRS ON MARS.
ongoing activity? • EVIDENCE POINTS TO VOLCANIC EXPLOSIONS JUST 50,000 YEARS AGO, POSSIBLY CONTINUING TO THIS DAY.
PART 4 BOOTS ON THE GROUND • THE PLAN TO SETTLE MARS: MAKING THE JOURNEY, SENDING THE SCIENTISTS AND ELON MUSK’S DREAM OF MULTIPLANETARY LIFE
sending the scientists...
