Big Picture Science for June 26, 2023 - Made for Mars

Big Picture Science - Made for Mars

Do you have what it takes to survive on Mars?  Beginning this month, four people will spend a year in a prototype Martian habitat meant to simulate living on the Red Planet.  It’s part of NASA’s efforts to prepare us for real human missions to Mars.  Find out how well we can replicate that world on Earth and what we might learn from doing so.

Also, a new robotic mission aims to be the first to bring back a piece of the Red Planet, and why Mars has enchanted us for centuries.

Guests:

• Scott Smith – Lead for the nutritional biochemistry lab at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, and member of the CHAPEA team.
• Matthew Shindell – Historian of science and Curator of Planetary Science and Exploration at the National Air and Space Museum. Author of For the Love of Mars; a Human History of the Red Planet.
• Pascal Lee – Planetary scientist at the SETI Institute, principal investigator of the Haughton-Mars Project, and co-founder of The Mars Institute
• Michela Muñoz Fernández – Program Executive for NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission

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