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Becoming Martian

Humans may one day need to leave planet Earth to survive. One possibility is Mars. Examine advances and developments that have brought us this far, and how much more needs to be done to make Mars a habitable reality.

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Joi Shilling
Self - Narrator
Heather Graham
Catholic University of America
Scott Solomon
Self - Associate Teaching Professor, Rice University

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

First Steps to Mars

Mon, Aug 16, 2021

On the journey to our neighboring planets contributions have been made by Nikola Tesla, Nazi weapons of war, a Cold War space race, and a collection of discoveries made by NASA robots direct from Mars..

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