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S1 E4 The Human Factor

Documentary

TV-PG

46m

Oct 20, 2007

The human spirit itself may be the Achilles heel of the Mars mission. Mental breakdown, sexual tension, near-suicide, and mutiny have already taken place on shorter space missions.

Season 1, 6 Episodes

season 1 (6 episodes)

Journey to the Red Planet,

Dr. James Garvin and Dr. Paul Delaney set the stage outlining the extraordinary challenges and obstacles faced by the international space community in sending a manned mission to Mars.

The spacecraft that will take a crew to Mars will be assembled–in space. Will the fuel be thermo-nuclear or super-heated charged particles? Engineers must get it right–or the crew will die.

With zero gravity depleting muscle and cosmic radiation causing cancer, a three-year voyage to Mars in this environment could be punishing for the human body. How will we protect it?

The Human Factor,

The human spirit itself may be the Achilles heel of the Mars mission. Mental breakdown, sexual tension, near-suicide, and mutiny have already taken place on shorter space missions.

Six Minutes of Terror,

The last six minutes of the flight to Mars is the most dangerous. Only an inflatable aeroshell will protect the capsule as it enters Mars' atmosphere at a temperature of 4,000C and 16,000 kph.

Search for Life,

Is there life on Mars? Scientists are combing the most barren places on Earth to search for clues. What if Mars has its own independently-created lifeforms that are deadly to humans?

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Mars Rising

Documentary

TV-PG

1 Season

46m

A companion to the expedition series Race to Mars, Mars Rising is a comprehensive examination of the challenges and the obstacles being faced by international space agencies in trying to reach Mars.

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