6. Search for Life

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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 us?

5. Six Minutes of Terror

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The last six minutes of the flight to Mars is the most dangerous. Only an inflatable aeroshell will protect the capsule as it experiences the heat of 4,000◦C and 16,000 kph.

4. The Human Factor

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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.

3. Staying Alive

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With zero gravity depleting muscle and cosmic radiation causing cancer, a 3 year voyage to Mars in this environment could be punishing for the human body. How will we protect it?

2. Rocket Power

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The spacecraft that will take a crew to Mars will be assembled–in space. Engineers must get it right–or the crew will die.

1. Journey to the Red Planet

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

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