Life On Mars: The 2020 Rover Mission
Is Mars the first step to humanity spreading out into the galaxy? Join a panel of NASA scientists and astrophysicists as they discuss the potential for life on Mars.
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“It’s a fixer-upper of a planet but we could make it work”.
Elon Musk
Is Mars our first step out into the galaxy?
NASA is in the early stages of preparing to send the first astronauts to the red planet. In 2020 the robotic mission will be searching for signs of habitable conditions on Mars, as well as past microbial life from its ancient past. Gathering knowledge and demonstrating technologies, the mission will address the challenges of future human expeditions to Mars. From testing oxygen production methods to improving landing techniques, the mission is our first step to answering our questions about the wider galaxy.
How will people live on Mars? Is there already simple life on the red planet? Should we terraform our neighbouring world, making it more Earth-like and therefore more habitable for people? Will Mars be the first step to humanity spreading out into the galaxy? Do we have galactic neighbours?
Graham Phillips (ABC’s Catalyst) will lead this panel of leading Australian and International scientists to give you the answers.
• Australian geologist Dr. Abigail Allwood from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Physicist Professor Paul Davies from Arizona State University
• NASA Mars 2020 rover mission program scientist Dr. Mitch Schulte
• Australian UNSW’s Professor Martin Van Kranendonk
Presented by Sydney Opera House and UNSW’s Big Questions Institute.
This initiative is supported by the Australian Government as part of Sydney Science Festival in National Science Week.
Would you take a one way trip to Mars?
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Is Mars the first step to humanity spreading out into the galaxy? Join a panel of NASA scientists and astrophysicists as they discuss the potential for life on Mars.Would you take a one way trip to Mars?
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