scienceNOW - Can We Make it to Mars? - Public Performance
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Adult
- Subjects: Science and Nature, Exploration
- Produced By: WGBH
- Year: 2011
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 60m
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This NOVA scienceNOW poses the question - Can We make it to Mars? - and host Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles one of science's major challenges in each episode. He will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Program episodes include Space Dangers - A trip to Mars and back could take two to three years. Can humans survive the journey, fraught with deadly meteoroids, bone and muscle wasting, and perilous levels of radiation? Scientists are developing new ways to keep astronauts alive, using novel meteoroid-proof materials, artificial gravity, and exercise. But will they be enough?