Can We Survive on Mars? | Unexplored | BBC Earth Science

So humans are going to Mars. And relatively soon. But what happens when we get there? What type of personalities should we send?

Unexplored (2022)
Who owns Mars? What happens when we meet aliens? Should we mine the Moon? Dr Josie Peters and leading experts explore the boundaries of our knowledge and the latest scientific discoveries as they answer curious questions.

[Stef.Cata]

Space X as soon as 2026? Oh please don't kid yourselves.

[h.ydhanush]

If Dwayne Jonhson lifts 263kg weight in mars it would be same as 100kg weight in earth

[davidbrisbane]

SpaceX is never going to Mars in 2026. No way, no how.

[jonathandonley]

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't hear how they intend to overcome the total lack of an EM field to keep out charged particles from the sun. That alone will wipe everyone out in a few months. Those neat looking suits aren't gonna do shite to prevent radiation poisoning no matter how much they want to pretend they will.

[computerjantje]

The thing always forgotten to mention is that no matter how much we mess up earth with nuclear wars, radiation and pollution, the environment stays way way less hostile than the Moon, Mars a space station or any other place in our reachable solar system. It is not popular to tell as it sounds so romantic to leave earth to find a better life but each and every craft or base that is imagined, designed or build, would be safer for humans to live in when it remains here on earth. It is virtually impossible to mess up earth so much that it becomes safer at another place in space. Sorry for messing up your "going to space" dreams. I still love these technical challenges. They are just not the solution for humans the coming million years.

[fahim]

Human body is so specifically adapted to earth environment, which is major obstacles to be a multiplanetary species, somehow if they can manage to transfer human conciousness into a mechanical body or at the least can remotely control a mechanical body then it is a game changer, we can explore almost any planets/moons in the solar system.

[Asteroid_Bennu]

While Mars is an obvious destination for scientific research I would argue that it is hardly useful for anything else. We do not see people lining up to live in Antarctica, even though it is far more habitable than Mars. So, unless we find very valuable resources worth extracting and transporting, IMHO human presence on Mars will most likely be limited to research and exploration centres. From an economic perspective the Moon is a much juicier target: it's near, has water ice, helium -3, rare earth elements - and its low gravity means low extraction costs. Why bother with Mars?

[HeroesBosses]

Mars "had" volcanoes. Now it's core is completely cooled - zero tectonic activity. I'm curious about how they've overcome the 50x levels of radiation exposure and toxic soil.

[mroutcast]

Dr Josie is such a great host. Her facial impression and passion for these videos just draw 110% of the attention - it also makes topics exciting whole presentation feel so alive and vivid

[prodeous]

Love the jackets at 6:13. A bit Trek inspired? I want one :) Still cool video and wish I could participate.

[josephbradshaw]

Humans are not going to Mars...we can't survive on it..we still got to revisit the moon first

[intimidate]

Humans are a migrating species 7:55. We migrate from city to city, country to country. Not planet to planet.

[angryyoungman]

Imagine you can't go outside your house because you can't breath, its too cold, and sun will burn your skin and organs, and your blood will start boiling , what kind of life is this and if you gonna traped inside walls the whole time just to stay alive then you need to maintain your emotional and mental health

[fidelcatsro]

im going there tommorow on my 40yr old Yamaha moped! 🐱👍🏿

[izebdeh]

1:22 "maintain those impeccable pecs" missed opportunity 🤧

[surajkamble]

Mars was very beautiful planet like earth but now its not, so i think Titan moon can be good place rather than Mars

[TheSympathydenied]

No science today can solve those problems and science need to stop telling people that

[Pesukone]

Only 2 years and humman can go to mars😲

[lucidmoses]

"Can We"? Well of course. It's just an effort/reward proposition. For a few scientists, I'd say it's worth it. For a colony? I'm less convinced.

[UATU.]

I would like to see all of Earth’s billionaires take the first tour to Mars.