Will We Survive Mars? - Glad You Asked S1

NASA says the first humans will set foot on Mars in the mid-2030’s. It will be the most dangerous mission any human has ever taken. Glad You Asked host Cleo Abram wants to know: What comes after that? Not how do we get there, but how will we survive once we do?

Note: There are several Fahrenheit measurements in this piece.
The metric conversions are:
At 7:53: 212 degrees Fahrenheit = 100 degrees Celsius
At 8:04: 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit = 37 degrees Celsius
At 8:45: -81 degrees Fahrenheit = -62.8 degrees Celsius

Key sources:
International Space Station Integrated Medical Group Medical Checklist https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/...

Examining Psychosocial Well-Being and Performance in Isolated, Confined, and Extreme Environments https://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections...

Mars Exploration Program, NASA https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/...

NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.go...

“The Great Salt Lake Desert: Exploring the Habitability of Paleolakes on Earth and Mars” https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

“Inventory of CO2 available for terraforming Mars” https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155...

“A future Mars environment for science and exploration” https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/V20...

“The human factor in a mission to Mars” https://sci-hub.tw/https://link.sprin...

0:00 Intro
1:02 Life On Mars
4:20 Surviving The Planet
6:57 The Deadly Red
10:27 Terraforming
13:43 Surviving The People
19:01 NASA’s Crisis Checklist