Crash Landing on Mars

What might happen if the first manned mission to Mars crashes hundreds of miles from the rocket that would take them back home? Could they survive the crash, and travel across the brutal Martian surface to their home ship? We'll show what the astronauts would have to do to survive dust storms and space radiation, while extracting vital resources like water from the Martian soil itself. It's a dramatic vision of the very near future, where survival can depend on pre-industrial technology and human ingenuity.

Writing:
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Erik Thompson
  • Alex Filippenko

Stars:
Release Date: 2007-05-29
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
TMDb: 7.9/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 45

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