NASA says the first humans will set foot on Mars in the mid2030’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 WellBeing and Performance in Isolated, Confined, and Extreme Environments https://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections...

Mars Exploration Program, NASA https://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/...

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://scihub.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