[Interview] 3 Key Technologies to Start Terraforming Mars in Our Lifetime

Terraforming Mars is usually considered in the realm of science fiction. But actually we have technology to start doing it in our lifetime and achieve some meaningful results it a timescale of tens of years, not thousands. What are they? Finding out in this interview.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday🟣 Guest: Dr. Erika Alden DeBenedictishttps://www.erikadebenedictis.com/📜 The Case for Mars Terraforming Researchhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02548-000:00 Intro01:34 Why Mars sucks02:23 Old ideas to terraform Mars11:00 New technologies31:52 Timescales37:00 Ethical consequences 46:39 Current obsessions53:39 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/tpFFKCF4-BA📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/📩 CONTACT [email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast