[Interview] How A Realistic Mars Mission Will Play Out

How will a human Mars mission play out? Where exactly should it go? What unexpected challenges will we face? We're discussing all these aspects with Rick Davis. He is the Assistant Director for Science and Exploration, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday🐦 Rick Davis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/redplanetrick👉 NASA Blog Article on choosing the landing site on Mars:https://blogs.nasa.gov/redplanetdispatch/2022/12/13/criteria-for-landing-site-selection/00:00:00 Intro00:01:29 Training for Mars on Earth00:07:11 Choosing a landing site00:20:37 Unexpected challenges of Mars00:52:38 Planetary protection00:56:51 Exploring lava tubes00:59:49 What's next?01:09:24 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/tujL0xrQ2Os📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT [email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast