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Best of 2023 - Can we Live on Mars?
Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
English - December 31, 2023 14:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsScience radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The notion of human beings getting to and settling on Mars has been a staple of science fiction for decades.
But what are the social, scientific, and engineering constraints for establishing a colony, and what are the current blueprint and design concepts for the settlement of an entire Martian city?
Justin Hollander, Urban Planning Professor at Tufts University and the author of ‘The First City on Mars: An Urban Planner’s Guide to Settling the Red Planet’ joins Jonathan to discuss.