Extended Classic – Cosmic Queries: Colonizing Mars

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🗓️ 28 December 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer your Cosmic Queries about colonizing Mars. Now extended with more questions on militarizing space, the wild frontier of space law, planetary orbits, gravity, Pluto, the heliosphere, the Drake equation, Panspermia, and more. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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0:00.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:05.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.6	StarTalk begins right now.
0:22.8	Welcome to StarTalk Radio.
0:25.0	Before we start this cosmic aquarium episode, I'm going to answer one question from a Patreon
0:29.8	supporter.
0:30.8	If you haven't heard of it yet, Patreon is a crowdfunding platform where our fans can
0:35.3	support us through monthly pledges.
0:37.9	You can choose to pledge as little or as much as you want, and in return, you get access
0:42.4	to things like VIP seats at StarTalk Live that meet and greets with the panel after the
0:47.6	show.
0:48.6	Also, exclusive interview footage, and in this case, our team selected one cosmic query
0:53.5	question from a Patreon patron.
0:55.7	I've not seen this question yet.
0:58.2	It's waiting for me in my email on my computer.
1:01.1	When I open it, I'll answer it right here, right now.
1:04.4	So here I go.
1:05.4	Here comes the email.
1:07.4	Here it is from Patreon supporter, Brad O'Brien, in Ottawa, Canada.
1:12.6	Here it goes.
1:13.6	There are some obvious things to overcome when thinking about colonizing Mars or any planet
1:17.7	with little or no atmosphere.
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