Going to Mars

Today, Explained

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Daily News, Politics, News

4.4 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The president and Elon Musk still agree on Mars. Our close neighbor has captured the imagination of Americans for over a century. This episode was made in collaboration with Vox’s Future Perfect. It was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Pete Davidson during the Saturday Night Live "Chad on Mars" sketch. Photo by Rosalind O'Connor/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Sean Ramos for him.
0:02.0	For today, explain, I'm outside the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., with one question,
0:08.0	do you think we should go to Mars?
0:10.0	I don't think you should live in Mars, no.
0:12.0	Well, I don't know why just Mars.
0:14.0	I think as Earthlings, we are a nosy group of people,
0:19.0	and I really don't think that we have any business going to Mars.
0:22.5	Our knowledge about the solar system and the universe will grow substantially.
0:29.4	I think maybe we should just leave Mars alone, just sit with Earth.
0:36.3	So many innovations are going to come out of it because so many different companies
0:39.0	are going to be fighting to get, you know, that first ticket to Mars.
0:42.5	So I feel like we should.
0:44.3	But at the same time, we should solve some problems here first.
0:47.0	I think we need to expand what we know, what we see.
0:50.2	Honestly, for our own benefit.
0:52.0	You should go way beyond.
0:53.7	Today, Explained from Box is taking a summer sojourn on Mars.
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