Departure to Mars: Landing, Living & the Search for Life | SPACETIME Full Documentary

When will humans set foot on Mars—and what will it take to survive once we land?
In this SPACETIME special, astronaut Prof. Ulrich Walter walks through the real plan to reach the Red Planet: transfer windows and months-long transit, entry–descent–landing, building surface habitats, making fuel and oxygen on Mars (ISRU), and the ultimate goal—finding signs of past or present life.

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What You’ll See

Why Mars: science goals, geology, and the life question

Mission architecture: Hohmann transfer, staging, cargo-first strategies

EDL (“seven minutes of terror”): heat shields, supersonic deceleration, landing systems

Living on Mars: radiation, dust, power, water extraction, agriculture trials

ISRU basics: making oxygen, water, and methane for return trips

Habitats & mobility: pressurized rovers, suits, construction approaches

Timelines & risks: what the 2030s–2040s missions must solve before launch

Chapters
0:00 Why Mars—and why now
3:05 Getting There: Orbits, Windows & Transit
7:30 EDL: Heat, Parachutes & Powered Landing
12:10 Surface Habitats: Power, Water & Shielding
16:40 ISRU: Making Air, Water & Fuel
21:20 Mobility: Rovers, Suits & Field Science
25:40 Life Search: Sampling & Biosignatures
30:00 Risks, Timelines & The First Footprints

Details & Keywords
SPACETIME Science Show, Ulrich Walter, human mission to Mars, Mars documentary, entry descent landing, EDL, Hohmann transfer, ISRU, Mars habitats, radiation protection, Mars resources, methane oxygen fuel, life on Mars, Mars geology, Red Planet exploration, space exploration documentary

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