so, are you going to be honest with me about that? i can, in the sense that i would agree with that. we won t be on the surface of mars with humans in 2033. now, you have to realise we re on the surface of mars, we ve been roving around on mars, we ve been doing all kinds of stuff on mars, and that s absolutely necessary before humans can go. you know, the programme is really set up that planetary scientists make the first step. they really study the environment, they really understand what resources are available, they do the science, and the analysis necessary to support human exploration to follow. we want to be able to do it safely. therefore, we don t want any surprises, and it is really through that planetary science first step that enables us to do that. do you think that you are dangerously fixated on mars i mean, you, jim green, personally? you ve spent a lot of time
as he was concerned, us citizens had to be on the surface of mars by 2033. all the experts i ve read recently say that is entirely unfeasible. so, are you going to be honest with me about that? i can, in the sense that i would agree with that. we won t be on the surface of mars with humans in 2033. now, you have to realise we are on the surface of mars, we ve been roving around on mars, we ve been doing all kinds of stuff on mars, and that s absolutely necessary before humans can go. you know, the programme is really set up that planetary scientists make the first step. they really study the environment. they really understand what resources are available. they do the science, and the analysis necessary to support human exploration to follow. we want to be able to do it safely. therefore, we don t want any surprises, and it is really through that planetary science first step that enables us
on the surface of mars by 2033. all the experts i ve read recently say that is entirely unfeasible. so, are you going to be honest with me about that? i can, in the sense that i would agree with that. we won t be on the surface of mars with humans in 2033. now, you have to realise we re on the surface of mars, we ve been roving around on mars, we ve been doing all kinds of stuff on mars, and that s absolutely necessary before humans can go. you know, the programme is really set up that planetary scientists make the first step. they really study the environment, they really understand what resources are available, they do the science, and the analysis necessary to support human exploration to follow. we want to be able to do it safely. therefore, we don t want any surprises, and it is really through that planetary science first step that
we want to be able to do it safely, therefore we don t want any surprises, and it is really through that planetary science first step that enables us to do that. do you think that you are dangerously fixated on mars? you, jim green, personally? you have spent a lot of time talking and writing about your conviction that mars can be, i think this is the right word, terraformed ? you can adapt the atmosphere around mars, you can use magnetic shields to place between mars and the sun, to somehow transform mars into a place that is conceivably long term livable for human beings. it would cost not even hundreds of billions of dollars to make that come through, surely trillions of dollars? inconceivable amounts of resource, time and money. what on earth is the point of going down that track? oh, it is really quite simple to understand. we have the ability to really look at the weather on mars, to understand the physical phenomena of evaporation, transport, clouds