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Humans on Mars: possible, or pipe dream? A live debate.
On February 18, the American rover Perseverance landed on Mars. But getting humans there will be a different matter altogether. Keystone
Is human exploration of Mars worth the cost and the risk? Will we ever see the first man or woman on the surface of the Red Planet?
This content was published on April 7, 2021 - 12:03
April 7, 2021 - 12:03
Marc-André Miserez
After some years in the regional print and broadcast media in French Switzerland, in 2000 I joined Radio Swiss International, which then became swissinfo.ch. Since then I have been writing (and producing short videos) on a variety of subjects, from politics to business, and including culture and science.
Humans on Mars: possible, or a pipe dream?
Space missions with drones, discovery of extraterrestrial life, people on Mars. It s not science fiction, but scenarios that are becoming more and more realistic.
This content was published on April 9, 2021 - 09:00
April 9, 2021 - 09:00
Mars the Red Planet, the intriguing. Mars the mysterious, the inhospitable. Mars the living and the dead. With its vermillion arc across the skies, the dry planet has fascinated humans since ancient times. Its reddish colour, caused by the iron oxide in which its rocky surface is rich, had already amazed the ancient Egyptians, who associated it with the God Horus. In Greek and Latin mythology, Mars is the God of war, but he is also regarded as the planet that embodies the life force of nature, paired with Venus, the goddess of beauty, in a constant opposition between love (i.e. life) and death that still characterises him today.