The First Martians: How Polar Explorers Taught Us to Conquer the Stars

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In 1897, the Belgica set sail for Antarctica on the first true science mission to the end of the world,. But within 200 days, the crew found themselves trapped in sea ice, battling disease and insanity during the unending polar night. How did the extreme Antarctic winter affected the Belgica's crew? And what can their trials teach us about maintaining sanity in the harsh environments of space as humanity plans for it’s first crewed mission to Mars?
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@prettypic444 Ай бұрын

The winter was especially hard as they could not hold the traditional Antarctic screening of “The Thing”, as that film hadn’t been made yet

@kevinnegronleon6096 Ай бұрын

I love how that scientist took the opportunity to shoot some fire at the airline industry 😂

@mascadadelpantion8018 Ай бұрын

I always find Stories like this.Absolutely wonderfully interesting.However I always find them crazy sad as well

@kcpth Ай бұрын

So awesome to see Joe on PBS

@Zoxesyr Ай бұрын

no matter where we go in the universe we have to take part of the Earth with us. Light, air, water, food, gravity, society, etc.

@kiir0whei23 Ай бұрын

You're my favorite Dr. Joe! So glad to see u have more vids outside of ur channel. Thanks PBS!

@tinnalacey5951 Ай бұрын

Didn't know any of this. Well done, Tanya on the writing.

@YourCapyBro_windows95_3DPipes Ай бұрын

Hope to see a real Mars station by 2100 Damn what a project that will be.

@gsilcoful Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@Scott-weeks Ай бұрын

Love you pbs

@RandomU5erName Ай бұрын

Elon said he’d be on Mars by now 🤣

@user-ig8qn2en8y Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot ❤❤❤❤❤

@scottthomas3792 Ай бұрын

A long Mars mission would make for some epic Dungeons and Dragons campaigns....D20s in freefall would be a challenge....

@charlessarver1637 Ай бұрын

Right on !!! Onward to Mars!!!💪💪💪

@tonytaskforce3465 Ай бұрын

Silly boy. Star Trek is TV show.

@charlessarver1637 Ай бұрын

@@tonytaskforce3465what are you even talking about you silly 🤡. That has nothing to do with what I said.

@bryanshoemaker6120 Ай бұрын

I'm leaning towards us humans spending time on space stations. Short of a mining Colony I'm not really sure what benefits Mars would have. It's very hostile to us humans. Once we get past the hurdle of gravity. We can do whatever we want out in space. Build as big and crates as many environment as we want.

@christinasornbutnark1208 Ай бұрын

Cool

@michaelazarov2065 Ай бұрын

Hello Joe! Looking good 😎🤓

@shaider1982 Ай бұрын

Why not just go to Venus and be content with colonozing its upper atmosphere with cities like Lando Carlisiaan's Bespin?

@anaerobic Ай бұрын

G'head

@animusadvertere3371 Ай бұрын

Humans are not going to Mars. Nor should they. It's a pipe dream.

@figman4890 Ай бұрын

Surprised that Shackletons expedition to Antarctica is not mentioned here! It should be :-)

@_joac Ай бұрын

Watch the previous video on the serie.

@figman4890 Ай бұрын

Will do, thanks

@YourCapyBro_windows95_3DPipes Ай бұрын

Can't astronauts take light boxes with them?

@liamobrien6151 Ай бұрын

"on to Australia" not "back to Australia."

@90klh Ай бұрын

So what, are astronauts zooming above us taking Ambien every 24hrs to sleep and modafinil to stay awake every day?

@DanielWatson-vv7cd Ай бұрын

If a group of astronauts go to Mars, Would they Really be "alone"???

@tonytaskforce3465 Ай бұрын

They'd probably go mad and murder each other in a few months.

@tuliomartinez4400 Ай бұрын

how far are we from sending people to mars?

@katherineg9396 Ай бұрын

In my opinion very far. There just isn't enough gravity; how are you going to fix that?

@alexanderstone9463 Ай бұрын

@@katherineg9396What is meant by “isn’t enough gravity”? You’re not one of those fools who assumes that microgravity and Martian gravity will have the same health effects are you?

@fffUUUUUU Ай бұрын

*Borscht is a Ukrainian meal.* Calling it soup is demonstrated illiteracy.

@Roma-yg6qc Ай бұрын

❤

@tonytaskforce3465 Ай бұрын

Point to note: Mars has no air (!) or magnetosphere; you know the global magnetic field that protects from the invisible sunlight that kills in a few hours. Antarctica is doddle by comparison.

@user-user.user-user 19 күн бұрын

@10:31 whaaaat??? since when borsch is a russian soup???? lmao

@Babinkley Ай бұрын

Nutrient deficiencies can mess with your head and your body.

@Trag-zj2yo Ай бұрын

I believe a Mars expedition will end badly no matter how much preparation they take.

@karlkutac1800 Ай бұрын

I think we'll figure it out

@vitalymihaletsky7655 17 күн бұрын

Very insightful. But Borsh is not russian, lady! 😂

@user-ig8qn2en8y Ай бұрын

I want video about australia please ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@jonaspete Ай бұрын

Gamers and basement dwellers would thrive.

@sunalwaysshinesonTVs Ай бұрын

Whatever... American prisoners be like, "solitary confinement? pfff... hold my beer".

@bryanshoemaker6120 Ай бұрын

American prisoners are spoiled.

@user-yy9hk9od9u Ай бұрын

Space exploration should be done by machines. We are advancing in tech to do so. Humans haven't adapted to leave Earth and survive. The radiation will be deadly.

@estherclawson6876 Ай бұрын

I think robots will be helpful for us to develop technology to overcome our biological weaknesses and allow us to explore and travel space eventually. But right now, we still have a lot of work to do. Just my thoughts.

@theindependentlifestyle Ай бұрын

In order for us to be a multi-planetary species, we humans must learn to grow our food. Be a vegetarian, so we can be multi-planetary.

@yosefgoldberg541 Ай бұрын

Technically the best diet would be insects, their are easy to grow in small space and full of protein. Now try to grow grain in a greenhouse good luck with that. So please stop all of this vegan propaganda.

@seanhewitt603 Ай бұрын

Uhhhhh, no.

@mcv2178 Ай бұрын

Why not have us learn to photosynthesize? Chloroplasts in our skin to give us a bsse-level metabolism, and a digestive system for when we need more energy? (Dream big!)

@annaabney1420 Ай бұрын

Raising animals to eat is growing food. Not everyone can be a vegetarian.

@RobertSaxy Ай бұрын

Meal worms are the leading candidate for our protection source