Mars alive

Description

As discussions over a mission to Mars continue, Horizon looks at the work going into creating closed biological systems. Apart from the much-publicized biosphere project, there is long-term work in the US, Japan, the CIS and the UK. Japan already has detailed plans for a self-sustaining Mars colony in the 21st Century - with the first native Martian to be born in 2057!! It might be possible to breed genetically engineered humans better adapted to Mars ...

Runtime

49 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

1993

Database

Alexander Street

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