Mars Calling: Manifest Destiny or Grand Illusion?
Few subjects have sparked the imagination and inspired more outlandish speculation than the planet Mars. Now, as our understanding of the red planet continues to evolve, we are able to contrast the reality of life on Mars against our imagined flights of fantasy. The differences and similarities are striking. What is the probability that humans can one day occupy this mysterious planet, and how might this planetary migration impact the evolution of our species? Calling upon recent scientific discoveries, the new documentary titled "Mars Calling: Manifest Destiny or Grand Illusion?" attempts to address these central questions.
The film traces the findings and theories of early astronomers like Aristotle and Galileo to the discoveries that continue to erupt in the scientific community of today. It's a complex trajectory during which many myths are dispelled, technological advancements make way for increasingly grandiose endeavors, and our knowledge of the planet begins to come into sharper focus.
From the outside, Mars appears to be an endless dusty landscape. Upon closer examination, however, scientists can detect large patches that once hosted vast amounts of water. This recent evidence has raised hopes for future colonization. NASA, as well as ambitious entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, is currently investing time, funds and talent towards this goal. The film dramatizes their plans to cultivate the planet's primary resources - including oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur - in an attempt to sustain human life and produce the rocket fuel necessary to secure a return trip home.
The film indulges in a wealth of sound scientific data, striking planetary animations, fascinating satellite and rover images, and appealing narration. The film's clear narrative and welcoming tone will appeal to both Mars enthusiasts and viewers who are not scientifically adept.
Given the planet's deceptive and inhospitable environment, including a surface shrouded in toxicity and drenched by incessant showers of solar energetic particles, colonization will not be an easy task. Even so, "Mars Calling: Manifest Destiny or Grand Illusion?" is an aspirational portrait of this ongoing quest, and a tribute to innovators past and present who have played a role in making it possible.
Directed by: David Sky Brody
Let me show you People,animals,civilization even fossils on Mars since 2004.I designed Mars Roversas Ghostwriter for Star Trek 1987.I sent drawings toGene Roddenberry to relay to JPL/nasa.See pics>GOOGLE>>JERRY LEHANE MARS .Some people look like us 5ft and 1 ft humans wear light clothes,no spacesuits,no breathing devices,likewise Mars animals move freely unhindered by both.They breathe same air,probably thinner than we could breath comfortably.They have Cancer Cures in their DNA since adapted to STRONG RADIATION/weak atmosphere protection.They don't bury the dead and the surface sanitized by sun's and cosmic rays.Skulls are everywhere,while you see blurred pics of rocks,I unmask the life forms deliberately blackfaced and covered up.
Well, well. The corporate power structure of the globe wants to spend billions fixing a half dead planet to populate and leave a horrible mess behind. And you can bet your bottom dollar the list of those who will go will be highly selective and quite small. I also wonder who the worker drones will be?
Oh, it's the friggin overbearing music again! Shall we listen to the monologue or the noise?
one of the better documentaries about the red planet.
An excellent documentary, informative and balanced about the prospects for human settlement on Mars. Jumps around in time a bit more than it needed to, but I understand that a straight chronology can get boring.
Like it or not, humans only have a little over 100,000 years of a stable environment before the next ice age arrives. The only solution is to get off this planet, and Mars will have to be part of that plan. That and building a Dyson swarm along Earth orbit, are the best solution to prevent extinction.
...an ice age wouldn't force abandoning the planet – life, including humans, were on this planet long before the beginning and end of the last ice age...
I would much prefer to stay on Earth during an ice age than force myself to move to a sterile Planet of Desolation...
(I'm all for going to Mars though! – Just not for that kind of reason!)
Explain the 100,000 year iceage thing. Aren't we working against that, and can't we work harder. lol
Dream on dude.