Kelly Weinersmith

And the atmosphere is only 1% as thick as what we have on Earth. So most of that radiation hits the surface. And most of the proposals that we've seen involve burying our habitats under a few meters of the dirt on Mars to try to protect us from that radiation. So none of those beautiful glass habitats that maybe you've seen in artist renditions. We're living like mole people underground. Yeah. OK.

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Are we going to send it all? Initially, we're going to send a lot of it for sure. Like when we're doing the first sorties, which is when people, you know, go stay for a little while and then come right back and don't plan on spending the rest of their lives there. That will probably mostly be things like freeze dried food.

Are we going to send it all? Initially, we're going to send a lot of it for sure. Like when we're doing the first sorties, which is when people, you know, go stay for a little while and then come right back and don't plan on spending the rest of their lives there. That will probably mostly be things like freeze dried food.

Are we going to send it all? Initially, we're going to send a lot of it for sure. Like when we're doing the first sorties, which is when people, you know, go stay for a little while and then come right back and don't plan on spending the rest of their lives there. That will probably mostly be things like freeze dried food.

But when we're going to have settlements there, we're going to need to be able to grow food there. And that's going to be difficult because the regoliths, so like the dirt on the surface, has perchlorates in it. These are endocrine disrupting hormones which mess with metabolism in adults and fetal development for children.

But when we're going to have settlements there, we're going to need to be able to grow food there. And that's going to be difficult because the regoliths, so like the dirt on the surface, has perchlorates in it. These are endocrine disrupting hormones which mess with metabolism in adults and fetal development for children.

But when we're going to have settlements there, we're going to need to be able to grow food there. And that's going to be difficult because the regoliths, so like the dirt on the surface, has perchlorates in it. These are endocrine disrupting hormones which mess with metabolism in adults and fetal development for children.

And we know that when you grow plants in the presence of perchlorates, the plants pull the perchlorates into the tissues. So we're going to have to make sure that we're getting those perchlorates out of the dirt and out of the water. And maybe we'll need to do hydroponics where you're not using that dirt at all. And it's going to be hard to bring protein also.

And we know that when you grow plants in the presence of perchlorates, the plants pull the perchlorates into the tissues. So we're going to have to make sure that we're getting those perchlorates out of the dirt and out of the water. And maybe we'll need to do hydroponics where you're not using that dirt at all. And it's going to be hard to bring protein also.

And we know that when you grow plants in the presence of perchlorates, the plants pull the perchlorates into the tissues. So we're going to have to make sure that we're getting those perchlorates out of the dirt and out of the water. And maybe we'll need to do hydroponics where you're not using that dirt at all. And it's going to be hard to bring protein also.

I've got to admit it's not for me.

I've got to admit it's not for me.

I've got to admit it's not for me.

Yeah, at the moment, there's not a lot of good research. There's not a lot of good money. We talked about how, you know, hips lose bone density. I wouldn't want to be the first woman on Mars hoping my hips are going to hold out when labor kicks in. Oh, gosh. There's just a lot of other things, like rat moms who have been sent to space during part of their pregnancy.

Yeah, at the moment, there's not a lot of good research. There's not a lot of good money. We talked about how, you know, hips lose bone density. I wouldn't want to be the first woman on Mars hoping my hips are going to hold out when labor kicks in. Oh, gosh. There's just a lot of other things, like rat moms who have been sent to space during part of their pregnancy.

Yeah, at the moment, there's not a lot of good research. There's not a lot of good money. We talked about how, you know, hips lose bone density. I wouldn't want to be the first woman on Mars hoping my hips are going to hold out when labor kicks in. Oh, gosh. There's just a lot of other things, like rat moms who have been sent to space during part of their pregnancy.

When they come down, there were kinds of labor contractions that they had to do twice as often, as if any woman would want to be in labor any longer than they already have to be. Yeah. It's just lots of reasons to be scared that the space environment will be bad.