Mars

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Mars.

Video playlists about Mars

What’s the big deal about Mars?

5 talks • 1h 23m
Learn all the hubbub going on with the big Red Planet in these insightful and utterly fascinating talks.

Why yes, actually it is rocket science

7 talks • 1h 20m
While it may not be simple or easy, these fascinating talks make aerospace engineering a little more accessible to the average person.

Talks about Mars

40:50

Elon Musk

The future we're building — and boring

Posted Apr 2017
13:47

Nagin Cox

What time is it on Mars?

Posted Feb 2017
11:55

Anjali Tripathi

Why Earth may someday look like Mars

Posted Dec 2016
10:39

James Green

3 moons and a planet that could have alien life

Posted Aug 2016
13:42

Dave Brain

What a planet needs to sustain life

Posted Aug 2016
17:14

Stephen Petranek

Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive

Posted Apr 2016
5:50 Under 6 minutes

Lucianne Walkowicz

Let's not use Mars as a backup planet

Posted Dec 2015
16:02

Nathalie Cabrol

How Mars might hold the secret to the origin of life

Posted Apr 2015
16:14

Joel Levine

Why we need to go back to Mars

Posted Mar 2010
18:29

Penelope Boston

There might just be life on Mars

Posted Dec 2008
28:17

Charles Elachi

The story behind the Mars Rovers

Posted Nov 2008

Exclusive articles about Mars

4 big questions about the race to Mars

Should we be putting humans on Mars? A panel of space experts brings up the big questions we need to ask before we blast off. Mars! It’s a planet we humans have been eyeing with...

Book excerpt: How we’ll live on Mars

Stephen Petranek makes the case that humans will live on Mars in the not-too-distant future. He explains how and when this might happen — and what risks those who head there fir...
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