23R020 From ISS To Mars: Space, The Future of The Earth?

Hurtling at 28,000 km/h around the Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Frenchman Thomas Pesquet, American Peggy Whitson and Russian Oleg Novitsky carry out experiments in association with laboratories all around the world on various solutions for preparing extended missions such as the one whose destination is Mars. And the results are promising…with the adaptation of human physiology to microgravity, waste recycling in order to survive independently, the development of new materials, more efficient means of propulsion and robotics.
[Duration: 54 minutes]