Horizon: Mars – A Traveller’s Guide review – a nice change from water parks and bar crawls

It ’s a dream trip if you like geology – all rocks, craters and volcanoes. Plus, The 100 Year Old Driving SchoolWe holidayed in Cornwall and France again this year, as we do every year. And I ’m thinking next year we might do something different. Been looking into options, from Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads. Or maybe Mars, in which case thisHorizon: Mars – A Traveller’s Guide (BBC2) will be useful. It won ’t be long before it happens; many scientists think the first person to set foot on the red planet is alive today.The programme is handily divided into sections: getting there, what to do and see etc. With experts. Spacecraft structures engineer Abbie Hutty explains the journey. Not entirely surprisingly it isn ’t easy, rocket science. The landing especially, with temperatures of 1750C generated as you enter Mars’s atmosphere. Don’t forget your heat shield. Then there are the ferocious winds and the dust. Oh, and the journey takes seven months. Bloody hell, we find the seven-hour drive to Cornwall a challenge, seven months is going to be a nightmare. I spy with my little eye something beginning with “S”… Star? ... Yup.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Television & radio Culture Mars Space Science Source Type: news