How to put a human on Mars: The journey

Name: How to put a human on Mars: The journey
Uploaded: 2013-07-22T14:48:06.000Z
Duration: 3 min 19 s
Description: Dr Martin Archer and Simon Foster of Imperial College London step aboard a virtual spacecraft.

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Dr Martin Archer and Simon Foster of Imperial College London step aboard a virtual spacecraft.

They show how the craft, part of an Imperial concept design for a human mission to Mars, rotates to generate artificial gravity - and they talk about how a crew would spend the nine-month journey to the Red Planet.

Cameras: Matt Donald. 3D Artist: Jonathan Barrett. Lighting Director: Bob Tully. Studio Director: Barton Macfarlane. Virtual Reality Creative Director: Jonathan Spencer. Editor: Neil Bowdler.

Science & Environment

22 July 2013