September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... that inspired me to propose an experiment for the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah, USA. It was focused on ‘terraforming’ - recreating Earth-like conditions - in the simulated Martian desert. I was chosen to be part of the UK crew...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
... not escape this. Exploiting the mineral resources of an asteroid (even to refuel spacecraft dedicated to space exploration) and terraforming Mars are presented as ways of transforming humanity into a ‘multi-planet’ species; and indeed they are. But...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
..., where I can walk outside and breath fresh air. We are never going to do that on Mars unless we can terraform it and bring Mars back to the way it used to be billions of years ago. Every one of us has talked about...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... also help to prevent the solar wind from stripping away the atmosphere on Mars, to help with possible terraforming of the red planet (lower photo). Building a cooperative framework This is where the proposed new space legal...
01 October 2019
On the Future: Prospects for Humanity
... Stephen Hawking: “We’ve got to solve these problems here”, he says. “Coping with climate change [is] a doddle compared with terraforming Mars”. And on that he might be right!
20 May 2022
The Red Planet a natural history of Mars
...’ve not yet got used to”. In the final chapter, he briefly discusses the ethics of developing Mars – from mining to terraforming – but reaches no firm conclusions. He does, however, state that this is “a debate that we have to have at the beginning...
