Mars (2016)
Mars is a documentary/drama created for National Geographic that chronicles a fictional mission to Mars in 2033. The series interviews several scientists and influential figures concerned with spacefaring work outside of Earth as they follow the journey of the crew of the Daedalus on their tumultuous mission to Mars to colonize the planet.
Mars
- Cast
- Alberto Ammann , Akbar Kurtha , Sammi Rotibi , Gunnar Cauthery , Jihae , Olivier Martinez , Evan Hall , Anamaria Marinca , Jeff Hephner , Cosima Shaw , Roxy Sternberg , Clémentine Poidatz , Kata Sarbó , Nicholas Wittman , Levi Fiehler
- Release Date
- November 14, 2016
- Seasons
- 2
- Writers
- Dee Johnson
- Directors
- mickey fisher
- Showrunner
- Dee Johnson
- Story By
- dee johnson
Summary
In the year 2033 the first crew of astronauts launch from Florida and become the first humans to land and set foot on Mars. Not all goes according to plan but this monumental achievement in human science, innovation, and technology represents just the beginning as over the course of the next few years additional ships land to help form the first human colony outside of Earth. Season 2 of Mars brings more new characters and begins nearly a decade after life is discovered on Mars at the end of season 1. A unique mix of real-life present day documentary footage (including interviews with various scientists, and engineers, such as Elon Musk, Andy Weir, Robert Zubrin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson) and future-set science fiction drama help make Mars the most 'science future' series ever produced. Season 2 explores the challenges of funding, maintaining, and growing a settlement on Mars and the inevitable need to privatize travel and mining on the red planet.
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