The 2 Best WeMartians Podcast Episodes
1) Episode 27 - The Policy of Mars (feat. Casey Dreier)
Despite a growing influence of private organizations in the space industry, government still holds a lot of power in the direction of exploration. Space policy is a messy, complicated and mysterious a...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) 1 – The Waxing Interest in Mars
In this first episode of the WeMartians podcast, we explore the fundamental question facing all space exploration but especially those seeking to travel to Mars - why go? Why spend the money and take ...Show More
3) 85 – Vera Rubin Ridge (feat. Abigail Fraeman)
In early 2019, NASA's Curiosity Rover wrapped up a year-long chapter in its mission exploring Vera Rubin Ridge, an elevated rocky plateau with high iron content. Many months later, we're starting to s...Show More
4) 84 – The Mars Underground
The surface of Mars has been a subject of repeated exploration, from both in orbit and in situ. But this exploration is only skin-deep, and a growing community of scientists are calling on NASA to exp...Show More
5) 83 – Humans to Mars 2020
The annual Humans to Mars summit went virtual this year, and WeMartians stopped by to listen in on the discussions about getting humans to Mars. From life support to surface power, politics, and medic...Show More
6) 82 – WeMartians Live – Mars 2020 Perseverance Launch
In the first ever WeMartians live video webcast, Jake is joined by co-host Tanya Harrison and special guests Alexandra Pontefract, Nathan Williams, and Phillip Hargrove to experience the launch of the...Show More
7) 81 – A Probe Called Hope (feat. the Mars Hope team)
It's the Summer of Mars, and in between the larger space agencies of the United States and China vying to put the next rover on the surface, a small, upstart space agency in the United Arab Emirates i...Show More
8) 80 – The Summer of Mars
The Summer of Mars is here! Three missions are launching to Mars in the next few weeks from three different space agencies. We've got the definitive preview of these missions, from UAE's Mars Hope, to...Show More
9) 79 – Preparing for a Martian Launch (feat. Tory Bruno)
NASA's Mars2020 Rover is set to launch this summer on an Atlas V rocket from the United Launch Alliance. But it is no trivial payload, and a lot of work goes into preparing a rocket for this kind of j...Show More
10) 78 – The Quest for a Piece of Mars (feat. Chris Herd)
NASA's Mars2020 Rover is set to launch this summer to kick off an intense series of missions set to bring back a sample from Mars. But retrieving these samples is no small task. The University of Albe...Show More