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A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Mars.

Video playlists about Mars

What would it be like to live on another planet?

Mars is humanity's next destination. We keep talking about it, but what would it really be like to live there?

Why yes, actually it is rocket science

While it may not be simple or easy, these fascinating talks make aerospace engineering a little more accessible to the average person.

What's the big deal about Mars?

Learn all the hubbub going on with the big Red Planet in these insightful and utterly fascinating talks.

Live out your sci-fi dreams

Imagine a life living among the stars, traversing the universe, interacting with aliens ...

Talks about Mars

Phnam Bagley

Gourmet food for the final frontier

Henri Picciotto

Can you solve the alien pyramid riddle?

Melodie Yashar

How to build for human life on Mars

Jennifer Heldmann

SpaceX's supersized Starship rocket -- and the future of galactic exploration

Elon Musk

A future worth getting excited about

Elon Musk

Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022

Eric Hinterman

How going to Mars improves life on Earth

Jill Seubert

How a miniaturized atomic clock could revolutionize space exploration

Bjarke Ingels

An architect's guide to living on Mars

Lynn Rothschild

The living tech we need to support human life on other planets

Xavier De Kestelier

Adventures of an interplanetary architect

Armando Azua-Bustos

The most Martian place on Earth

Elon Musk

The future we're building -- and boring

Nagin Cox

What time is it on Mars?

Anjali Tripathi

Why Earth may someday look like Mars

James Green

3 moons and a planet that could have alien life

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Exclusive articles about Mars

Why The Martian’s Andy Weir loves Mars — but doesn’t want to go there

People are obsessed with Mars. But ... why? Two confessed super-fans, Andy Weir, author of "The Martian," and Stephen Petranek, author of "How We'll Live on Mars," share thoughts on why being Mars-mad is a reasonable state of mind.

Posted Oct 2015

Book excerpt: How we’ll live on Mars

Author Stephen Petranek makes the case that humans will live on Mars in the not-too-distant future. He explains how and when this might happen -- and what risks those who head there first might face.

Posted Jul 2015

Infographic: How we’ll live on Mars

Humans are off to live on Mars. At least, that's the case journalist Stephen Petranek makes in his TED Book, "How We'll Live on Mars." According to Petranek, the move is no less than an "essential back-up plan for humanity." Here, he shares just some of the factors those who make the first trip will have to manage.

Posted Jul 2015

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