"Eventually people will be living on Mars": Chris Hadfield talks NASA's simulated red planet

A four-person crew re-emerged on Saturday at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to applause, after staying in a simulated Mars habitat to study and conduct experiments for about one year.
The team of Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell, and Nathan Jones entered their 3D-printed habitat on June 25, 2023, as part of the first Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) mission.
During their stay, the crew simulated life and resource limitations on Mars, which included growing and harvesting vegetables, going on “Marswalks” and communication delays with Earth, according to NASA.
Retired Canadian astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield joined Global's Antony Robart to discuss the mission and other space-related topics.
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[@toddevans5731]

Mars ain't the kinda place to raise the kids. In fact its cold as hell

[@MikeHawkPEN15]

I would rather die than leave earth.

[@AwesomeRepix]

I'm sure we'll disagree on mostly everything.. But I'll agree with that. F Space. It's "cool" and all, but ew.

[@WaytoGo723]

Humans have yet to rise to the challenges on earth as a habitat. Mars? A mirage in space!

[@joanfrellburg4901]

And they're scoring pretty terribly here on Earth. Thinking they can leave all their problems behind explains why man is in the predicament he's put himself in. Gross ignorance squared.

[@WaytoGo723]

@@joanfrellburg4901 broken water mains, buckled transmission towers, pot holes, toilet problems, plumbing problems, electrical problems, energy problems, pollution problems, climate problems and so on. Do we have lasting solutions? Before we do, they talk about taking on Mars.

[@grimsobad8545]

@@joanfrellburg4901 Forsooth yond is v'ry true

[@BornKafir]

​@@joanfrellburg4901He's a wealthy man who rubs shoulders with the elite. They have the free time and extra resources to sit around and dream big. Unlike working class citizens of Canada who constantly keep getting pushed into poverty.

[@joanfrellburg4901]

@@BornKafir Haha, I hear you. Money and status doesn't hide their ignorance.

[@robertsimpson2178]

They've already been there Devon Island, Island in Nunavut, Canada.

[@audacyspectrum3612]

"We need a real driving purpose to go"...Like let's say, our own planet will become uninhabitable? This is the new reality that will drive us to move someday. But with our sun dying, one day, we'll have no choice but to find another planet system to live in. And so on, and so on...

[@GadreelAdvocat]

I'd like to see a realistic Mars habitat. The habitat would have to be a safe distance from a ship. Be interesting to see a simulation like that.

[@jeil5676]

"A safe distance from a ship"....What do you mean?

[@stevengibson4566]

Humans should take care of our own planet before going to another planet

[@user-eo1vz9lt8g]

the super rich seem to have already given up on this planet, but being a carbon based life form, we need oxygen, have it here, need food, have it here, need water, have it here, don't need unlimited reproduction, have it here,,,,,,

[@joanfrellburg4901]

@@user-eo1vz9lt8g Man wants what he doesn't already have, same old same old.

[@canadaclub8920]

my concern is the the lower gravity will have detrimental health effects on the colonists. a permanent cenerfuge habitat in orbit simulating 1 G is where they should actually live. while traveling to the surface for limited time for research then return to orbital habitat.

[@1217monopoly]

How are they getting back to earth?

[@jeil5676]

No return tickets!

[@Joemamarickroll]

Maybe we can fix earth before we go destroy another planet

[@MikeHawkPEN15]

What are we fixing?? Don't say carbon footprint

[@soundscape26]

​@@MikeHawkPEN15Probably poverty, wars, corruption, etc

[@BornKafir]

​@@MikeHawkPEN15But it's a genuine concern though. Destruction of habitat, depletion of ground water, pollution in the limited fresh we do have left, and spewing excessive amounts of greenhouse gases is a very serious problem.

[@AwesomeRepix]

@@MikeHawkPEN15 Carbon footprint

[@audacyspectrum3612]

Our sun will be our on demise some day. Until then, what we need is to secure another planet elsewhere, in another galaxy system while we still can.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

We're about Thirty Seconds to Mars.

[@MK44078]

I was expecting a bunch of necromorph intestine spiders to crawl out... mars is dead for a reason.

[@user-zn6oo4on4k]

So we're "smart" enough to destroy what is pretty much utopia and progress is going to be living on that cold dust peice of crap with no atmosphere, etc. Arrogant.

[@joanfrellburg4901]

I like how you summed it up. They're living in a bubble here already.

[@user-hk6mt4uo4p]

SpaceX to the rescue. Cue the Thunderbirds theme 🎶

[@FactsAllowed]

Why would you go from Earths screwed up atmosphere, to Mars who has no atmosphere, living in a bubble is not my idea of fun. Leave it to those who play poker.

[@TenthCrane2788]

According to NASA, it will cost $500 billion to send and return humans to Mars.

[@johnh23z]

Astronot 😁😆🤠

[@reginaeggmann]

😂😂😂

[@lazeppelini123]

I don't want to live in that future

[@jeil5676]

The human is the weakest link in this fallacy. Space x is a hundred years behind schedule. In 100 years robots should be able to do pretty much what humans can. There shouldnt be much need or use, to have humans on mars. Even then, what good would a desolate rock be? If someone finds a good reason to go, it should be privately funded.

[@captsonko.9345]

We should be interplanetary species,and stop intercontinental species.

[@Oilers1972]

Radiation belt…NASA lost the tech to get through it. Can’t even go to the moon right now.

[@BrianMason1000]

Fairy tales!

[@user-rb8nc7gb9u]

I don't buy it one bit

[@emptyhad2571]

Stubborn and suspicious of everything

[@user-hk6mt4uo4p]

​@@emptyhad2571You rang?

[@fraz2983]

Why does Hadfield wear a fake mustache?

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

It's made from Justin's fake eyebrows.

[@rickvervoort9536]

Mars: a great place to collect a carbon tax. The atmosphere of Mars is the layer of gases surrounding Mars. It is primarily composed of carbon dioxide (95%), molecular nitrogen (2.85%), and argon (2%). It also contains trace levels of water vapor, oxygen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and noble gases.

[@drrobertyeoman9535]

Look how much he blinks

[@thebloodytruth5278]

just like a liar

[@hezekiahbedminster9409]

The problem is people would have to pay possible millions to live in mars

[@SaHlGood]

Yea the rich are going to go and leave the rest of us it's going to be like that Matt Damon movie Elysium

[@canadaclub8920]

they floated the idea but there isnt really anywhere for them to go

[@Dynamic-cy8wn]

He even looks like a freemason.

[@TBA-zv9qt]

Let's send all Indians, Pakistanis, Haitians, Somalis, Nigerians and Sri Lankans in Canada to Mars.. one way ticket 😂😂. Let's Make Canada Great Again!

[@BornKafir]

You forgot to include Europeans. Make Kanata a great native village again!😊

[@Aboard_and_Abroad]

l|@rs!

[@loklikme]

waste of money and resources

[@williamgrand9724]

why? you didn't say why...

[@user-mj6gq6vo9u]

NASA should lend a man on the Moon first like they pretended to do that in 60s. Lol

[@soundscape26]

Stupid take

[@fenrircook3748]

He said it in first sentence, "elaborate simulation" pay attention now.

[@user-vw5sh8kf4g]

Only world is the best place to live. If you go to any other planet people will be very unlucky and wanted to get back to earth and get sick fast. The best think to shut down the programmes and get back to the green life. The gods also have their own programmes.

[@CNDcovert]

MARS MARS MARS, how about go to the moon again and take some good quality photos and video.

[@williamwood4768]

It’s embarrassing at this point

[@UkrainianBullwinkle]

The man who pretend to be in space

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

I hear he visited Uranus. 😉

[@UkrainianBullwinkle]

@@grandmufftwerkin9037 more like yours

[@BornKafir]

Pretended? Isn't he an astronaut?

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

@@UkrainianBullwinkle Nope, mission reports clearly show it's your final frontier that was explored. 😉

[@UkrainianBullwinkle]

@@grandmufftwerkin9037 typically West humor

[@shawnb8658]

Designed in a hollyweird basement

[@soundscape26]

You need to go outside more