How to Build for Human Life on Mars | Melodie Yashar | TED

We're going to be building on the Moon this decade -- and next will be Mars, says space architect Melodie Yashar. In a visionary talk, she introduces her work designing off-world shelters with autonomous robots and 3D printers and explores how it might help uncover radical solutions to some of the problems troubling humans on Earth today.
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[@masongoss4615]

Inspiring and thought provoking presentation. I’m going to show this to my daughters (11 and 14) and I hope they feel the same way! Thank you!

[@walimohtasibzada3882]

Before you show it to you daughter think why we should do it There is no need !

[@powerpower1797]

I don't know much about Mars but we must figure out how to survive here on earth.

[@DaveMcIroy]

We did long ago

[@longta8852]

this is a mistake that humans find another place to live in instead of making earth cleaner, safer to live in, i agree with you guy

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

The fact that you wrote that means you survived. Think about it.

[@kaylorado]

One of the best ted talks I've seen by far, admirable woman

[@Mindseas]

What an inspiring and encouraging talk! A lot to process, and plenty left unsaid. I'm very curious to learn more about this tho, so job well done!

[@sophiecobb332]

the best ted talk i've ever listened to

[@johnsmiff8328]

Great! We can implement this on Antarctica. See if it helps them stop going insane after 2 years there. Seriously tho we shouldn't send anyone to Mars until we can get people to live in Antartica without realiably having mental breakdowns. The mental health needs of humans are not easily supplied on the surface of Mars but they pose a very real threat to the operational security of any colonization effort.

[@markcourson3151]

exactly. people are just clueless about how inhospitable Mars would be!

[@louisyoung1916]

That was very interesting, thank you for the talk. 👏🙂

[@ReenaBINA]

Right 💃

[@lowlfesfesfes6244]

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[@orenshriki1470]

NPC

[@maxziebell4013]

"How to Sustain Human Life on Earth"…

[@sleepyeyes816]

We need to learn how to get along where we are now talking about going somewhere else to build I could just imagine what space life would be..

[@Rezin_8]

The first building MUST be the Control Enclosure 🌐 so wild

[@astronics]

The real question should be when to and why. How can be figured out anytime.

[@MichaelBehrnsMiller]

Thanks for the reminder that we as a species NEED to push boundaries, and continue to acquire knowledge, so we can thrive, here and there.

[@KateeAngel]

Normal species don't push boundaries, they take their fair share. And species which take more, go extinct after destroying their own ecosystem. How did that work here on Earth? Degradation and mass extinction. Is that thriving? No species can survive without ecosystem to live in, and no ecosystem will thrive when one of species consumes 1/3 of primary production, and pollutes the rest

[@HarryGuit]

Let‘s fix Planet 1 before messing up Planet 2.

[@olafmesschendorp147]

​@@HarryGuit "stop trying agriculture, we're too bussy hunting"

[@Bathrezz1]

Should get one of those youtube channels where they wander into a 'random part of a forest' and create the Taj Mahal with one shovel to help build a Mars habitat.

[@lowlfesfesfes6244]

jes I know its wrong but i don´t care

[@deejayrelapz6903]

im very out there thinker my question is the land being monitored and weather to test foundation climate reaction and will you give it special coat gel like on outer layer of the dwelling as this environment is a new and different climate, mars known for very strong sandstorm red dust winds etc robots be best to send first before humans

[@nishantgaming3355]

very knowledgeable

[@adityabhatnagar1140]

Wow👏

[@rickbiessman6084]

DANG I love space travel and exploration. While I’m not yet convinced that Mars colonization is feasible, I’d sure love to be proven wrong!

[@LenoxHillPartners]

Certainly there’ll be valuation of different land parcels on Mars (and, sooner, the Moon for moon bases). Open space is like most of the Earth’s oceans. There’s a lot of neutral territory. Can’t imagine there’ll be “neutral” territory on scarce Martian terra firma.

[@user-zb5kk8fn6v]

These ted talk topics be wildin 😂😂😂

[@ReenaBINA]

😂

[@KJ-yk4nq]

Going to happen at some point assuming civilisation survives. But with the constraints and complexity that’s involved it’s realistically centuries away

[@ReenaBINA]

Agreed

[@gasaxe6056]

How dose one become a space architect?

[@Okolotube]

Build right here on earth sounds soo last year....this talk is more like a sleepover with friends, then talking about unicorns and mermaids and gingerbread houses and rivers of soda and endless mountains of icecream....😀

[@tonirnb]

Omg lets fix earth first

[@lmhvfd]

Did you not watch the last 3 minutes?

[@mukilanmuruganandam]

We push past limits✊❤️

[@HarryGuit]

into the abyss 😂

[@alanrobison4761]

The architecture on Mars's surface is impractical. The only viable way to live there is underground due to the significant radiation risk.

[@juhilla749]

Homelessness is mostly a social disease and not a lack of technology. For example, the USA, is richer than Finland, yet there is no homelessness in Finland, while in the USA it is already a chronic problem.

[@impigie]

Her voice is little bit shivering.

[@kiprotichsalat2460]

She must be shy

[@themanwnoname3454]

2022(G) “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore:

[@seanbrown796]

I want to go to Mars! I'll work for 3 hots and a cot! 😂🎉

[@Arwana_Sharon]

thanks for you iranians hero

[@Hauswifewithaglock]

Can we finish building for human life first???

[@user-jp5tx7zu4h]

I think the nine planets of the solar group are a part of the earth 🌍

[@KA-rt2vh]

The biggest problem is the gravity, human body is built especially blood circulation to work on earth gravity, gravity of Mars will cause serious illnesses in a year or two.

[@AB-tv2rm]

Let leave the MARS alone. Don't create chaos in the solar system.

[@vashsant9749]

Wonder how they might provide protection from asteroids on the moon. Also curious how the idea of living in space is being developed while no one has any understanding of space and it's behavior year over year.

[@connermcgarrah2171]

I’m pretty sure that the moon very rarely gets hit by asteroids. It just looks like it since it doesn’t have any atmosphere to burn anything up

[@UnDaoDu]

I think its insane that people want to leave beautiful earth for a dead one. 😂😂😂 why not build community habitats in Africa or for displaced Pakistanis…

[@ZymaPro]

22 min for a message? Sounds like the early days of e-mail and regular mail within the city. lol We need AI and better programming if robots are going to build the structures before humans arrive.

[@resonence1]

Discounting lava tubes showed a huge bias. Your 3d printers will be extremely expensive and problematic and not provide the level of protection as the mars surface.

[@AgentZeroNine1]

This is a cool topic. Still think sending people to Mars is going to be terrible for any human's mental well being. Every single future proposal always says how their venture will help the poor, environment, etc.

[@AndroidCovenant]

Guys, Earth is unfixable because humanity is unfixable (till we evolve that is). Meanwhile, its okay to figure out Mars living.

[@HarryGuit]

So soon Mars will be unfixable. How about terraforming the earth?

[@spacenerd113]

Some of you hypocrites saying we should not explore space because we have problems on Earth, is like saying one should not partake in any entertainment activities because "people are starving" and we should put all our time and resources to making earth a better place. So you don't procrastinate at all? You don't spend time doing "unproductIve" stuff like watching a movie? Cut the BS, either you need to grow up and face your life's issue by not waiting for others to solve it for you, or you need to understand what space exploration really means to our civilization. Space exploration is entertainment for human civilization, we need it for the same reason people need breaks to have fun, so that we can recharge and face the real issues, like solving climate change and providing food for everyone (Let's face it, these aren't "fun" to deal with). A person working for too long without breaks to get inspired suffers burnout, which causes bad mood, violent behavior, and irrational decisions; civilizations without dreams to get inspired produces conflict and results in war, which leads to worse living condition for everyone. So before you complain about some people "wasting" resources on space exploration, calm down and instead focus on making your own life better first. Because you will find people moaning about social issues are the ones having trouble with their lives, while the ones really solving it are the ones who have it together.

[@MajorSam4321]

Focus on LA first 😑

[@RandomR0bIoxAnimat0r]

What is a birthday? I believe it can be best understood if we break down the words birth and day

[@periklisspanos1003]

The March has oxygen it is no problem for us there, it is proven with the opening of parachute who Carie’s curiosity. No masks needed

[@djcubical]

I love how you're talking about Mars, but when people are homeless, when there are wars and the threat of nuclear war, I think you should apply your intelligence elsewhere.

[@elhamtaherian6209]

I’m glad 3D printer was invented 🤣

[@ericjohnson4792]

Ask yourself why? Is it something they know we don’t?

[@shokoy4330]

Voice is shaking , 😅

[@Mn54bu]

Mars… maybe aliens visit their 🧐

[@craig83cg]

It's all good till the robots who built the base decide they want to stay and build a robot community 😂

[@patrickrenau2232]

Totally fascinating, but after 3 minutes I could not take the Creaky vocal fry any longer. If she can work on that, she will be a phenomenal speaker. Please try.

[@alexutzu24ianuarie]

The smart version of Kim K

[@yumi-mb8xp]

自分用 1:43

[@ryans2118]

Ted, nasa, theatrical companies? All we need are human brains to manipulate. Spread the seed. Watch it grow. Not in space though. Just in minds.

[@Mimi-wt8km]

Like we already had a human life on Earth, we need more of "How to build for a human life on Earth?"

[@uselesslyuseless2125]

boutta do some amogus

[@petemc808]

You need to figure out how to get to the moon first and really go this time..

[@FxUxCxMx]

Fix life here first before sending our best and brightest to be slaves to a totalitarian technocrat overlord.

[@sudharshanhegde510]

I don't understand why can't we change the human condition only and make him live in the place where the atmosphere is not same as that of earth some research in biology should go on about this thing

[@vesawuoristo4162]

Earth is not going be livable forever, better to have back up plan , I guess

[@KateeAngel]

When Earth become unlivable, we will be long gone anyway, unless we make it unlivable now ourselves

[@HarryGuit]

It‘s gonna be livable for as long as the sun lives .. if only we let it.

[@DY2784]

Bull🤬! Let's use resources to repair our earthly mess.

[@brokolosbinala2970]

that's not how it works

[@DY2784]

@@brokolosbinala2970 Make it work... We humans are f🤬g doomed... Planetary Architect...🤪🤪🤪

[@brokolosbinala2970]

@@DY2784 i understand what you are saying and i agree but space exploration really important. We should attack company's that invest billions to extract oil

[@rosalieiapalucci7933]

Is she a robot?

[@NA-xg7lf]

They know something important they aren’t sharing with the class.

[@ramnindersingh1636]

😂 loll

[@Marcus-143]

Last thing mars needs is us. Lmao

[@byte_me_xd-hk5zt]

Sweetheart you don't build anything cutie. You help design stuff while us men build everything. You're so pretty.

[@HighPriestessAngelique]

Dude, seriously

[@Karthik_Shiva]

It’s interesting. But what is the need of build human life in mars? What you are going to do? You want to spoil the mars planet same like earth. Let’s think like this: suppose if you build human life in mars , after 1000 years you are going to check for another planet. You have everything on earth. Instead of build human life on earth . Build a good community . Change human mentality as they think earth is only for humans.

[@BruceBrewsky]

It's sad that the word "Data" is now a rarity at TED. More science, less culture war garbage please!

[@TeXasDadBod]

Just drop a bunch of vegans off on Mars they know how to turn any old crap into food .

[@johnkesich8696]

Perhaps it would be better to build for humane life on Earth?

[@zydian_]

no please. one ruined planet bcs of us is enough. We dont add any value on earth and wont on mars

[@theforensicbadass]

We cannot even be moralistic ethical human beings here on Earth, let alone mars. I think tedx has gone to Mars a long time ago. You've all lost your minds in your own egos.

[@edenassos]

I pity whoever she marries, her vocal fry is off the charts.

[@ronan5894]

Well... a planet do need first a strong electomagnetic field right??

[@vesawuoristo4162]

That why she said they radiation shelters

[@ronan5894]

@@vesawuoristo4162 I commented before I watched the vid. But still, not a suitable planet to live 😐

[@nothomasnoparty3025]

Is there life on mar~~~~~~~~~~~~~s?😂

[@rzrmail]

To all those saying why build life on mars when we need to save life on earth? We domt know how long earth stays safe from countless asteroids and meteroids which can extinct human race with a year

[@ryans2118]

Does she still believe we can go to mars? I got an idea, lets practice it on moon first? Also set up a non computerized telescope that any average person can look through and see nasa isnt just wasting our money and are actually on moon. In the 60s or 70s they were able to talk live to people on moon. Let me use the ph, i want to double check where my tax dollars are going. Get another job not working for a theatrical company if u really want ur skills to not be wasted. Moon base soon. Lol. We'll see. Havent yet after 50 yrs. Nasa even tells u they cant go to moon anymore. Just keep leading u on.

[@brokolosbinala2970]

dude nasa literally plans to return back to the moon with the Artemis program. Your talking bs

[@ryans2118]

@@Dimitris_Balf pretty sure no humans been there to really know. So how do u know? Cause nasa actors and cgi told u?

[@ryans2118]

@@brokolosbinala2970 yeah will see oneday if nasa or i am talking bs! Im guessing nasa is. Once u see through their deception, hard to unsee. Sorry.

[@ryans2118]

@@Dimitris_Balf if u believe they really sent something there. To much evidence that they were actually just filming here on the world we live on and just pretended they went to space. Id text a million reasons and show u proof of there deception but it wont fit in this and it wont help till u open up ur mind to the possibility they've been pulling the wool over our eyes this whole time. Do some nasa cgi research. Might be fun to explore that. Wishing u the best.

[@LightofDawn7]

What a waste of time and energy. Focus on what's already happening here on Earth instead of wasting precious resources on matters that we as a human race are not prepared for. It's elitist and will not help the greater good for humanity. Step it up with your ideas and do better.

[@BettyMendoza77]

This was a waste of thought, I hope her college apologized to her for a waste of study .

[@sevoftalpha]

it's a sorry state of things when people are more interested in solving problems to send people where they don't yet *need* to be, instead of using that willpower and expertise to take care of 'boring' Earth problems. If anybody thinks going to the Moon or to Mars and having settlements isn't going to just make the rich richer and poor poorer and more indebted, you're lost in a very comfy lie.

[@0reo2]

I'm glad past explorers who pushed our boundaries of what's known on earth and space didn't share your worldview or we'd still live in caves

[@wojciech649]

What you are talking about? We do that mostly, we solve earth problems everyday. On earth live 7 billion people, you can't forbid few of them (per mille) to try sent people on Mars. Sorry, but this kind of comments are so blinded. As well you can write something like this on 90% of other videos because there are far more useless and wasting resources than discussed topic.

[@sevoftalpha]

@@0reo2 I'm sure the Mayan, the Aztec, the Incas, North American native tribes, African kingdoms and the Aborigines of Australia do not feel the same way as you do about 'pushing the boundaries and what is known" . You mis-interpret my opinion as a complete condemnation of the value of exploration, I'm not saying it is useless or to be abandoned. I'm saying that I wish this kind of effort and willpower was put into old boring Earth for its own problems FIRST, especially at such a tense, critical time as this one

[@liammurray2318]

@@sevoftalpha Why am I getting the sense that you don't know very many people from indigenous or aboriginal communities? They're not a monolithic hive mind. I low-key hate slacktivist takes like the comment you just typed up. You're not helping anybody by slamming your keyboard to wax pessimistic about speakers like Yashar who are actually doing something in service to humanity. You could have a much bigger impact by calling up your elected officials ad nauseam, or protesting and organizing, or any number of other steps. And I really disagree with the binary idea that we can't think about protecting the earth and exploring space at the same time, or cross-pollinate ideas and insights from one discipline to another. Many of the inventions we take for granted today were products of the Space Race, for example.

[@sevoftalpha]

​@@liammurray2318 Hello Liam, let's go in order : 1) You haven't addressed the concerns I and others have about the exploitation and social inequality that would spring from colonization of the Moon and Mars at the hands of a capitalistic society that makes its trillions on the backs of people that barely can scrape by, I'm sure that calling my representatives will do a lot of difference when rich industrialist will continue to abuse society, mh mh, for sure; 2) I'm glad to see how noble you are on your high horse there, making assumptions to do what? Would my point be different if I had more or less part in marginalized communities? That doesn't make any sense, you're attacking me, not my argument, you can check it out under logical fallacies on Wikipedia if you want. And also, are you really trying to say that the millions of people dead because of invasive, exploitative, careless explorations done in history would not really agree that 'western' society' should have stayed home that day? Are you really trying to say "Eh, genocide isn't something we need to address as a 'monolith', it's more nuanced, I'm sure there are some people in the survivors who are happy to have seen it happen because now they got a smartphone" Listen, I'm not arguing that space exploration and research aren't valuable. I'm saying that these talks show exactly how superficial and lost in a dream people can be when they don't realize the real consequences of what they're arguing for. As for me, I'm lost in a nightmare, not a dream, and am not going to further reply here because 1) when I first put a comment out on the video, I just acted on impulse and left it there for others to feel less alone if they shared my worries and 2) I like to give proper replies, but my time is valuable. I invested some of it in having some discourse with you, if you want to take the criticism I made about you and take it home, good, and if you don't, good, you seem well meaning but it also seems like you're a fair bit too quick to prejudiced replies.

[@lkpxml8124]

Send Musk to build Okraine against radiation!

[@jthmastermind]

Smash that dislike button boys. These evil people will soon get whats coming to them.

[@walimohtasibzada3882]

Is there any need to build society in the mars? No

[@plasticmug2010]

No new content here I thought Ted was advanced talks not child's play

[@maddog_27]

of course it’s child’s play I remember watching these back in old grade school

[@alestevez950]

Leave Mars alone. This "market economy" we have here on earth begets competition, war, cyclical consumption and depression. Let's not give this system an extension by finding another planet to colonize.

[@BruceBrewsky]

The very nature of life is the reason we shouldn't expand it? Thats like saying cats shouldn't be pets because they're cruel predators.

[@alestevez950]

@@BruceBrewsky I don’t know what you’re talking about. And what is it exactly that you need to “expand”? We are here, experiencing life on earth, exposing ourselves to unnecessary struggle, stress, and sadness because we’ve implemented a system that is competitive instead of cooperative. This system will meet its death once it has eaten through this planet. Only then will we change. But once we go bring another planet full of resources we grant this crappy system an extension to continue to enslave humanity.

[@BruceBrewsky]

@@alestevez950 we need to expand the human race as far as possible because it is our nature as living things to do so. The more of us there are = more likely the species is to survive. Not to mention the fact that our planet of origin is prone to extinction level events. Why would we not focus on becoming multi-planetary? If you think western society (and even on some level global society) isn't focused on progress societally, technologically, or economically you're actually delusional. The quality of life for human beings across the board has gotten better astronomically thanks to the system you think is ready to cannibalize itself.

[@alestevez950]

@@BruceBrewsky expansion is great, but not whilst we perpetuate a system that is designed to pit humans against each other and requires infinite consumption. This system you love so much is responsible for putting 10-15% of humanity in absolute poverty, and keeping another 60% living paycheck to paycheck. It’s a system that only allows for a quarter of the population (likely less) to have a decent quality of life.

[@Tanjman_]

This ladies voice is so jittery that the I’m convinced whatever she builds will be just as jittery

[@wojciech649]

That's rude

[@user-sk1gu9id5t]

You don't deserve to point that out.

[@alphas5334]

Israel would claim that our ancestors wrote about Mars 10000 years ago and now its our land 😂

[@mykenmoon]

lol, this kid here is talking about mars? space architect? how about getting to be a space cadet 1st?

[@GetCaught]

Hey everyone this “lady” knows, don’t ask the experts, no no no, this “lady” knows. I’m gonna smash my phone against my own head

[@teengohan.ssj223]

She looks like shes gonna cry.

[@konanoobiemaster]

we cant even build for human life on earth 😂🤣😂🤣

[@RoRoRah]

Did you watch the video all the way through? She covers why this research & way of thinking is critical to both a life here on earth and to a life as travelers 🧑‍🚀 🧳.

[@meykel8108]

Death by cynicism, always tragic

[@heberinvestor]

@@RoRoRah people criticize without knowing the complete issue...

[@gasaxe6056]

🏆 for top content

[@aryanraina2080]

bro, you just destroyed her career in one-liner

[@crypto6347]

First start by crossing the firmament .... then will talk. folks are so brainwashed

[@alexnetrusov6775]

Stop empty talks! It is time to help Ukraine!