Returning: Mars

Season 2 of Mars begins next week on National Geographic.

The futuristic 6 part series again combines scripted drama and documentary sequences to predict what life will be like on the Red Planet forecasted by what’s happening now on Earth.

Executive Produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.

It picks up in 2042 when the International Mars Science Foundation (IMSF) astronauts have developed a fully-fledged colony, but to fund their mission, they need the help of the private sector. Mars delves into the archetypical friction between science and industry on this unforgiving frontier. The mission to terraform a virgin planet comes with heavy adjustments, including how humans we’ll cope with contamination, illness, death, natural disasters and even the first Martian baby.

Are we doomed to repeat the same mistakes when Earthlings become Martians?

Also featured this month is  Secrets of the Space Shuttle (2x1hrs) on November 8 & 15 at 8.30pm, following the extraordinary history of the NASA space shuttles from the 1981 maiden space flight to the televised explosion of Challenger in 1986.

Wednesdays 9.30pm from November 14 on National Geographic.