Should the First Mars Mission Be All Women?

Want to ask some sort of crazy question about Space?: Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: Help translate our videos! Okay, going to Mars is going to be expensive. Not only that, but who we choose to pick on that trip also needs to have the statistically lowest chance of… perishing. So it might be the case that our best scenario is all female crew! The Mars Rover is doing some small work, but there are some things humans are just better at. Failing a Mars Mission (and no, Mars One doesn’t count) would be a big setback, so we need to get our first attempt right. So, who’s best suited for the trip? Well, watch this episode of PBS Space Time to find out why it may be advantageous to have our first mars mission be all women! Extra Credit: 2014 NASA Study On Effect of Sex/Gender on Space Adaption: theguardian UK Article Citing Source About Advantages of Women Astronauts: PBS Makers: Women in Space: Kate Greene article in Slate: NASA HI-SEAS facility: Source for Mars Mission Food/Fuel Approximations: ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­------------------------------- Comments: greg peden Davide Conte Fortstorm Thomas Archuleta CGIAgent Jon Nielson Sciina Bocere WATCHIT1337 Music: Pinball Beat - Patternbased ( Buster - Patternbased ( Heater Core - Patternbased ( Heisse Luft - Thompson and Kuhl ( Philly D Jr. - Patternbased ( Dr. Dreidel - Patternbased ( Doing’ the Birdie Flap - Patternbased ( miracle - slow ( Nervewracking - Patternbased ( Secret Society - Logical Disorder (‪ Tropico de Tauro - Sr. Aye New SpaceTime episodes every Wednesday! Hosted by Gabe Perez-Giz Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)