Should the First Mars Mission Be All Women?

Want to ask some sort of crazy question about Space?: Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Help translate our videos! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g 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: http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/jwh.2014.4914 http://online.liebertpub.com/toc/jwh/23/11 theguardian UK Article Citing Source About Advantages of Women Astronauts: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/08/china-mothers-space-astronauts http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/poll/2010/mar/09/china-space PBS Makers: Women in Space: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365346239/ http://www.makers.com/documentary/womeninspace Kate Greene article in Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/space_20/2014/10/manned_mission_to_mars_female_astronauts_are_cheaper_to_launch_into_outer.html NASA HI-SEAS facility: http://hi-seas.org/ Source for Mars Mission Food/Fuel Approximations: https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/143163main_Space.Food.and.Nutrition.pdf http://www.uh.edu/sicsa/library/media/publications/AIAA_2013 ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­------------------------------- Comments: greg peden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKQIC5p8MU&lc=z12budkzksn0drlsp23ktxbxkljgvjp1r Davide Conte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKQIC5p8MU&lc=z12mep3blrfuex21223mgx4y3sjdwrhqz04 Fortstorm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKQIC5p8MU&lc=z122ufig2pqvwpnow04cipsbcszwsfigwxc0k Thomas Archuleta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKQIC5p8MU&lc=z13lvlqy4qnuuzsmk224ddugqq25t3efr CGIAgent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKQIC5p8MU&lc=z13zydxjtqvxcx1sg22fvfnqcknqspisv Jon Nielson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKQIC5p8MU&lc=z122tzw53uzvhzqyg04cgvb4nvmkzh4jgeg Sciina Bocere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKQIC5p8MU&lc=z12jsvcpvyn2ybykc22ofnrrkrijejrj104 WATCHIT1337 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKQIC5p8MU&lc=z13mxljo1tj3ubr1b22wffpzrninw3xld Music: Pinball Beat - Patternbased (https://soundcloud.com/patternbased) Buster - Patternbased (https://soundcloud.com/patternbased) Heater Core - Patternbased (https://soundcloud.com/patternbased) Heisse Luft - Thompson and Kuhl (https://soundcloud.com/phlow/05-x-com) Philly D Jr. - Patternbased (https://soundcloud.com/patternbased) Dr. Dreidel - Patternbased (https://soundcloud.com/patternbased) Doing’ the Birdie Flap - Patternbased (https://soundcloud.com/patternbased) miracle - slow (http://www.restingbell.net/releases/r...) Nervewracking - Patternbased (https://soundcloud.com/patternbased) Secret Society - Logical Disorder (‪http://logicaldisorder.bandcamp.com/‬) Tropico de Tauro - Sr. Aye https://soundcloud.com/sr-aye) New SpaceTime episodes every Wednesday! Hosted by Gabe Perez-Giz Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)