- Title: Mission To Mars
- Date: 11th July 1994
- Summary: Mars is a cold dry ball of rock,frozen in time,whose atmosphere was probably wrecked by asteroids about 4 billion years ago. But was it once earthlike,with rivers and breathable air? This documentary looks at NASA's ambitious plans to colonise Mars. ANALYSIS OF THE PLANET MARS - LOOKING AT ITS GEOGRAPHICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL HISTORY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FORM OF SINGLE-CELLED CREATURES THAT ONCE LIVED THERE. NASA'S AMBITIOUS PLANS TO COLONISE OUR NEAREST PLANETARY NEIGHBOUR ARE REVEALED. VIKING I AND VIKING II LANDED ON MARS IN 1976 AND A SPACE STATION IS PLANNED FOR 1995 AS A CRUCIAL NEXT STEP. AFTER THIS A MARTIAN COLONY WILL BE PLANNED WITH A FIRST MISSION AROUND 2015. THERE ARE MANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TO FACE INCLUDING THE SIXTY BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET AND THE UNUSUAL ASPECTS OF THE PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE AND VAST GEOLOGICAL FEATURES BUT IN 30 YEARS TIME WE MIGHT BE THE ALIENS SETTING FOOT ON MARS.
- Description:THE NEXT STAGE OF THE SPACE PROGRAMME AND THE PROSPECTS FOR GETTING A MAN ON MARS
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Feature Films
- Producer:Uden Associates Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:11/07/1994
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s