What Sending Humans to Mars Teaches Us About Human Resilience

Podcast: Shifting Schools: Conversations for K12 Educators · Jeff Utecht & Tricia Friedman

Opublikowano: 2026-11-02

What will it actually take—mentally, physically, and socially—to send humans to Mars and bring them back? In this episode, host Tricia sits down with Dr. Mark Shelhamer, former Chief Scientist of NASA's Human Research Program, Professor at Johns Hopkins University, and author of Are We Ready for Mars?. Dr. Shelhamer shares his journey from biomedical engineering to astronaut healthcare, diving deep into the unexpected psychological and behavioral hurdles of long-duration space travel. Together, they explore why technical engineering is only half the battle, what the "Earth out of view" effect does to the human mind, how...