How Much Would a 3-Day Trip to Mars Cost? Air, Water, Food and the Final Bill

Seven minutes of terror, a ticket that could cost half a million dollars, and a planet where even the air you breathe has a price tag. What would three days on Mars actually feel like, and what would it cost you? We land in Jezero Crater, take our first bouncy steps, wait 20 minutes for a "hello" from home, count every breath, drink recycled water, and ride out the kind of dust storm that ended NASA's Opportunity rover. Then the sky turns blue. Almost everything you see in this video is real footage and imagery from NASA's Mars missions. Chapters 00:00 Seven minutes of terror 00:38 The silence 01:17 The ticket 02:09 First steps 03:11 Dust devils and the cold 04:27 First night 05:07 Calling home 05:39 Paying for air 06:14 Water, food and radiation 07:14 What really costs money on Mars 07:31 The dust storm 08:38 A blue sunset 09:00 The final bill Sources - NASA, MOXIE oxygen experiment on Perseverance: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/nasas-oxygen-generating-experiment-moxie-completes-mars-mission/ - NASA, 98% water recovery on the ISS: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/nasa-achieves-water-recovery-milestone-on-international-space-station/ - NASA, Opportunity rover mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mer-opportunity/ - NASA, Mars 2020 Perseverance mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/ - NASA, Mars facts: https://science.nasa.gov/mars/facts/ - NASA, Curiosity RAD radiation data: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-curiosity/ - Elon Musk on Twitter/X (2019): Mars ticket could cost under $500,000, possibly under $100,000 Footage & image credits All Mars footage and images: courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech (public domain), with partner institutions where noted: - Perseverance rover: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS - Curiosity rover: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS - Opportunity rover: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ. - Earth from Mars (Spirit rover): NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Texas A&M - Dust devils from orbit (HiRISE): NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona - Phoenix lander illustration and Mars entry animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech Sound effects: Pixabay (Pixabay Content License) More at https://science.nasa.gov/mars and https://images.nasa.gov NASA does not endorse this video. #Mars #Space #NASA #Whatifonomics