Terraforming Mars is usually considered in the realm of science fiction. But actually we have technology to start doing it in our lifetime and achieve some meaningful results it a timescale of tens of years, not thousands. Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Support us on Patreon:https://patreon.com/universetoday🟣 Guest: Dr. Erika Alden DeBenedictishttps://www.erikadebenedictis.com/📜 The Case for Mars Terraforming Researchhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02548-000:00 Intro01:34 Why Mars sucks02:23 Old ideas to terraform Mars11:00 New technologies31:52 Timescales37:00 Ethical consequences46:39 Current obsessions53:39 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/tpFFKCF4-BA📰 GUIDE TO SPACE NewsletterNo ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/📩 CONTACT FRASER[email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)