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THE MARS UNDERGROUND [HD] Full Movie

A documentary following Robert Zubrin and the Mars Society as they push the Mars Direct plan for sending humans to Mars using current technology and local resources. It also covers the clash with NASA's more expensive approach.

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended in Mars-mission threads as an accessible account of Zubrin's argument that Mars is feasible within a decade.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Blue Mars
Topic
human mars exploration
Format
documentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2014–2015

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • If you have one hour if front of you, I highly recommend this documentary: [VIDEO] In it they explain how it would be feasible to be on Mars in ten years with current technology and not so much additional fundings.

    p4bl0 on Hacker News · 2015-10
    In To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars
  • Sometime in the past fifty years NASA became paralyzed not by budget cuts, but by political in-fighting, fractured organizational structure and lots and lots of red tape. And then there is all that pork that goes around with the entrenched contractors. The tale of the …

    skriticos2 on Hacker News · 2014-12
    In NASA: We're sending humans to Mars
  • Also worth mentioning is the Mars Underground documentary, detailing Zubrin's work and mission over the years: [VIDEO]

    Udo on Hacker News · 2015-01
    In The Economic Viability of Mars Colonization (1995) [pdf]

Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.