Race to Mars

cIclops · 2006-05-15 05:03:09

Television minseries now in production according to Space.com

Race to Mars, a Discovery Channel docu-drama aimed at realistically depicting a manned mission to the red planet. The three-hour program, a six-part documentary Mars Rising, and a related Internet site Mars Interactive are set to debut in Fall 2007

SpaceNut · 2006-05-15 21:14:25

Race the red planet: Production begins on Mars mission mini-series

"If [Race to Mars] does in some small way get people thinking and talking about a mission to Mars, I think we would have done a really great thing,"

cIclops · 2006-05-26 12:50:29

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The total budget for the all-HD project is $20 million, with the six-week Montreal shoot of Race to Mars running until June 15. The idea is to leave any crazy sci-fi ideas behind, and to root the series in carefully researched, educated speculation.
"We have consulted over 175 scientists about what the challenges for a mission to Mars will be," says Gelbart. "What will the year 2030 look like? We are basing this on the best scientific knowledge we can.

cIclops · 2007-03-07 02:48:40

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Race to Mars will premiere in a two-hour block (8-10 pm) on Sunday, Sept. 23, with the remaining part and conclusion scheduled for the same time slot on Sunday, Sept. 30. The following Sunday, Oct. 7, will see the two-hour premiere of Mars Rising hit the air before it rolls out the remaining four parts in one-hour blocks (which may or may not remain in the Sunday night time slot).
The programming will also coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik launch, an event that will generate space exploration and celebration news around the globe. (Europe plans to send up 50 small satellites to commemorate the date in October). As well, Discovery's flagship program, Daily Planet, will feature its own factoids and segments around the Mars programming push.
At the conclusion of the two Mars series, the net will air a special one-hour Daily Planet town hall production, in which scientists and the public will be brought together to debate the question: Should we be planning to set human feet on Mars?

cIclops · 2007-08-01 16:30:06

Discovery Channel Presents the World Premieres of "Race to Mars" and "Mars Rising"

TORONTO, Aug. 1 /CNW/ - Discovery Channel's most ambitious project ever is ready for lift off. As the scientific and space communities mark the 50th anniversary of the Space Age initiated by Sputnik, Discovery Channel blasts into Fall with an unprecedented and daring multi-platform exploration of the Red Planet: Mars. Experts suggest we could see a successful human voyage to Mars in our lifetime, and when it happens, it will be the most ambitious, complex and dangerous expedition ever undertaken. The cornerstone of Discovery Channel's 2007-2008 Season, this landmark television event - featuring the World Premieres of "Race to Mars" (Sept. 23 premiere) and "Mars Rising"(Oct. 7 premiere) - celebrates the innovation, technology and passion that will bring the voyage to fruition. This 10-hour television event will be complemented by a fully immersive online experience at RaceToMars.ca, a companion book also titled Race to Mars; a touring exhibition with the Ontario Science Centre and a full slate of complementary programming to be unveiled soon. Discovery Channel has also tapped key experts from the documentary series as panellists for a complementary special, "Earth to Mars: The Great Space Debate," a live public event to be held in Toronto where the audience can ask the experts about future missions to Mars. The debate will stream live at DiscoveryChannel.ca and be broadcast as a one-hour special wrapping up the Channel's additional Mars-themed programming later this fall. All told, this is the boldest and biggest undertaking devoted to a single subject in Discovery Channel Canada's history.

SpaceNut · 2007-09-02 20:58:20

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cIclops · 2007-09-25 06:00:58

Race to Mars blasts off this weekend in high definition

Wednesday, 19 September 2007
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Space Age initiated by Sputnik, this weekend the Discovery Channel will be premiere two new television programs in high definition - Race to Mars and Mars Rising.
The original 10-hour, $20-million dollar Canadian television production is the most expensive science television project in production this year worldwide and will also be seen by audiences in the U.S., France and Japan later this fall.
Premiering with back-to-back episodes on Sunday, September 23rd at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT on Discovery Channel and Discovery HD, “Race to Mars” is a four hour fictional account that imagines and simulates the first manned space mission to the Red Planet.
Race to Mars tells the story of an international team of six astronauts (four men and two women) who embark on a 56-million kilometre, 583 day mission in a capsule the size of two school buses.
The drama unfolds in the first episode, as the mission led by American Commander Rick Erwin (Michael Riley) is plagued by electrical power system malfunctions and the crew considers aborting the mission.
Following four one hour episodes of the fictional Race to Mars, Discovery will premiere “Mars Rising”, a six-hour companion documentary series that explores the science and technology being developed and tested today that could make a future mission to Mars a reality.
Shot in HD in over 90 locations, the show captures interviews, training sessions and experiments in the United States, Russia, Chile, China, Europe and across Canada, including the Canadian Arctic. Over 300 scientists from diverse backgrounds and nationalities were consulted for the series and more than 60 space experts, including former and current astronauts, appear on camera. Among the subjects explored through the series include spaceship design, possible trajectories, rocket fuel, finding new life forms, new thoughts on astronaut selection and training, space suit engineering, medical training for deep space, blasting through the Mars atmosphere, life support systems and robotics.
Experts appearing in the series include: James Garvin, lead scientist for Mars and Lunar Exploration at NASA; Paul Delaney, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Toronto’s York University; and Academy-Award winning filmmaker James Cameron (‘Titanic’) who is a member of NASA’s special advisory committee. The astronauts interviewed for the show include Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian mission specialist and the first Canadian to operate the Canadarm in orbit; Canadian astronaut Dave Williams; retired NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger, who spent 132 days aboard the ISS Mir in 1997; and Jeffrey Hoffman who was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame earlier this year.
Mars Rising is narrated by William Shatner and premieres with back-to-back episodes on Sunday, October 7th at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT and details the significant challenges facing a mission to Mars.

cIclops · 2007-09-25 06:05:07

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cIclops · 2007-10-08 06:21:25

Just seen the first part of "Race to Mars" and it's excellent!

Good script, real acting, great special effects and there's not much to complain about in the storyline. Based very much on DRM 3.0 with a pinch of artistic license, it's well worth watching. Hopefully the second part will be just as good.

cIclops · 2007-10-13 06:59:28

The first part of the associated "Mars Rising" series was disappointing, contradictory and confused and mostly negative. It can only get better from this bad start.

SpaceNut · 2007-10-16 17:40:10

Mars Rising is suppose to be on in the USA on the science channel starting October 30! So mark your calenders.

cIclops · 2007-11-06 04:57:22

Second part of Mars Rising is called "rocket power", it's just as uninteresting as the first part ("journey to the red planet") except for the section about nuclear propulsion. Four parts to go, maybe one will be good.

naitsabes · 2007-12-01 16:28:44

I really liked the last episode, saw it a few hours ago

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