Why We're Trying To Colonize Space

This docu-series covers all three of Earth's next landing options - Asteroids, the Moon and Mars. The programmes explore the scientific reasons for and against each celestial body's case to be the next that humans might colonise. They explore the technical and logistical problems and benefits of...

156 min - Space & the Universe - Spark

More: Rockets & the New Space Age documentaries

Read Deeper: Rockets & the New Space Age

1. Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins - View on Amazon
2. A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
3. Rocket Men by Robert Kurson - View on Amazon
4. Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell - View on Amazon
5. Endurance by Scott Kelly - View on Amazon
6. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
7. Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (4/5) - View on Amazon
8. The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
9. Liftoff by Eric Berger - View on Amazon
10. Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
11. The Space Barons by Christian Davenport - View on Amazon
12. The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak - View on Amazon
13. The Perfect Machine by Ronald Florence - View on Amazon

Watch Next

• How NASA Reinvented the Rocket Engine (18 min, Real Engineering)
• Touring the Vulcan Rocket on the Launch Pad - Smarter Every Day 297 (37 min, Smarter Every Day)
• HOW ROCKETS ARE MADE (Rocket Factory Tour - United Launch Alliance) - Smarter Every Day 231 (54 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Starship Reached Space. What Now? (18 min, Real Engineering)
• Can We Throw Satellites to Space? - SpinLaunch (42 min, Real Engineering)
• The Incredible Sounds of the Falcon Heavy Launch (BINAURAL AUDIO IMMERSION) - Smarter Every Day 189 (9 min, Smarter Every Day)
• The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets (20 min, Veritasium)
• How does the Crew Dragon Spacecraft work? (SpaceX) (19 min, Jared Owen)