The speaker, presumably Michael from Vsauce, discusses the upcoming plans to colonize Mars, as detailed in National Geographic's upcoming show. The speaker outlines the everyday life questions that arise with the beginning of a new society on Mars, such as the laws that Martian colonists will follow, what kind of clocks or calendars they will use, and what the flag of Mars might look like.
The speaker then discusses the potential for terraforming Mars from a red planet into a green one with life, and then a blue watery earth-like one. The speaker uses the example of a flag designed for Mars in 1998 by Pascal Lee, which has been used by various Mars exploration societies and even flown into space aboard space shuttle Discovery by astronaut John Grunsfeld in 1999.
The speaker then discusses the question of enforcing laws on Mars, given the time it takes to travel between Earth and Mars. The speaker suggests the idea of 'extraterrestrial Liberty', allowing Martian colonists to become free from any currently existing state that might be reasonable.
The speaker then discusses the concept of timekeeping on Mars, noting that a day on Mars is about 2.7 percent longer than on Earth, and over time, this could cause an Earth watch on Mars to drift. Scientists on Earth who work with robotic Rovers on Mars use Mars time, and there are programs and watches available that run 2.7 percent slower than usual to match Mars's rotation.
The speaker then discusses the idea of using Earth years or a Martian year system, and proposes some calendars that have been proposed, which are divided into familiar week and month lengths but with about twice as many of each per year.
The speaker concludes by discussing the importance of preserving or protecting Martian life, if it exists, and the fundamental question of what our purpose is in the universe. The speaker also mentions the plans for manned missions to Mars, which are just a bit under two decades away.
Finally, the speaker thanks the audience for watching and encourages them to check out National Geographic's new global event series Mars, which will be premiering on Monday, November 14th at 9/8 central.
1. No rocks from Mars have ever been brought back to Earth and no human has ever touched anything on Mars. [Source: Document(page_content="00:00:14.82: Mars have ever been brought back to\n00:00:17.55: earth and no human has ever touched\n00:00:20.19: anything on Mars but that's about to\n00:00:23.55: change")]
2. National Geographic has asked Michael, Jake, and Kevin to talk about Mars due to a show coming out soon. [Source: Document(page_content="00:00:26.52: National Geographic has asked me\n00:00:29.31: and Jake and Kevin to talk about Mars\n00:00:31.20: all about how we are planning to turn\n00:00:33.63: Mars into a home a place where humans\n00:00:36.99: will soon be living and working it's a\n00:00:39.42: plan set to become a reality in the\n00:00:41.94: 2030s that's cool but beyond just how\n00:00:46.95: there are everyday life questions raised\n00:00:49.92: we would be literally beginning society\n00:00:52.92: all over again on a new planet whose\n00:00:55.74: laws will Martian colonists follow what\n00:00:58.98: kind of watches clocks and calendars\n00:01:00.66: will they use and what will be lost if\n00:01:03.63: we as a species gain Mars is it okay to\n00:01:09.42: touch Mars what will its flag look like\n00:01:14.36: in 1998 Pascal Lee designed a flag for\n00:01:18.84: Mars that was flown at the hotend Mars\n00:01:20.97: project research station where how\n00:01:23.55: humans might live and work on other\n00:01:25.44: planets was studied the flag is a nod to\n00:01:29.19: Kim Stanley Robinson's famous red Mars\n00:01:31.50: free Mars and blue Mars trilogy should\n00:01:35.25: we have the technological and political\n00:01:37.71: ability to do so at some point in the\n00:01:39.57: future we could terraform Mars from a\n00:01:43.08: red planet into a green with life and\n00:01:45.78: then blue watery earth-like one this\n00:01:49.17: flag has since been used by a number of\n00:01:51.60: Mars exploration societies and was even\n00:01:54.24: flown into space aboard space shuttle\n00:01:56.61: Discovery by astronaut John Grunsfeld\n00:01:59.97: in 1999 that all makes it a pretty good\n00:02:03.18: contender to be the first official flag\n00:02:05.40: of Mars")]
3. The Outer Space Treaty prohibits national appropriation of celestial bodies, but it doesn't necessarily stop private individuals or companies from doing so. [Source: Document(page_content="00:02:11.22: the Outer Space Treaty of course\n00:02:12.90: prohibits national appropriation of\n00:02:14.85: celestial bodies\n00:02:17