How Invention Will Land Humans on Mars | PBS NewsHour

SpaceX, a private aeronautics company, wants to colonize the Red Planet. Could this mean today’s youth might be the first humans in history to live on Mars? Many technical and ethical challenges lie ahead in response to this question. Using the invention process, students will explore solutions to some of the problems facing the Mars mission and decide whether or not they are on board with expanding humankind’s reach in the universe.

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This lesson was originally posted here on PBS NewsHour Classroom on May 28, 2019. Check out more resources at NewsHour Classroom.