Why Mars? Weve Got the Answers

Published: May 16, 2018, 3 p.m.

b'The great adventure awaits! Mat Kaplan hosts an entertaining panel discussion at the 2018 Humans to Mars Summit in Washington DC.\\xa0 Eight guests provide their diverse and inspiring reasons for humans to visit the Red Planet.\\xa0 Bruce Betts later joins Mat to explore the Demon Star.\\xa0 Learn more about this week\\u2019s topic and see images here: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/0516-h2m-why-mars-panel.htmlGuests include: Filmmaker Nicholas Agnew, creator of Seat 25Consultant Jeff Bingham, former NASA Associate Administrator for Legislative AffairsJim Garvin, Chief Scientist, Goddard Space Flight CenterJanet Ivey, Emmy award-winning creator of Janet\\u2019s Planet\\u201cAstronaut Abby\\u201d Abigail HarrisonKeri Kukral, Raw Science and the Raw Science Film FestivalSaralyn Mark, MD, iGiant founder and presidentArtemis Westenberg, Explore Mars president, director and co-founder'