Have you ever dreamed of walking on Mars’ soil? Mars has captured the imaginations of both scientists and non-scientists alike for thousands of years. It is the second most monitored planet in our solar system, with 3 unmanned spacecraft orbiting it.

There are several key challenges we need to overcome before we can achieve the dream of having a human walk on its surface.

 

 

According to Wikipedia, these include :

• physical effects of exposure to high-energy cosmic rays and other ionizing radiation
• physical effects of a prolonged low-gravity environment
• physical effects of a prolonged low-light environment
• psychological effects of isolation from Earth
• psychological effects of lack of community due to lack of real-time connections with Earth
• social effects of several humans living under crowded conditions for over one earth year
• inaccessibility of terrestrial medical facilities

Want to know if you’re up to some of those challenges? We built a game just for that purpose. What’s more, you’ll get to know more about different career paths related to those challenges.

It’s called M.A.R.S. and it’s available both on the games page and at the arcade in the game for science virtual world.

Try it out and let us know what you think!