Short film - DELIVERY FROM EARTH - first human born on Mars from perspective of a Navajo family

[Donkees]

Winning entry of the Lockheed Martin / NM Film Foundation filmmaker grant. A science-fiction short film about the first human born on Mars, told from the perspective of a Navajo family living in Gallup, New Mexico.

[Kali]

1. nice!

[LiberalLoner]

2. Very nice! And so true, we are all one.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. Cute!

If only living on Mars could be remotely as easy as living in a desert on Earth, or even living in Antarctica.

But that film is still fun!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Thank you for posting.

The idea that Mars can be readily and easily terraformed makes for interesting science fiction, but terrible reality.

I happen to think that while, given what the piece shows is needed for long term colonization, I really doubt humans could successfully reproduce on Mars. Oh, women would no doubt get pregnant easily enough, but given the need for constant exercise, given the low gravity, how in the world would a brand new born baby be exercised? It wouldn't be merely that someone born there could never visit Earth, but that someone born there might not be able to thrive at all.

If only Venus could be magically terraformed. It's at least very close in size to Earth, so the gravity thing wouldn't be an issue. However, it's still too close to the Sun, and My Son The Astronomer thinks that even if we could terraform it, the Earth-like conditions wouldn't last very long. Perhaps no more than a couple of centuries. Even if he's completely wrong about that, and it would remain good for several million years, another problem is that one day last 243 Earth days, longer than its year, which lasts 225 of our days. Doubt we could ever change that.

The truth is, we have only one suitable planet, and we need to start taking much better care of it.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

5. I agree, given the lower gravity there.

Unless they also had a way to simulate Earth's gravity with some kind of gigantic centrifuge assembly, I'd be concerned about the baby's bone health and development. It's not like a baby can run on a treadmill.

The whole colonization idea is crazy to me, especially at this stage. I'd prefer to keep sending machines (or robots) for now, while hopefully demonstrating better care for this planet. Even a greenhouse-gas "hellhole" on Earth would be far easier to survive than Mars! (And let's hope humanity will stop the worst of that from happening.)

[Fla Dem]

6. Well done! A brief look into the future.