Video: Should Humans Go To Mars?

What can we learn with humans that the much safer robotic explorers cannot tell us? Is it worth the risk? Is there really any reason to go to Mars other than "because it's there?"

Recording of a panel discussion featuring Dr. Robert Thirsk, Dr. Isaac B. Smith and Dr. Martha Lenio, moderated by Ivan Semeniuk, held on February 24, 2019 at a joint meeting of RCIScience and the RASC, Toronto Centre.