This Graphic Shows All the Ways Mars Will Try to Kill Us If We Ever Get There
Mars is the solar system’s it planet, what with breakthrough reports of Martian water and a blockbuster movie about a Red Planet castaway
soon to hit theaters. But Mars is hard—really, really hard. And while
sending humans there is not just a grand dream but an achievable one, we
shouldn’t kid ourselves about just how deadly a place it could be. Here
are a few of the things that make living on—and merely getting to—Mars
so risky.