Monday’s National Geographic series ‘Mars’ tackles very relevant issues

Mike Glenn is left in charge while Hana takes Robert (played by Sammi Rotibi) out to check out the exciting signs of water. Unfortunatley, Mike seizes the opportunity to attempt to rally the crew to his side of demanding a change of leadership change. He cuts off all communications and extra power with the Lukram colony and it creatives life threatening havoc. Will he finally get what’s coming to him?

Five years later, April 2042 the Mars colony may just have discovered liquid water thanks to the terraforming efforts. In this eighth episode of season two called ‘Power Play’, viewers are reminded that cooperation is mankind. Thanks to the Lukrum Colony and their solar mirrors, some positive changes may be happening on the new home that they all share. The Olympus Colony is well established and has been able to offer some of the resources that the others are in desperate need of. Can these two colonies work together to benefit both science and money?

Much to Hana’s dismay, Robert is struggling with his loss of purpose in the Olympus Colony. Although he still believes in the mission he leaves to go to Lukrum Industries to fulfill his purpose as a builder. Will this allow the budding romance between Robbi and Hannah stand a chance?
The Secretary-General back on Earth is toggling between what’s right for the Mars mission and what corporations want, she struggles. Lukrum is just too powerful. Will the influence of companies can be greater than its governments?

Will humans treat the planet Mars better than we have treated Earth?

National Geographic took a nice little dive into politics in this episode. Climate Change shows the dangers of how humans have recently treated our own home of planet Earth. The second season of “Mars” while in 2042 it focuses on present-day issues. While watching the National Geographic’s series, we witness how the original explorers of the red planet consider themselves stewards of this new home. According to Stephen Petranek, the author of How We’ll Live on Mars one of the problems that we might face on Mars with industry is that money becomes the ruling factor. The stake of the investors becomes more important than humanity.”

“It’s similar to a small resource-rich country where a handful of companies dominate all of the decisionmaking and dominate the path that that country follows. We’ve seen that play out again and again and again.”
Antonia Juhasz (Investigative Journalist, EnergyAnalyst) talked about how science and technology can take great leaps, and yet despite that, watching how our own planet is being destroyed by human intervention, are we truly ready to unleash ourselves onto another planet such as Mars?

‘Power Play’ was directed by Ashely Way and written by Matt Keables and airs Mon., Dec. 10, 2018 on the National Geographic Channel.