Yes getting to Mars will be tough. My 1970 Peter Fairley's Space album says we'll be there by 1985 - we'll looks like we've missed that window.
Production wise it obviously suffers from a smallish budget - the monitors in ground control just look like standard home television sets mounted together while for some reason cameras - both for TV and journalists - have bucked current trends and got bigger.
So far - unless there's going to be flashbacks - none of the long journey to Mars was shown except the landing (interior shots only).
Interesting drama has been added as the - rather big - spaceship has landed over 70 kilometres from its intended target - a preconstructed base.
I will be following the series because even if the sections set in 2033 prove not to work that well then there's always the real interviews with scientists - authors and entrepreneurs from the present day giving their views. At the very least it's holding my interest because if we don't get there by the 2030's I might not be around to see the momentous landing.
I hope we do make it.
Production wise it obviously suffers from a smallish budget - the monitors in ground control just look like standard home television sets mounted together while for some reason cameras - both for TV and journalists - have bucked current trends and got bigger.
So far - unless there's going to be flashbacks - none of the long journey to Mars was shown except the landing (interior shots only).
Interesting drama has been added as the - rather big - spaceship has landed over 70 kilometres from its intended target - a preconstructed base.
I will be following the series because even if the sections set in 2033 prove not to work that well then there's always the real interviews with scientists - authors and entrepreneurs from the present day giving their views. At the very least it's holding my interest because if we don't get there by the 2030's I might not be around to see the momentous landing.
I hope we do make it.