National Geographic presents the second season of MARS

The perspective of Mars has never been so palpable. The idea was once considered science fiction, but in the blink of an eye we will be there. Season 2 of National Geographic's famed MARS series – described as impressive, inspiring and scientifically honest by the critics – is back on Monday, Nov. 12 at 9 am / 8 am, with a six-episode arc that takes the hybrid format unique of the season: alternate scripted and documentary sequences predicting what life will look like on the red planet, according to what is happening on Earth today. MARS has a first special in simulcast on Nat Geo Mundo.

National Geographic partners with Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michael Rosenberg, and Justin Wilkes, as well as executive producers Jon Kamen and Tommy Turtle of RadicalMedia, are considering what could happen when landlords become the first Martians of the planet.

This season on MARS, the story explores the boundaries between science and industry on an isolated and ruthless frontier. Throughout history, there has been a fierce battle between human motivations and interests related to profitability on one side of the spectrum and the exploration of the other. By becoming interplanetary, can humans break the chain or are they doomed to repeat the same mistakes in this new world?

MARCH resumes five years after the end of Season 1, following the first successful mission to the Red Planet, when the original team of the International Mars Science Foundation (IMSF) struggled to land and create a first establishment. We are now in 2042 and IMSF has established a full-fledged colony, OLYMPUS Town, but can not fund the March expedition alone. The doors of opportunity have opened up to the private sector, but tensions have arisen between scientists and mine-miners led by a mission sent by the for-profit Lukrum Industries, which creates a new world of challenges for all on the red planet.

On the screenplay, the series tackles seemingly daily events – pregnancy, breakups, new relationships, epidemics, breakdowns, power outages, injuries, exercise, meals and social gatherings. But when they occur at about 34 million isolated kilometers from Earth – where there is no escape – they are anything but ordinary. And while mission-driven scientists, who were the first to walk on the red planet nine years earlier, are initially alarmed by their new neighbors, some soon find themselves understanding and hearing with Other side ". Life on Mars intensifies when scientists in search of a new life find themselves upset by the Lukrum mining mission. the worst natural disaster strikes the country; the first generation Martian baby enters the new world; and when loved ones draw their last breath.

The casting of MARS is composed of actors of season 1 and several newcomers, including Jihae (Mortal Engines), Jeff Hephner (Chicago Med, Black Code) and Esai Morales (Ozark, NYPD Blue).

On the front of the documentary, current vignettes draw parallels with upcoming events on Mars by examining some of the thorny issues facing the last frontier of the Earth – the Arctic. This includes a whole range of events that currently compromise life on Earth – and could torment us in the future if we become an interplanetary species: drilling, melting glaciers, rising sea levels and indigenous health epidemics that cause surface when the permafrost melts.

The camera experts, nicknamed our "great thinkers" – are once again leading the public through the struggles and opportunities that await humans on Mars. This elite group includes some of the biggest names in human exploration, technology, the environment and the social sciences, such as Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX; Andy Weir, best-selling author of The Martian and Artemis; Ellen Stofan, former head of NASA; Leland Melvin, former NASA astronaut; Michio Kaku, theoretical and futuristic physicist; Antonia Juhasz, expert in oil and energy; Naomi Klein, best-selling author, award-winning activist and journalist on climate change; Casey Dreier, director of space policy at the Planetary Society; Lucianne Walkowicz, Chair of the Astrobiology Committee of the Kluge Center of the Congress Library and Astronomer of the Adler Planetarium; and Bill Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society.

In addition to the great thinkers, the scientific advisors of MARS give considerable weight to scripted drama. In this post, Stephen Petranek, award-winning author of How We Live on Mars; Mae Jemison, former NASA astronaut; and Robert Braun, professor of aerospace engineering science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, lead the futuristic history of the red planet by ensuring that everything is rooted in reality.

"Last season, we had planned to arrive on Mars, so now we are directing the discussion on what will happen once on a planet where everything is foreign and extraordinary," said Dee Johnson (Nashville, Boss , host of season 2 of MARS) ER). "Mars is a pressure cooker, there is a constant tension between science and industry and, therefore, the emotions are strong.Although contradictory, their programs are not incompatible, with the advancement of the science and exploration, industry and money also manufacturing.

"The series emphasizes that human nature does not change when we become Martian, but that we control our instinct, our emotions and our behavior on Mars is an unknown territory," says Justin Wilkes, co-creator and executive producer of MARS, RadicalMedia . "MARS looks at how we handle grief, mental health, illness, contamination, death, first pregnancy and the first baby on Mars, natural disasters and the search for the planet's natural resources, such as water, which we often take for granted on Earth. "

"In MARS, everything that's simple like everyday life, like personal hygiene and meals, requires a greater effort and is exponentially more difficult in this foreign border with limited resources, where new rules are often written to the fly, "says Stephen Petranek, co-executive producer, scientific advisor and thinker. "Leaving the Earth ensures long-term human survival, and we have the technology and the mind to get there, but what will it really take to live there?" MARS is a six-to-nine month trip in a sense … so before we get there, we'd better make sure we can do it permanently. "

Directors Stephen Cragg (Scandal, How to Get Out of Murder) and Ashley Way (Doctor Who, Homeland) join previous director Everardo Gout (Days of Grace) for the second season.

MARS is produced by Imagine Entertainment and RadicalMedia for National Geographic. Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Michael Rosenberg are executive producers for Imagine Entertainment, while Justin Wilkes is co-creator and executive producer. Jon Kamen and Tommy Turtle are the executive producers of RadicalMedia. Dee Johnson is the executive producer and showrunner with Taimi Arvidson and Meredith Kaulfers as supervising producers, and Jen Isaacson is the co-producer.