Nat Geo's March Returns for Season 2 Next Month (Trailer)

NEW YORK – With Mars's colonization, transporting astronauts and keeping them alive may seem like the biggest hurdle today. But this is only the beginning – as the population of Mars continues to grow, the scale of the settlers' problems will also increase.

You will discover what life will look like in a colony of Mars in the new season of the documentary series "Mars", which will air on November 12 on National Geographic. By combining scripted drama sequences and documentary interviews with great "thinkers" experts, the series paints a picture of life on Mars while explaining the true science behind the fictional story.

In addition to the inhospitable Martian environment – the lack of breathable air, icy temperatures and dangerous radiation – the biggest obstacles that the settlers of Mars will face have little to do with the planet itself and everything related to human nature. If civilizations still do not know how to coexist peacefully on Earth, we probably can not get along better on another planet, suggests the show. From power struggles to disputes over natural resources, the "Mars" settlers seem doomed to repeat the same mistakes humanity has made on Earth. [‘Mars’: The Epic National Geographic Channel Miniseries in Pictures]

"We are not learning from our mistakes," Jeff Hephner, a commander of a private mining company on Mars at the New York Comic-Con, told reporters Thursday (October 4th). In the series, his mining company rubbed shoulders with scientists from the Olympus Town colony of the International Foundation for Science of Mars Planet (IMSF), after the miners found liquid water on Mars. While the IMSF wishes to preserve the site in order to look for evidence of microbial life, miners only seem interested in extracting resources.

"March" Season 2 shows real images of conflicts taking place on Earth, in order to draw parallels with what could happen to civilizations on Mars. For example, the industrialization of the Earth has contributed to climate change. However, it also allowed humans to do things that we could not do in the pre-industrial era. Justin Wilkes, executive producer of the series, told reporters from the New York Comic-Con that the series was not meant to send a message. The series uses the Earth as an example of what can happen when humans begin to populate a planet.

You can watch the entire Martian drama unfold on National Geographic with the film's premiere on Monday, November 12th at 9pm. EST / 20h CST.

Email Hanneke Weitering at [email protected] or follow her. @hannekescience. follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.