Design researcher Dr. Karl Aspelund threads together sustainability, comfort, and identity to imagine what Martian settlers might wear—from wool to wearables to celebration suits.

CHAPEA-1 Commander Dr. Kelly Haston reveals what it’s really like to spend a year simulating life on Mars—navigating 20-minute delays, lonely inboxes, and the art of staying human through lag.

Kinsey Institute researcher and space sexologist Dr. Simon Dubé joins to discuss why human connection, touch, and pleasure are essential to long-term space living — and why avoiding the topic is the real risk.

Space architect Brent Sherwood reveals what it takes to design the first human city on Mars — from habitats and culture to why the Red Planet may look more like Manhattan than Utopia Planitia.