Space Is Dangerous and It Wants to Kill Us

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Permanent moon base and mission to Mars could be first step toward becoming multi-planetary species. Eventually, we can imagine a solar system full of human life. But there's a pretty basic thing standing in the way: Space is terrible. It wants to kill us.

NASA just launched the Artemis program, a series of missions that will eventually take humans back to the moon, and beyond. But can humans actually survive in space long-term?

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