{"id":13465,"date":"2016-11-04T11:30:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13465"},"modified":"2016-11-04T11:33:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:33:29","slug":"videos-first-episode-of-nat-geo-mars-mini-series-a-backstory-short-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13465","title":{"rendered":"Videos: First episode of Nat. Geo. Mars mini-series + A backstory short film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/\">National Geographic Channel<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/mars\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mars mini-series<\/a> directed by Ron Howard debuts on TV on November 14th. However, the first episode is now available for online streaming for free:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/mars\/videos\/novo-mundo\/\" target=\"_d\"><em>Novo Mundo<\/em> &#8211; MARS Video &#8211; National Geographic Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/mars\/videos\/novo-mundo\/embed\/\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We watched the episode last night and it was quite good. (Recommend watching it on a big screen.) The program is structured as a high production value fictional drama of a Mars mission in 2033, interspersed with documentary segments about what is happening in 2016 to make a Mars mission feasible and affordable. There is an emphasis in particular on what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpaceX.com\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX<\/a> is doing but they also include inputs from NASA and a variety of other sources.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a\u00a0nicely made short film that gives a backstory to two of the characters &#8211; Hana &amp; Joon Seung &#8211; in the Mars series:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mPuTlZYDbh4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ariss.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ham radio station on the ISS<\/a> plays a role in the story:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/mars\/articles\/a-guide-to-ham-radio\/\" target=\"_d\">A Guide to Ham Radio &#8211; MARS Article &#8211; National Geographic Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=echo&amp;banner=146870N94VDD8MAPHT02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=1a66b7640a95795359e192e9c202c69f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Geographic Channel&#8216;s Mars mini-series directed by Ron Howard debuts on TV on November 14th. However, the first episode is now available for online streaming for free:\u00a0Novo Mundo &#8211; MARS Video &#8211; National Geographic Channel. We watched the episode last night and it was quite good. (Recommend watching it on a big screen.) The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13465\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: First episode of Nat. Geo. Mars mini-series + A backstory short film<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-solar-sci-fi","category-space-films-and-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3vb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13204,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13204","url_meta":{"origin":13465,"position":0},"title":"Videos: National Geographic&#8217;s MARS series premiers in November","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0National Geographic Channel's MARS\u00a0mini-series, directed by Ron Howard, will debut in the US\u00a0on\u00a0Nov. 14 and\u00a0Nov. 13 internationally. 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