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How going to Mars improves life on Earth

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Eric Hinterman |

TEDxMIT

• May 2021

Memory foam, air purifiers, scratch-resistant lenses: these are just a few of the everyday items originally developed for space missions. Aerospace engineer Eric Hinterman invites us to dream big and imagine what technological advancements could come next, explaining why establishing a human presence on Mars is a big step for life on Earth -- and a giant leap toward becoming a space-faring species.

Memory foam, air purifiers, scratch-resistant lenses: these are just a few of the everyday items originally developed for space missions. Aerospace engineer Eric Hinterman invites us to dream big and imagine what technological advancements could come next, explaining why establishing a human presence on Mars is a big step for life on Earth -- and a giant leap toward becoming a space-faring species.

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Eric Hinterman is passionate about human spaceflight and plans to spend his career pushing the boundaries to enable human exploration of Mars and beyond.

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Take part as a citizen scientist to help NASA make important discoveries about our planet and the rest of the universe.