Mountaineering and Space Exploration

Astronaut Scott Parazynski Everest Podcasts 16 May 2008

“Hi again, this is Scott. Just wanted to make a few comments about the tools that are required to scale a mountain as it compared with going outside on a spacewalk. It’s actually quite similar, in many regards… We’re at great heights, of course gravity affects us in space a little bit differently as we’re in a free fall around the earth but here on Mt. Everest if you’re to slip and fall, it could mean a long ride, of several thousand feet…with a pretty bad outcome.”

Mountaineering and Climbing on Mars

“Initial human missions to Mars will be a precious commodity wherein a maximum amount of information is gathered by each crew. As was the case during innumerable terrestrial missions of exploration, the Martian terrain that visiting crews must traverse in order to gain an understanding will often be difficult.”