There's a first-of-its-kind class at
Florida Atlantic University going on
right now called Human Mission to Mars.
Yeah we are on Mars right now let's get
over to meteorologist Lauren Olesky.
Lauren you went back to college for the day.
I did and it was awesome I got to
sit in on what I think's the coolest
class and this was the other day at FAU.
The class is called Human Mission to Mars
and while I thought it was simply
about just how to get humans to the red
planet I learned that a lot more goes
into this mission than just
blasting off into outer space.
How we solve problems in science.
Solving problems...
three two one zero
Ignition.
With the little side of how to get to
Mars.
But what do I really want to teach the students?
and the answer is I want to
teach them how to do science.
Ata Sarajedini
the Dean of the College of Science at
Florida Atlantic University created this
class to teach students how to solve
problems no matter what their background is.
Biology with a focus of marine biology.
I'm a biology major with a focus
in pre-professional studies.
Geology, Earth and Space Science.
A lot more goes into this course then even I
originally thought.
Once you get there
how do you build a colony how do you
grow food how do you make water and
there are even more topics being taught
like the impact space has on our bodies
Does anyone have property rights? Will
taxes exist up there?
This class is unlike anything else taught on campus.
There's no other class here that's taught by 12 faculty.
There's no other class here that
involves last count I had seven
different departments.
This was really cool. So every two weeks about every two
weeks to a week an half or so they have
a new teacher and they go over different
subjects and different aspects of how to
get to Mars like they learn how to grow
fruit, food in one of the classes.
The one I went to the other day was about the
psychology what kind of leader or do we
want to have?
What's the best group dynamic we
need for all of us to work together if
someone's angry.
How do we you know get over the conflicts.
So many questions.
Yeah it's really cool.
How did they address the topic of
will taxes exist up there?
Well I haven't learned about the tax part just yet
Really we were just kind of
learning about psychology just the other
day. We're gonna dive into more about the
psychology of what it's like to maybe
you know be stuck on a planet with just
a group of people.
Okay
essentially forever.
We're gonna talk
more about that on Monday.
I love this. There's just something for everyone no matter
what your background is. yeah and the students love it.
We're gonna hear from more of the students on Monday as well.
