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Host Basil Singer explores Saturn's moon Titan, one of the most earth-like objects in the solar system. In a rare look beneath the clouds of this far away moon viewers will get a glimpse at a familiar landscape of valleys, lakes and rivers. But the view is not as inviting as it appears. Most everything is made of solid methane with liquid methane lakes, as well as volcanoes that spew a slushy ice and deadly cold of minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Long favored by science fiction writers as a future home for mankind, Singer discovers that with some survival technology it might be possible to turn science fiction into science fact.

Venus is so hot that no water exists on the planet's surface. Clouds consist of metal-dissolving sulfuric acid and the air pressure would kill anyone who made it to the surface. It seems as though human life existing on this planet would be nearly impossible. But host Basil Singer finds scientists who are working to build refrigerated rovers to explore the surface and enormous air-filled bubble habitats where humans could live high in the atmosphere.

With plans under way for a NASA mission to the red planet within 30 years, Singer's challenge is to find out how to make Mars a place where humans could live permanently. He investigates technology that will make oxygen from rocks, as well as fuel from the thin Martian air. Basil also investigates Robert Zubrin and the Mars Society's current research into the practicality of life on Mars, along with a look at NASA's latest human transport and exploration vehicle.