To get humans to Mars we need international collaboration.

This week on planetary radio.

I'm Sarah Al Ahmed of the planetary society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.

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Cosmos and our place within it.

The annual Humans to Mars Summit brings fans of the Red Planet from across the

space community to discuss how humans can create a sustainable

and permanent presence on Mars.

This year's summit was held on May 7th and 8th at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. USA.

Our senior communications advisor and the previous host of planetary radio, Matt Kaplan, has been

a staple at the summit for years.

He moderates panels and co-anchors the live stream

coverage. The upcoming conversation on international collaboration on the

space road to Mars comes at a very interesting time.

Space agencies around the world are scaling up their exploratory efforts.

Meanwhile in the United States, NASA Science is facing the first budget cut in a decade.

These cuts do impact the U.S.'s international partnerships in space,

but the dedicated people behind the world's space agencies are still committed to working together

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