To Mars and Beyond With Chris Bellant of the Mars Initiative

<p>Chris Bellant is an operations planner for the <strong>International Space Station</strong> (by day, but by night, he’s the executive director for the<strong> Mars Initiative</strong>. Through this nonprofit, he’s able to help humanity get closer to exploring Mars through both grant programs and its Mars Prize Fund.</p> <p>Citing a childhood love for Star Trek, Chris Bellant was driven to get a degree in aerospace engineering. Eventually, he was able to work on his passion project — getting humanity further into the cosmos.</p> <p>In this episode we talk to Bellant about his passion for space exploration, his work at the <a href= "https://marsinitiative.org/" data-feathr-click-track="true">Mars Initiative</a>, how he landed that gig, and why humans should land on Mars.</p>