STP24 - What's the deal with these Mars missions? - with Elizabeth Howell and Nicholas Booth

<p>This month is well and truly Mars month with three separate missions from three different countries arriving at the red planet, so we asked Elizabeth Howell and Nicholas Booth to join us. The pair have recently released a fantastic book 'The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time' which is well worth checking out!</p><br><p>UAE Hope Mission: <a href="https://www.emiratesmarsmission.ae/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.emiratesmarsmission.ae/</a></p><p>China's Tianwen-1 Mission: <a href="https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/tianwen-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/tianwen-1</a></p><p>NASA's Perseverance Mission: <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/</a></p><br><p><em>The Search For Life On Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story Of All Time by </em>&nbsp;Elizabeth Howell and Nicholas Booth (Arcade, $27.99). The authors jointly tweet as <a href="https://www.twitter.com/search_mars" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@search_mars</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>ELIZABETH HOWELL is a space journalist based in Canada who writes for publications such as Space.com, Forbes and SkyNews. She has published three books about science and space exploration, including "The Science of Time Travel: The Secrets Behind Time Machines, Time Loops, Alternate Realities, and More! She has witnessed five human space launches and has two postgraduate degrees in space studies from The University of North Dakota. She also teaches communications for post-secondary students and private clients. She tweets as <a href="https://www.twitter.com/howellspace" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@howellspace</a></p><br><p>NICHOLAS BOOTH has been a writer for over thirty years. He was the youngest Briton to ever work for NASA and started his career on <em>Astronomy Now</em> magazine. He then worked for the world’s oldest newspapers: as a science