The document outlines 15 steps to become a Martian, including deciding to become an astronaut, meeting education and experience requirements, gaining relevant skills like fixing things and working as a team, and completing analog missions and survival training. It emphasizes the challenges of being selected for a Mars mission, as astronauts have a <0.1% chance and it may take 10+ years, and suggests embracing the long process through fitness, education, experience and a sense of humor.

1. H O W T O B E C O M E A
M A R T I A N
B R I A N S H I R O
O C T 2 0 1 5 # T H E M A R T I A N # J O U R N E Y T O M A R S

2. S O Y O U
WA N T T O B E
A M A R T I A N ?
D O Y O U H A V E T H E R I G H T
S T U F F ?

3. G E T I N S P I R E D
S T E P 1

4. T O G O T O M A R S
Y O U
M U S T
G O T O S PA C E , S O …

5. D E C I D E T O B E A N A S T R O N A U TS T E P 2

6. L E A R N F R O M A S T R O N A U T S
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Ride Cagle Parazynski
Hadfield
AndersonChiao
S T E P 3

7. Williams
McClain
Hammock
Morgan
Meir
Hauge
Mann
Cassada
Glover

8. … B U T A D J U S T Y O U R
E X P E C TAT I O N S

9. … B U T A D J U S T Y O U R
E X P E C TAT I O N S
A V E R A G E
S E L E C T I O N A G E
I S 3 4 ( R A N G E
2 6 - 4 6 ) .

10. … B U T A D J U S T Y O U R
E X P E C TAT I O N S
Y O U H A V E A
< 0 . 1 % C H A N C E
O F B E I N G
S E L E C T E D .
A V E R A G E
S E L E C T I O N A G E
I S 3 4 ( R A N G E
2 6 - 4 6 ) .

11. … B U T A D J U S T Y O U R
E X P E C TAT I O N S
Y O U H A V E A
< 0 . 1 % C H A N C E
O F B E I N G
S E L E C T E D .
I T C O U L D TA K E
M A N Y ( 1 0 + )
Y E A R S B E F O R E
Y O U F LY.
A V E R A G E
S E L E C T I O N A G E
I S 3 4 ( R A N G E
2 6 - 4 6 ) .

12. … B U T A D J U S T Y O U R
E X P E C TAT I O N S
Y O U H A V E A
< 0 . 1 % C H A N C E
O F B E I N G
S E L E C T E D .
I T C O U L D TA K E
M A N Y ( 1 0 + )
Y E A R S B E F O R E
Y O U F LY.
A B O U T 2 5 % O F
T R A I N E D
A S T R O N A U T S
N E V E R F LY.
A V E R A G E
S E L E C T I O N A G E
I S 3 4 ( R A N G E
2 6 - 4 6 ) .

13. P R E PA R E Y O U R S E L F
I T ’ S A L O N G J O U R N E Y

14. B E F I T A N D H E A LT H Y
M E E T M I N I M U M M E D I C A L Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S
S T E P 4

15. E A R N A D E G R E E
S T E P 5
M U LT I P L E D E G R E E S & F I E L D S B E T T E R

16. G A I N E X P E R I E N C E
S T E P 6
A T L E A S T 3 Y E A R S

17. updated 10:35 a.m. EDT, Thu October 1, 2009 Next Article in Living »
They have just minutes to issue
tsunami warning
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Time is always crucial when you work as a tsunami warning scientist
A warning can be issued anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes after a threat is identified
At the Pacific warning center, workers live on site for two days to monitor data
After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, warning centers operate around the clock
Brian Shiro has been a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami
Warning Center for four years.
(CNN) -- When an earthquake threatens to turn part of an ocean into fast-moving walls of water, tsunami
warning scientists can do nothing for the first five minutes except wait for information. But within the next five
minutes, they have to decide whether to issue a warning of danger.
And you thought your job was high pressure.
"If we see a set of circumstances and it fits into our
criteria for [the] event, we just follow that criteria
because we don't have much time to think. There
isn't a lot of time for decision-making," said Paul
Whitmore, director of the West Coast and Alaska
Tsunami Warning Center.
"Weighing back there [in your mind] also is the
effect of your decision. If the effect of your decision
is going to evacuate the entire West Coast
waterfront, you don't want to take that lightly," he
said.
With Tuesday's tragic tsunami that engulfed
villages in Samoa and American Samoa, the pace
of events was so frenetic that the Pacific Tsunami
Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii --which
tracks earthquakes and tsunamis for countries
throughout the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and
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18. P I L O T & S C U B A E X P E R I E N C E

19. I S O L AT E D & C O N F I N E D
E N V I R O N M E N T S ( I C E ) E X P E R I E N C E

20. E X P E D I T I O N A RY E X P E R I E N C E

21. E X P E D I T I O N A RY E X P E R I E N C E

22. Y O U M U S T K N O W E A R T H
T O K N O W M A R S .

23. L E A R N A B O U T M A R S
S T E P 7

24. WAT E R O N M A R S

25. WAT E R O N M A R S

26. Y O U C O U L D E V E N T RY T O F I N D WA T E R O N “ M A R S ” Y O U R S E L F

28. M A R T I A N G E O G R A P H Y

29. M A R S I S FA R A WAY
S O M A R T I A N C R E W S W I L L H A V E T O B E M O R E I N D E P E N D E N T

30. S T E P 8
F I X T H I N G S
L E A R N H O W T O I M P R O V I S E A N D

31. T H E U LT I M A T E M A R T I A N

32. C O M M U N I C AT E
L E A R N H O W T OS T E P 9

33. W O R K I N A T E A M
L E A R N H O W T OS T E P 1 0

35. I T D O E S N ’ T H U R T T O D O S O M E
A S T R O N A U T T R A I N I N G T O O .

36. S U R V I VA L
T R A I N F O RS T E P 1 1

39. L A U N C H & R E - E N T RY
T R A I N F O RS T E P 1 2

41. M I C R O G R AV I T Y
T R A I N F O RS T E P 1 3

43. A N A L O G S
T R A I N F O R S U R FA C E M I S S I O N S A TS T E P 1 4

44. integrate!!
people!+!systems!!
in!
realis/c!scenarios.
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design-
in!the!
context!of!
use,

45. Time%Delay%!%Need%
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46. M D R S
M A R S D E S E R T R E S E A R C H S TA T I O N

48. F M A R S
F L A S H L I N E M A R S A R C T I C
R E S E A R C H S TA T I O N

50. H I - S E A S
H A WA I I S PA C E E X P L O R A T I O N A N A L O G A N D S I M U L A T I O N

51. H I - S E A S M I S S I O N S
+ M O R E M I S S I O N S A F T E R T H I S !

52. G E O L O G I C E X P L O R AT I O N
AT H I - S E A S
Team
oriented
tasks
Progressive
with
quan5fiable
metrics
Compare
with
control
across
missions
Given
every
2
weeks
Specify
‘What’
not
‘How’

53. H I - S E A S E VA S

54. θ"
L AVA T U B E M A P P I N G

55. T R AV E R S E P L A N N I N G

56. C R E W - L E D P R O J E C T S

57. F I N D A R I D E T O M A R S
G E T S E L E C T E D A N DS T E P 1 5

58. H AV E Y O U C O M P L E T E D
Y O U R M A R T I A N C H E C K L I S T ?
fitness
educa5on
experience
personality
training

59. I T ’ S A L O N G R O A D A H E A D
B E T T E R G E T S TA R T E D

60. I T ’ S A L O N G R O A D A H E A D
B E T T E R G E T S TA R T E D

61. B R I N G Y O U R S E N S E O F H U M O R

62. T H I S C O U L D
B E Y O U
I F Y O U F O L L O W T H E S E S T E P S

63. M AY B E Y O U
A R E A L R E A D Y
A M A R T I A N ?
O R …

64. M AY B E Y O U
A R E A L R E A D Y
A M A R T I A N ?
O R …
organic compounds

65. M AY B E Y O U
A R E A L R E A D Y
A M A R T I A N ?
O R …
tardigrade organic compounds

66. M A H A L O !
@ B R I A N S H I R O
B R I A N . S H I R O @ G M A I L . C O M