Describe 2026 & Travel To Mars

How would you describe 2026 so far? Dangerous Dave talks about how people this it is "stressful".
Plus, a study on what you would have to do to travel to Mars.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Please sleep deeper in the din with dangerous day. If
you're a little overwhelmed this year, You're not alone. A
new survey found the top word Americans are using to
describe twenty twenty six is stressful. We're only four months
in close second was challenging. The average person said they
dealt with two major unexpected life changes alone this year.

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Separate study they also found that one in three Americans
say they're currently going through an existential crisis, with gen
Z's feeling it the most. There's some things you can
do to combat the feeling. Take a walk, limit the news,
listen to music, and spend time with friends. Makes a
real difference, and I'll again refer to listen to music,
specifically the Fox deeper in the ten. It's hard to

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imagine Earth Wings making it to Mars and back in
one piece, but some would sign up in a heartbeat.
A few days ago, European Space Agency launched a new
experiment in a German study to see how a humans
cope in social isolation. Simulate parts of a potential future
of Mars mission similar to what they already do at
UND six, Participants would voluntarily enter a sealed simulated space

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station would not be allowed out until August. Conditions inside
highly controlled and structured daily schedule of experiments. If you're
interested the rules, you'd have to abide buy You must
submit regular blood tests. You cannot communicate or make eye
contact with medics or other officials. You get instructed in
routines for short audio briefings. You must exercise for at

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least an hour each day. Can only shower for five
minutes twice a week. You have limited clothing and laundry facilities.
You can only eat ration prepackaged space style foods, no
fresh foods, vegetables or Chick fil A, No alcohol or
energy drinks, and tea and coffee are very limited. You're
allowed just one hour of video calls to a family
member a week. Only one small shoe box of personal

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items is allowed. You get privacy in your tiny sleep
pod and in the bathroom. You can only sleep at
regulated times between eleven pm and seven am. Formulating relationships
when he had the other travelers frowned upon because it
could impact teen dynamics and performance, and there's a strict
no sex rule. A trip to the Moon takes four days,
but traveling to Mars takes about six months. That means

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astronauts will be trapped together in confined quarters for limited resources,
far far away from home. Would you do it? I
barely even like driving a fargo to me again for
another episode of Deeper in the Den with dangerous Dave
right here.