118- A Calendar for Mars

About this episode

This episode discusses the Suran calendar and how hypothetical colonists on Mars might manage time differently than on Earth.

It goes without saying that the Red Planet is very different to our own world. For one thing, the day and year length of Mars differ from those experienced on Earth. So how would hypothetical colonists deal with this? On our last episode of 2025, let's discuss the Suran calendar- originating from a paper from the 1990s and dealing with this exact question. Sources for this episode: TBA

People in this episode

Host: Vince's Podcasts

Topics covered

• Mars colonization
• Suran calendar
• timekeeping on Mars
• differences between Earth and Mars
• hypothetical colonists

Keywords

• Mars
• Suran calendar
• colonization
• timekeeping
• Red Planet
• Earth
• day length
• year length

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Suran calendar

Places: Mars

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