The First: Hulu’s new series about a human mission to Mars feels pretty real

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Suspending disbelief is a prerequisite for watching most major sci-fi films and series as of late. For me, I have to do the same for series like The First, which debuts on Hulu on September 14 and put a fictional twist on real-life US space policy.

One of the difficulties with envisioning a human mission to Mars today is that it requires a real suspension of belief to accept the idea that the United States or any other entity in the world would mount such a mission now or in the near future.

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