UCLA grad student Gary Li describes his work engineering new rocket technology to get humans to Mars at the 2016 UC Grad Slam. UC Grad Slam is an annual contest in which master’s and Ph.D. students across UC campuses – in disciplines ranging from hard sciences to humanities – compete to sum up their research for a general audience. Grad Slam 2016 was held on April 22, at LinkedIn in San Francisco. More information at http://gradslam.universityofcalifornia.edu