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Danger ! This Mission To Mars Could Bore You To Death !

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NASA has never made a trip to Mars, but I don’t think the benefits of going to Mars will outweigh the risks. One of the reasons I don’t think we should go to Mars is because it would take eight months to get there. Yeah, it would be cool to be the first person on Mars but you are taking a lot of risks. That is just one of my three reasons I don’t think the benefits outweigh the risks.

First, When you go to Mars it is a very long flight. According to the text “Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death!” in paragraph 2 the author states “With current technology, the journey takes more than eight months each way” I think being in a spaceship for 8 months in such a small space could not only take a long time, but it would make you really tired. So, in my opinion, I don’t think that we should go to Mars because it would take you eight months to get there, also you would in such a small space in a spaceship. …show more content…

While you are on a spaceship for eight months not will it only be boring but it will be stressful. According to the text “Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death!” in paragraph 6 the author states “Boredom, it turns out, is a form of stress.” Also in the same text and paragraph, the author states “If your brain does not receive sufficient stimulus, it might find something else to do—it daydreams, it wanders, it thinks about itself. If this goes on too long, it can affect your mind’s normal functioning” So this is another risk of going to

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