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Our New Home When you look out into space, what do you see? Some see a void a void of nothingness, others see merely a plateau of stars and bright things. However, there are those who see a land of opportunity in the darkness. A place of new beginnings and endless possibilities combined with an equal amount of questions and curiosities. Amongst that plethora of questions there is one that speaks to us the most: Is there somewhere amongst those endless planets and stars that we can, one day, call home? Companies such as NASA have been working tirelessly to find a solution, and the answer may lie within our own Solar System. Frist off, we need to decide between our two prime locations for residency: Mars and the Moon. Now, the moon may …show more content…

Not only would oxygen be a problem, but there would also be nothing to protect us from dangerous photon particles from the Sun, which would lead to life-threatening solar radiation. NASA has also discovered sources of water on Mars as well, which would bode well with establishing a stable colony. Mars’ atmosphere may be much thinner than that of Earth’s, but it still allows for oxygen, clouds, and, sometimes, even snow. However, the average temperature is much colder, measuring in at about -60 degrees Celsius. This is still more favorable than the Moon’s temperature, which can spike from to as high as 100 degrees C or drop to -173 C. Therefore, we will choose Mars as our new home. Now that we know where we’re humanity is going to relocate, now we must face all of the obstacles that come with undergoing the expedition. First, NASA needs to finish their extensive research on the planet. Several probes, rovers and satellites have already been sent to the planet including the Curiosity rover, MOM, and other spacecraft. However, only a modicum of useful information has been acquired about the planet. A small source of water was discovered by the Curiosity Rover; however, this isn’t enough to justify an entire colonization of the planet. This wouldn’t simply be a small sample size of citizens; it would be group comprised of the entire human population. Potential diseases

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