Informative Speech On Life On Mars

At one point in Mars’s existence there was vast oceans on the planet. This could have provided an environment for life to develop. Even though the planet is dry today scientists believe that there still might be water present

In overcoming the challenges along the way of the mission from launching to impact to egress, it has allowed scientists and organisations such as NASA to gather more information about the nature of the Mars, from the climate to the geology of the planet. The outcome and findings of this mission has been a success and influential in the way we explore other planets to find the possibility of past and/or present life on that planet. The rovers had discovered fluid and other deposits on the surface of the planet, which may indicate that life can survive on this planet. The uncovering of these physical environments has shaped the method and processes undertaken on other missions in order to succeed and deliver the necessary answers to the questions of the possibility of life

Mars has ice hidden underground. If scientists are able to heat up Mars to melt the ice it would evaporate into the air. The evaporated ice will create clouds, then it will be able to snow and rain.

In last couple year’s evidence of water on mars has grown exponentially. The geography of Mars suggests that water was once there. This is because they have found runoff channels in the southern highlands and outflow channels that are almost exact to how they are on Earth, which obviously does have water. The Mars Reconnaissance Observer and Mars Express found deposits of clay in the southern highlands that some researchers say is a strong sign that water was there. Some others argue that the clay could be formed by other elements on Mars, such as wind. Also, the Mars Express detected hydrated’ chemical compounds in the surface of rocks over large areas, which means it

The Mars One project, a mission that will attempt to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars, has become immensely popular since its announcement in December of 2013. With the mission’s growing popularity, the CEO of the project, Bas Lansdrop, has established that within twelve years, the first humans will land on the surface of the barren planet and begin colonization (“Mars One: Roadmap”.) Mars One presents our species with the capability to discover new life forms, valuable resources, and it pushes the limits of our technological potential. It is not perplexing to see why countless individuals have signed up to be a part of this historic mission, and ultimately “the next giant leap for mankind.” (Lansdrop.) Although this mission

Before the sailor flybys in the 1960s, scientist thought Mars had water and life, even if it was just some sort of plantlike lichen. Mars has water, frozen underground and at the polar caps. There is (event(s) or object(s) that prove something) that this water has, in the past and present, flooded the surface in liquid from. Signs of wearing away can be

Was there ever water on its surface? Will we find life there? Answers to these questions and others will come from studying and traveling to Mars. ”(Bowers, 1) We only know/see 4% (we only see 4 out of every 100 stars, planets and galaxies) of what is out there in space and we would learn so much more about planets and long-term space travel if we went to Mars because a normal rocket would be too small to be in for about 6 months. We would need to advance in the technology to colonize another planet and we would need to advance in our technology for long-term space travel.

“I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime” was said by Buzz Aldrin, a NASA astronaut. The former American aeronaut from Montclair, New Jersey believes that since Mars does exist, it is waiting to be reached by humans. When this would happen, he says that the human race would “evolve into a two-planet species.” Present day Mars has a lot of canyons, mountains and volcanoes. Even though the surface is Mars is very old, scientists learned about different younger rift valleys, plains, hills and ridges. According to recent reports, there were lakes and rivers, along with an ocean billions of years ago. The low temperatures on the planet cause there to be polar ice caps and frozen water present.

Its thin atmosphere and most likely a completely waterless surface shows that any life that was to land on the Red Planet would have a hard time trying to survive. At that time, when life was found on Earth, Mars had an ocean, volcanoes and deltas, the difference between Mars and Earth is Mars rapidly lost its hold on habitability. According to scientist Mars lacks the ability to have a protective magnetic field, most of the water left the surface and escaped into space, this was caused by the exposure of the surface to the cosmic rays and ultraviolet light. There were only a few packs of water left on the surface, some remained at the poles whereas others may have remained under the

The topic of Mars has long been of interest to astronomers and science fiction enthusiast alike. The premise of another planet supporting life excites people like no other. In 2004, The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, began preliminary science experiments and instrument proposals for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and a robotic space probe mission to Mars. After long testing and development stages, the mission birthed a rover, Curiosity, which was launched in November 2011 and subsequently landed August 6th 2012. As we speak Curiosity is collecting invaluable data for our understanding of mars including: habitability, climate and geology, and possibly setting up a manned mission to mars in the

Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system, and is one of four terrestrial planets that includes Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Mars began its formation 4.6 billion years ago, along with the rest of the solar system. On the surface of Mars, there are large channels that appear to have been carved out by flowing water. Although nothing is certain, there is overwhelming support for the idea that Mars did in fact have flowing water on its surface. There is strong evidence to prove this, hence the channels, but if Mars did have water, where did it all go? Today, Mars is much too cold for water to exists. There is no atmosphere to contain the water if it did exist, so it would go straight from solid ice to water vapor, never reaching its liquid stage (“The Case of Missing Mars Water,” 2001). One theory for the disappearance of water on Mars

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Mars has always been looked upon as a source for new scientific discoveries, with one of the main goals being to determine if Mars has or is supporting life. A couple years ago, According to the NASA article titled NASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars, a sample

Things started to heat up on June 19, 1976. “NASA's Viking Project found a place in history when it became the first U.S. mission to land a spacecraft safely on the surface of Mars and return images of the surface” (Mars Exploration-Program and Missions para. 3). Although many explorations were successful, multiple missions to Mars failed. These included Mariner 3, Mariner 8, Mars Observer, Mars Climate Orbiter, and Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2. With all of the countless flyby spacecrafts, orbiters, and rovers, it was on September 28, 2015, that NASA announced to the world that their Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) had found evidence that liquid water was flowing on present day Mars. ‘“This is a significant development, as it appears to confirm that water -- albeit briny -- is flowing today on the surface of Mars”’ (NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars para. 3). The discovery of water on Mars brings us closer to finding out if there is intelligent life beyond Earth and shows us where valuable resources are (like water) to support life in the future. Liquid water was actually found at multiple locations on Mars. “The spectrometer observations show signatures of hydrated salts at multiple RSL locations, but only when the dark features were relatively wide” (NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flow’s

Mars almost has a suitable environment, in the future, humans might be able to terraform Mars. There is a nearly sufficient amount of organic material on Mars to terraform the Red Planet, and start the life process. With the technology to come, this is one of the many advantages to come when exploring our neighboring planet.