Mars One
Shae Lewellyn, Zach Smith, Athena Mefford
If Earth was in trouble and we needed to find a new home, where would we go? Mars One is planning to send two crews of people over to Mars to start a new nation, a new colony. Mars One is a program that isn’t apart of NASA and they are funding a expedition to Mars so they can start a civilization, because they believe that we will run out of resources and room on Earth. The opposing sides are trying to establish whether the trip is a suicide mission or a possible new home for us all. Our claim about Mars One is that we agree and that it is a good idea to go and have that amazing experience and that if you think that it is a good idea and you are on board with it you should put your say in Mars One.
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If the Earth had some sort of mass destruction and was no longer usable we would need somewhere to go. And Mars is the closest place to go. If we didn’t go to Mars and save what we have then we will soon run out of resources here on Earth and then we will have nothing left. It is better to have everything done now than later when we can’t and don’t really have a chance to get anybody over there to start that new world.
Also, you are creating a new colony and a new world. Then we would have a new place to start a new world and find new resources.Once we do this now then we will have all the expenses done and paid for but, if we wait for the future when we have no resources to to make any money then we wouldn’t be able to pay the six billion dollar bill. It is better to be too soon than too late and most people would rather get it done quicker and that way while we still have this technology we can send over food supplies and keep an eye on if going to Mars is a good idea for new people to go over to create that new
Visiting Mars is even harder than that, with a whole additional set of problems. We can probably visit Mars in the next 20-30 years, but colonization is something on a much larger scale that we really don't have the resources available to do, unless we're willing to make substantial sacrifices, and continue those sacrifices since an off-world colony won't be anywhere near self-sustaining. The Moon will likely be the first bases in our lifetimes, and possibly Mars. Serious colonization of either isn't likely for decades at
Some people believe that having a single planet is risky and we should have an alternate planet to escape. An entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has built a rocket company, on which in the future a spaceship would bring settlers to mars. The settlers, according to this entrepreneur, would serve as protection against earth’s extinction
The people that go to mars are risking their lives they can die of many things, including lack of oxygen and sickness. There is no atmosphere on Mars so therefore there is no oxygen which all humans need. The people will try to make an atmosphere by planting plants which let off oxygen, which could easily fail. Some
The topic of going to mars is highly discussed among scholars and ordinary people due to the reason that it is believed that Mars can support human life. Due to the fact, that global warming is on the rise has caused many scientists to believe that eventually the earth’s ecosystem will plummet, making life on earth for humans impossible. Many scientists argue that extra research on mars is needed due to the fact that the human race would eventually be forced to migrate outside of earth, if there is to be a continuation of the human race. However, the funding for such research is immense as it is, and it is projected that this “budget will increase by 20% by the government within the next few years.” This astounding increase in budget, has led to many uncertainties as to why the government funds such an expensive research for humans to leave earth when that money could be spent on the problems relating to global warming. Here on earth it is a fact that global warming is a serious issue regarding the future of the planet. Therefore, the government funds should be allocated to research ways to emit less carbon dioxide or to try and find cleaner and safer ways to create energy for the growing human population. Another reason to stop funding the research and exploration of mars is that most space exploration is caused by human curiosity. Human curiosity has led multi-million dollar institutions like NASA to explore the deep wonders of the world and discover new technologies which changed the world. Despite, the curiosity and the technologies that exploring the universe has brought, this interest is extremely expensive and time consuming. At times the curiosity led space exploration projects were made to look like a patriotic act due to political reasons. As a result, these projects were believed to be well-worth spent since it brought great
When we, as humans, face extinction, there needs to be a backup plan. On http://theweek.com/articles/659355/could-humans-actually-live-mars Vazquez states “The biggest incentive for putting humans on Mars is to have ‘an insurance mechanism for our species,’ says Stephen Petranek, author of How We'll Live on Mars” (“Could Humans Actually Live on Mars”). This quote lets us know that the purpose of the exploration on Mars is to find a way to keep humans safe. According to the website of a small business focused on technology, https://www.itispivotal.com/post/10-backup-and-disaster-recovery-statistics-you-must-know, ¨Companies are still failing to put strategic contingency plans in place. Analysts from Hughes Marketing Group have found that over the course of a month, 90 percent of small companies (fewer than 100 employees) spend less than 8 hours planning or managing their business continuity plans¨ (“10 Backup”). This statistic conveys that back up plans are needed to be successful . Also, most people do not make them, so they will fail and not no what to do next. I believe that Mars needs to be colonized by humans because hopefully in the future, humans will be able to state that their home is
Mars is a planet that has the capability of sustaining life. Should we or should we not colonize this red planet? My group believes that the UN should colonize this planet, because it will bring many benefits. First of all, it would provide us with many resources that we may not have in our planet. Humans need to find out a way to colonize a new planet because our planet isn’t gonna live forever At some point in the future we will run out of room on earth or use up all the resources. Our planet can’t support all the living people in this planet forever. We need to figure out what our next step in humanity is. We believe that we should start considering colonizing other planets because of the resources, growth and survival.
The trip, colonizing, and supplying Mars could cost up to one-hundred billion dollars. Plus, with all the things humans have to fix on Mars, like the atmosphere and that there is no oxygen on Mars already. the trip is not worth America’s time and money. One-hundred billion dollars could go towards making Earth more livable. Plus, even with that quantity of money, we still can not get the astronauts back if they are sent up in 2025 because of the technology.
Imagine leaving everything behind such as friends, family, money, and everything that exists on planet Earth, to travel over millions of miles to live on Mars. Traveling to Mars seems like a fictional thought that a seven year old may think of, but it is almost becoming a reality. A company entitled Mars One plans on sending humans to Mars by the year 2023. They want to establish another home for humans, and need citizens of Earth to do so. The main issue surround this is that the humans that travel to Mars will never come back. That being said, humans should not colonize Mars. Humans should not colonize Mar because they will face psychological and physical hardships, humans will not have any sort entertainment, and one cannot return to Earth
Humanity shouldn’t pursue exploration of Mars because we have more pressing issues like conflicts over the world (WW3). Money can be spent on other programs and or research that can be useful today instead of exploring Mars. Also, if they did explore Mars the exploration could bring back a deadly disease that no one can cure.
Since we do not know if there are any ‘beings’ or organisms on Mars, it can be seen as unethical to strip these possible organisms of their land so that we can colonize. Through the use of man-made colonies and the use of the earths orbit, we would not be disrupting another planet, rather only adding to our existing world. With the expanding population on earth we will eventually need more room for everyone, and this seems like a good idea. Moreover, this does not only stop at the earth, we can later use foreign moons and their orbits for these
Added to the economic costs to America, a venture to Mars causes substantial risk to the society. The environment and society are very important to human survival on Earth. Even though some people feel that exploring Mars may help understand the Earth better, and going to Mars will be a great scientific milestone, in my opinion exploring Mars is a bad idea. The atmosphere on Mars is about 100 times thinner than earth and it is not suitable for us to breath. It contains about 95% of carbon dioxide and little or no oxygen. This will make it very difficult for humans to survive there. Unlike Mars, which is not protected and is exposed to everything, the Earth is protected by the ozone layer. Exploring Mars will be dangerous to humans and very expensive to taxpayers. This will take years of planning and the mission will take years instead of days. The astronauts who go there may run out of oxygen and even fall sick. They will be unable to just return at any time. They have to wait until the earth aligns with Mars before they can return. All this could take months or even
People have a lot of problems that they have caused for example a lot of animals have become endangered since people have been tearing down habitats for resources. People can change those problems with all the money they have and even do something small like planning urban growth carefully. Habitat loss is just one of many big problems that Humans have made. All of those problems are good things money can go towards at the time. If people need to go to Mars on the other hand for some reason than that obviously is something you would want to spend one billion dollars on. All in all rite now going to Mars in a couple years might not be something that people should spend their money
Mars is a really good place to colonize because it is really cold on Mars which, means that the inside is frozen and if the colonizers can melt that they would have endless water. NASA is not going to send colonizers every day. They have to send people at the right time because the sun is blocking Mars and if they send them at the wrong time they will go right into the sun. Earth is a overpopulated place so if we go to Mars and its fine to live there our earth would not be overpopulated anymore. Also NASA is not going to force you to go to Mars you can go to Mars if you are experienced and you want to
This will help us have a more advanced understanding of the universe more and have a place to colonize if the earth perishes. However, this is true, but it is without a doubt, more expensive to send humans into space than robots. Humans need larger spacecrafts, food, water, air, environmental control systems, sanitation facilities, safety equipment, etc. All of these necessities are very expensive and far less expensive when it comes to robots that do not need as much to function properly, so robots are more cost efficient. To propose an argument for colonization on Mars, why can’t we just stop the environmental issues we are causing that will lead to the “end of the world”, such as pollution. With the technology we have, we certainly can prevent ourselves from damaging the earth more than we already have. It is fair to say that if we continue our bad habits, we will need another place to live. If we find a way to stop our habits, we will be able to remain on earth for a longer period of time. Ultimately, the Mars One mission has many known and yet to be discovered problems. The risk analysis has not been fully assessed. If everything goes according to plan, the mission will be considered successful. However, there are many places where the mission can fail. These failures can result in
We were born on earth, we are meant to live on earth, not on a planet that is different from earth like mars. We are not able to live on mars because there are any other living things on mars. If nothing is living on mars right now, how are we supposed to live there, we aren't. The trip to mars it too risky and we should remain our lives on planet