NASA claims that if it's something we work for, we are only decades away from sending people to Mars. Mars is the fourth closest planet to the sun, and it would be the easiest planet for humans to construct a habitat on. While Venus is closer to Earth in size than Mars is, it's extreme pressure would make it very difficult to set up a self-sustaining habitat, making Mars a far more practical choice for a non-Earth colony. In addition to not having an extremely dense atmosphere like Venus, Mars also has frozen water. Colonists on Mars could obtain and melt the ice, making it unnecessary to send large amounts of water ahead of time from Earth. Another advantage of Mars is that it's soil might be able to grow crops. Like the water, this would …show more content…
When we sent men to the Moon, there were a lot of obstacles that had to be overcome with technology that led to spin-offs. Some obstacles that had to be overcome in the mission to the Moon were the inconvenience of cords for power tools and the need for longer lasting, light weight food. To overcome the obstacle of corded power tools, the engineers made cordless, battery-powered tools that we still take advantage of today. To overcome the obstacle of needing longer lasting and lighter food, scientists came up with the idea of freeze-drying food. We still use this technique for emergency kits and camping meals. We could get spin-off products from the scientists overcoming the obstacles involved in creating a Martian colony. Some obstacles that might lead to spin-offs from the mission to Mars are the need to efficiently turn large amounts of carbon dioxide into oxygen and the need to grow produce in as small a space and using as little water as possible. The first problem could lead to some sort of technology that could counteract global warming. The solution to the second problem could lead to a more compact and efficient farming method. More compact farming would be a benefit because, as we continue to use up space for other endeavors such as housing, we will need a way to grow more food with less space. More efficient farming is important because we have a limited supply of fresh water on earth, and most of it is going to agriculture. Having a more efficient way for farming could allow nature to catch up with purifying as much water as we
Money is a huge problem when it come to going to space. It would cost $230 billion to go to Mars. To put this into perspective, the government makes $4.1 trillion in taxes each year and our country owes China $19 trillion. There is no way that we could do a manned mission to Mars with all that money we owe. We could spend our money on feeding and sheltering the poor as well. This shows that going to Mars is way too expensive and it would be a huge waste of money if anything went wrong. With everything we can do with money on Earth, going to Mars is a huge waste of time and resources.
Soon Mars could become another livable planet with people walking around on it. Earth is being overpopulated fast and Mars could be the solution. Mars has territory that the Earth needs. Once scientists send a few people and learn about mars we can send more people up to Mars. Eventually mars will be just like Earth, with cities, farms and people roaming around. People going up to mars can build us a new planet.
In conclusion, colonizing Mars is a terrible idea There is no known natural source of water, Once you get there you cannot come back , and If you get sick, the astronauts
Most of the mistakes made on Earth would not be repeated again on Mars. Mars should be colonized, as with the Moon. Inhabiting giant asteroids, other planets and moons and space stations in constant orbit around planets and moons would help solve the problem of overcrowding and world hunger. While it'll be extremely risky, expensive and take many years, but colonizing Mars will be a major factor in the long run. They are almost certain that it will happen eventually if all goes well, and I'm at least sure that it is possible. Space exploration is getting better and cheaper all the time. We still have to develop a lot of technology to be in a position where it is actually possible. Once we are at that stage, it will be relatively easy to go on and colonize the rest of the planets and moons within this solar system. Hopefully one day this will lead us to a point where we can move on to other solar systems and allow our evolutionary chain to expand and continue throughout the Universe. Earth will not be around forever. The main advantage to colonizing Mars is that we, as a species, we will survive the end of the world on Earth. The surface area of Mars is the same as the land area of Earth so that is a doubling of the available land for human use. Physical strength might well be reduced, but in a lower gravity environment, there will be less day to day stress on your body, so your organs should
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
Colonizing Mars would not only be a scientific breakthrough, but it would be extremely beneficial to the human race and their future. Mars would help humans in many ways by providing a planet for humans to fall back on if any bad event were to happen to Earth. Colonizing Mars would prove to be very helpful and rewarding. Also, many engineers and scientists like Elon Musk, founder of Space x and Tesla, are on board are on board with this futuristic idea.
One large project that is being pursued is colonizing mars with a human population. This will mold the future and newer generations. It can make us question the future and what lies ahead. It has been said that it will take no more than 50 years to fulfill the colonization of mars.
In the article, “Could Humans Actually Live on Mars?”, by Laurie Vazquez, scientists and experts are finding new ways to transport humans from Earth to Mars. Up until this point, people have only sent robots to Mars. Since humans have never personally been there, this could be a great event in history. Although there are many concerns regarding health and cost, people should start traveling to Mars to see if it is a suitable living space for humans. If real people could live on Mars, that would give the whole world the chance to keep living even after the planet dies.
Fortunately, if the effort pays off, humanity could have a new home after Earth is no longer habitable. While the criticisms do bring valid points as to the difficulties of space travel and colonization, they can be overcome with mankind’s technology, the resources already present on Mars, and old-fashioned human ingenuity. India has developed a method to drastically decrease the cost of space missions, and SpaceX has successfully re-launched a previously used rocket; with their contributions, a Mars mission no longer has to break the bank. Thanks to NASA, colonists will be able to sustain themselves for a considerable amount of time using oxygenators and water reclaimers, ensuring they have breathable air and clean water. Pockets of geothermal energy beneath the surface will provide the key to powering a large colony long enough for nuclear plants to be established. Finally, plants can not only be grown in Martian soil once the proper nutrients have been added, but those plants will thrive in an atmosphere with a high CO2 content, which can be controlled with pressurized greenhouses. Colonizing Mars will be no easy task, but because of the contributions of scientists across the world, it is a task that is no longer considered
It is an extremely well known fact that humans need water to survive. There is dry ice on Mars , though if that evaporated it would only make the atmosphere thicker. There is a way to use urine as water, though that is certainly disgusting water, and you would be expected to drink that water everyday if you were in space. Mars has an average temperature of minus eighty-one degrees Fahrenheit. Therefore humans should never colonize Mars under these circumstances.
SpaceX is planning on sending humans to Mars by the 2030s -- but why not Venus instead? Venus, at least in some ways, is much more like Earth than Mars, Unlike Mars, Venus has a thick atmosphere made of Carbon Dioxide to protect humans from harmful solar radiation, and may allow us to extract Oxygen from. Likewise, Venus also has similar size and gravity to Earth as well. After all, did I mention trips to Venus are much less costly than to Mars?
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.
Imagine living on Venus, Have you? What if you had the chance to live on Venus, Would you? If you had to go to Mars, it would be more expensive, meaning you’d be paying more when Venus takes less time and Money. Not to mention, did you know that Venus’s gravity is the closest to Earth’s, at about 9/10th’s? Mars only has a third of the gravity that Earth does.
If I were asked whether or not I wanted to be an early colonist on Mars, I would accept. Not because the thought of living on a newly inhabitable planet is cool, but because of the creatures that may already claim Mars as their own. Mars would be an interesting place to live, its dirt red and sky pink.
Mars is the planet nearest to Earth that we are most likely to explore and send