Essay on The Ethics of Terraformation

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

For many years scientist from all parts of the world have encountered the idea, “Was there life on Mars, and is there still today.” Never has a Scientist been one hundred percent certain, but a few have been pretty darn sure that life has and still exists on Mars. Bacteria and water have said to be found on Mars a long time ago but is there still bacteria and water on it today. Probes from NASA have gone to Mars to find any kind of lifeform and found samples of water and maybe bacteria. With this finding scientist want to claim for there to be life on Mars but in order to claim that more evidence is needed. At one time Mars was said to have an ecosystem as strong as Earth’s.(Savage, Early Mars) Water was an extraordinary finding for scientist, and the fact that Mars had a very strong Ecosystem gives scientist the upper hand.. The argument about life on Mars can be very well debated on both ends, but the evidence leans more towards that life can and perhaps does exist on Mars.

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

The fourth planet from the Sun, which may have been a wet planet, has several distinctive features that have scientists thinking about a chance of surviving on the planet. The surface temperature on Mars is averaging a high of thirty two degrees Fahrenheit (zero degrees Celsius) and a low of negative ninety four degrees Fahrenheit, which is negative seventy degrees Celsius. In July 1996, Dr. David McKay and a team of scientists at the Johnson Space Center discovered fossils of bacteria in a meteorite, ALH84001 that came from Mars. It was found in Allen Hills, Antarctica in 1984, after 12,000 years of being on the surface of Earth. The observed spheres are what are said to be the fossilized bacteria. Organic compounds were found as well, but it turned out to be

If so this is a huge break through in order to get water from mars. Even if it was once covered in an ocean where did it go. They think that a canyon named nirgal vallis that is on mars was caused by a river running through it and caused erosion like the grand canyon on earth. This also means there is water on mars and we could filter it. The water pressure would have had to have once been great in order to carve in the rocks. The lack of gravity kept the planet very rough and with large rocks that would have been disintegrated by now. However the lack of gravity makes it much easier to climb such rocks, However this keeps automobiles from getting over said

Additionally, depending on where the individuals are living, the manipulation could cause tremendous difficulties based on the resources that they have available to them (Corner & Pidgeon, 2010). In a western population, where you have more resources available, better housing and more reliable food sources, you are going to experience less of a affect of your day to day living. For the population that is residing in third world countries, manipulating the ecosystem to lower global warning risks could prove to be traumatic. If they atmosphere and temperature changes too much, will this population have sufficient housing and be able to grow the food that they need to survive (Corner & Pidgeon, 2010). Ethically we cannot assume what is good for us will be good for all inhabitants of our planet. We need to give further consideration before proceeding in how it will affect everyone. Additionally, we need to consider the cost of tackling such measures. Private investors have offered up a large sum of money to assist with the funding needed, but how much government funding will be needed (Corner & Pidgeon, 2010). We need to consider the time that this gets lost in appropriations and in congressional committee meetings to determine if we can do

Speaker Credibility: When I took an astronomy course at USC, my class was getting into life on Mars. At the moment of my semester, NASA discovered water on Mars. This was a discovery that caught my attention therefore, decided to speak about it.

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

Spirit stumbled across rocks that pointed to an earlier, unrulier Mars that was marked by impacts, explosive volcanism and subsurface water [source: NASA Mars]. "Water is key because almost everywhere we find water on Earth we find life," NASA's Web site. However, we are still unsure life existed on Mars.

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

These missions solved some mysteries, such as dispelling the long-held myth of Martian canals that evidenced an ancient civilization. They also raised many new questions, such as the nature of ancient riverbeds that point to the presence of ancient liquid water on the planet.

Opportunity was launched in July 2003 for an exploration on Mars. Its mission was to search for signs of past life on Mars [1]. In particular it was searching for geological clues about the existence of water on Mars and whether Mars was wet enough to be hospitable to life [2]. Opportunity was lucky that it landed close to a thin out crop of rocks and it was able to find the evidence of existence of deep salty water flowed over the area from those rocks [2]. Moreover, those rocks could also

In a startling discovery, a fisherman may have found secret alien whale in the ocean. The alien like whale carcass was spotted off the coast of western Australia. And it may lead to new clues concerning aliens on Earth. It is possible scientists know more about Mars than the deepest depths of our planet’s oceans. Recent NASA findings about water gullies on Mars and massive ocean vortexes are also keeping scientists guessing.

Percival Lowell’s theories considering extraterrestrial life on Mars creates a great deal of controversy; whether or not the general public and the science community should recognize him for his achievements. Lowell’s novels regarding extraterrestrial life and canals on Mars would evoke the public 's attention. Which would cause the red planet to be under debate whether or not there is proof that contemporary life does exist on Mars. This debate would also begin to question Lowell’s validity as a professional astronomer. Since his theories had no factual proof or evidence, it was natural to question his knowledge of astronomy. Percival Lowell’s hypotheses in subject to extraterrestrial life, canals and vegetation on the planet Mars erroneously praises Lowell for his achievements in astronomy. Although most readers of eighteenth century astronomy and science fiction argue that, Lowell was a valid astronomer and that his theories set the debate of extraterrestrial life in motion. Closer examination shows that Lowell’s was delusional and his assumptions would benefit science fiction more than actual science. The importance of understanding Lowell’s accusations in astronomy is to encourage confirmation of aberration of Mars and extraterrestrial life.

This finding comes in a long string of other findings that water once existed on Mars. Just last month,