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The Final Frontier Of Human Exploration

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As coined by the writers of Star Trek, space is widely considered to be the final frontier in human exploration. There are so many advancements that humanity is striving to make in regards to the exploration of this final frontier. Arguably the main goal of humanity at the moment in terms of space travel is to inhabit another planet. That planet is of course our close neighbor, Mars. But with the inhabitation of Mars comes many challenges, which, logically enough, is why it has not happened yet. There are many questions being asked about what technological advances need to be made and what is needed in order to successfully and safely colonize, or even visit, Mars. For instance, do we need to bring water, or can we use the water on Mars? Can humans adapt to an environment with less gravity? How long will it be until a rocket that can realistically be used to transport humans to Mars is operational? All of these questions, once answered, lead to the unavoidable fact that humans will most certainly colonize Mars someday.
One question that begs to be asked is why humans would choose to go to Mars. What are the benefits? How do humans gain anything by going to Mars? Many would say that humans should go to Mars for the adventure [6]. The more scientific members of the human race say that a mission to Mars would lead to major scientific discovery that would change science as we know it [10]. Some want to go to Mars to mine the resources that are plentiful there [6]. One of the

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