The Red Planet: A Short Story

“If the human race is to continue for another million years, we will have to boldly go where no one has gone before,” said Stephen Hawking in 2008. The interplanetary migration of our species has been a stimulating prospect for ages, and, as technology is advancing by the minute, we are only getting closer to its realization. For this prospect, Mars is the sole candidate. There are many reasons why this is so, and there are many reasons as to why we should undergo the colonization of Mars now.

Since intelligence beyond Earth may not be biological, it is only in the people’s favor that they educate themselves in outer-space life, especially if the dominant intelligence is not human like; should the humans choose not to explore the universe, it will only harm the human race and put humans at stake. As Susan Schneider put it, “Once we find life beyond Earth, we may be contacting super-intelligent beings capable of things like mind-uploading and immorality” (Iacurci 1). These tools that have been developed since the year 1969 are here to provide the human civilization with the means to find something more than just water on Mars, to find something a person would normally see or read in a science fiction movie or novel. Indeed, finding water on Mars is the first step to the discovery of extraterrestrial life, but there are more steps ahead of the human race. Though, we, the humans, may be closer to our goal than what we make it out to

In conclusion, our process to discover mars has just begun, scientists might have to invent some new options to bring our abilities up to space level. Exploring Mars is definitely one of the biggest challenges scientists will ever face, simply because there are so many obstacles we are facing, and preparing for the trip has taken a lot more time than was expected by NASA in 1969. I personally think that we at least need about 2 or more decades so scientists will be able to find better options and invent more useful and helpful ideas. President John F. Kennedy said: “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard”. Our mission to the moon is not as easy as it was thought would be, scientists need a lot more time and management to this particular problem. Going to a completely different plant and exploring it requires a lot of time, a new way of thinking, and a lot of corporation and

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

On the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” He was the first astronaut to walk on the moon and this event was a significant point in history for space exploration. Now from the success of the Apollo 11 mission, astronauts will travel to Mars during the 2030’s and I want to take part in the excursion to the Red Planet. In the past couple of years, I have been obtaining knowledge about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the exploration to Mars. Ever since I was younger, I enjoyed spending time at night stargazing with friends and family as well as watching Star Wars, Star Trek, and other science fiction movies. Over the years my fascination for outer space

Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. I didn’t know a great deal before researching this topic and I’m assuming that it is part of the reason your classes have this assignment is to demonstrate what we have learned over the course of the two weeks. I knew NASA plans to travel to Mars in the 2030’s since it is the only planet that today’s technology will be able to reach and that can be livable by humans. I knew Mars is habitable since rovers have sent a great amount of information back to Earth and most importantly they have found water. I was motivated by wanting to find more information about the exploration to Mars because learning something new about an interesting topic astonishes

The NASA space program has had enormous impacts on the world. Thanks to NASA the United States has explored thousands of celestial bodies throughout the galaxy with telescopes, rovers, and in the moon 's case, people. In the next decade, NASA plans to expand the United State’s human exploration to more than just the moon. A Mars mission has been in NASA’s eye for quite a while now and with technology advancing every day, they feel it is time to send men and women to the red planet. Some believe the journey could prove too dangerous for humans; however, through research and development scientists can find ways to safely transport astronauts to and from Mars. This is a necessary step in the country 's advancements in health, technology and

Furthermore, researchers explore the concept of what it could mean to colonize on Mars or travel to other planets. They also believe that it could save the

There were five massive discoveries that the rover Curiosity made. In August 200 the rover landed on Mars and been exploring the red planet since, but the robot has racked up quite a string of accomplishments while been on the red planet. For examples, when the rover first touched down on the red planet, it had a dramatic “seven minutes terror” when it touched down. This showed a successfully demonstrated a new technique that would help land the large payload of deliveries with unprecedented precision and successfully helping to pave a way for human outposts on the Red Planet. The rover was launched in order to determine whether the Gale Crater landing site has ever been able to support microbial life, the car sized rover successfully answered that question within seven months into the 2

Was Mars once a lush forested marshland? Scientists may have finally found evidence of such a theory. This discovery could also place a timeline to aliens on the Red Planet as well. Leaving SpaceX to make contact in 2020. Currently, Mars is a pretty cold and inhospitable place. It looks like Arizona high desert without plant life or other organisms. Researchers have confirmed that Mars sits in the planetary “Habitable Zone.” The Red Planet is on the edge, but it shares this zone for potential life with Earth. Unfortunately, Mars is presently a frozen wasteland. However, Science is amazing and they may have dug up some new dirt about Mars’ past.

Mars, one of Earth's neighboring planets, has been studied since the beginning of mankind. More recently, however, the United States of America has been considering the human colonization of Mars. A manned mission to Mars is something humans need to pursue, regardless the price. A human colonization on Mars could provide the research to create another civilization outside of Earth, could show us what might happen to Earth in the future, and could provide itself as a space station/planet-to-planet trading port to launch rockets off of. A manned mission to Mars is a controversial subject; however, it should be pursued due to the evidence from past missions, the current evidence being found, and the pros outnumbering the cons.

These future possibilities are exciting, but unmanned spacecraft have already greatly enhanced our knowledge of Mars.

Nasa’s mission to send humans to the planet Mars is too dangerous, cost way too much, and is inefficient. In the near future, (late 2020’s) Nasa plans to lift off a rocket with humans on it and travel millions of miles to the curious planet of Mars to get data on whether there is life on Mars. Nasa has sent robots to the red planet before, and have got great data, there has even been sightings of water on Mars, and in the near future Nasa wants to have humans live on the planet. The problem with that is, that it’s way too expensive, and dangerouse. They could solve both of those problems by sending robots too mars. Robots will get way more data than a human can, and travel way further.

If we consider Mars as one of our options, we should investigate more about the health challenge that we might face on the red planet. As some investigation has shown, less gravity can make the human immune system weaker. Having a weaker immune system can be very dangerous, because if bacteria infected humans during this period, it can cause catastrophic damage and/or even death. This will add more concern about the possibility of moving to Mars, because more technology would be needed to sustain humans and protect their life on the Red Planet. Stronger and more effective vaccines will be needed to keep humans healthy to prevent them from getting sick. This method would be very necessary since human immune system won’t be able to fight back

Mars, humanity’s only hope for a safe haven, is a unique planet full of new discoveries and breakthroughs. In order to allow Earth to naturally recover from humanity’s effects, we would need to occupy Mars. “….the planet [Earth] will return itself to a balance. This balance may not support much human life….the best we can do is try to adapt to the changes” (Brown, “The Anthropocene”). Mars offers a new beginning, a second chance for humanity to practice cleaner living. Until the region fully