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    The Fourth Planet: Colonization of Mars Introduction; Throughout the last century, the Earth has become over populated. Since 1969, when man first walked on the moon, the human population has been looking to the stars to solve this never ending problem. Mars, the closest planet to habitability as Earth, is far too cold for the human race to survive there on its own. Mars, however, shows signs of liquid water, meaning that at some point in time, Mars was habitable for humans, with the possibility

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    Colonizing Mars Do you really want to risk your life and everything in your life just to colonize to Mars? Nobody should ever colonize to Mars. There’s no drinkable water. Lots of money is being wasted on colonizing. Also, people can never come back to Earth. There’s no drinkable water located on Mars. The water on Mars is frozen underground. There is a high possibility of the frozen ice having chemicals in it. With the iced water how will people shower or stay hydrated. Even if scientists are totally

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    Saturn has famous rings and Jupiter is the giant of the solar system, but no planet has entranced earthlings quite like Mars. But even as the excitement builds, a question rising. Is the exploration of Mars worth the investment? “It certainly doesn't come cheap. It's hard to calculate a total price tag, but over the 48 years that NASA has been launching missions to Mars, Americans have spent a significant sum. The Viking missions alone cost nearly $1 billion - in 1970s dollars. The twin rovers Spirit

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    Curiosity, which worth about 25 million dollars, was successfully landed on Mars and immediately sent back images of the areas around the mission’s landing site. Radioactive isotopes are used for the first time as the power source for this car-sized robotic rover. As a part of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission, Curiosity was launched on November 26, 2011, and it was the most ambitious and expensive exploration mission on Mars in history. (Wall, 2012) Curiosity rover takes along with a variety of

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    Do you want to go to Mars? Most people don't think we should go to Mars because there is a risk that something bad could happen there. But there also is the chance that something good could happen there that could help us discover new things. Going to mars could also give humans another place to go if something goes wrong on earth and nothing could live on earth anymore. People don't understand that Mars once was like earth. But it atmosphere was taken away by solar winds which made the red planet

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    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. Mars exploration could be disastrous, one scenario that can occur is if the exploration brings back a deadly disease or diseases that no one can cure and can kill all of mankind

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    With the potential to start life on a new planet and make a new home for not just the human race, but for many species on Earth as well, it could most definitely help solve the devastating threats that we may soon face in the near future. Of course making the planet habitable would be a very challenging feat to complete in itself, but it is possible. With the proper steps and actions, we could be able to transform Mars into a habitable planet that would sustain life for many years. There are many

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    What Research is Being Done To Learn More About Mars? There is tons of research being done right now, and research that has already been done in the past, which has contributed in exploring and learning more about Mars. NASA is attempting to advance the human race even more, and is continuing to provide for the United States. NASA is planning important missions that will advance our understanding of Mars further, and their current rover, Curiosity, is greatly contributing to exploration of the planet

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    Mars Rover

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    Mars Rover Mars is an interesting and mysterious planet. It is often referred to as the Red Planet. The Romans named Mars after the god of war. The rocks, soil, and sky all have a red hue on account of rust. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun at about 141 million miles (228 million kilometers) and the last terrestrial planet from the Sun. Mars follows closely behind Earth but is comparatively smaller, with about half the diameter of Earth (6,794-km) and about one-tenth of Earth s mass (6.419

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    Mars is a very interesting planet it has many mysteries that we humans are trying to figure out. Mars is the 4th planet from the sun. It is further away than Earth, this means the years are longer because it takes a longer time to circle the sun. An Earth year is 365 days long. A Mars year is about twice that and is 687 years long. Mars is also way colder than Earth. This is caused by the distance away from the sun. The average temperature on Mars is about -80 Degrees Fahrenheit. There is a big

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