Colonizing the red planet has always seemed like an idea from a science fiction book. However, as humans began accomplishing feats such as sending a man to the moon all the way up to setting up a temporary residence in space in the form of the international space station the dream of colonizing mars has become a possible reality. Setting up colonies on mars will allow researchers to more easily investigate the red planet. Robots alone are simply not enough to perform certain experiments and investigations. Situations such as the Phoenix lander being unable to test for water are less likely to happen because humans are much more adaptive. It is also an effective way to inspire the younger generation to have interest STEM fields and possibly …show more content…
Mars is the second closest planet to Earth right behind Venus. However, Venus is less desirable due to a combination of its thick atmosphere and its closeness to the sun causing it to be the hottest planet in the Solar System. Another special factor about Mars’ location is that it lies within the habitable zone so it is possible for liquid water to exist on its surface. Water on Mars exists as ice in the polar regions and possibly underneath the surface. It is also very similar to Earth in it’s days and seasons. Each day on Mars lasts 24 hours and 39 minutes and it also has longer but similar seasonal patterns as Earth. These conditions will give the colonists on Mars a sense of familiarity in an unfamiliar environment. Due to Mars’ exposure to sunlight energy can be created easily using solar panels. It also has a thin atmosphere which will help protect the colonists from solar and cosmic …show more content…
Homes can be built by turning regolith the material which covers the surface into concrete. Anytime the colonists go outside their homes they will need a space suit to protect themselves from the radiation. Martian homes can also be built underground by sending rovers beforehand to create large caves. To collect water colonist can extract water from the underground supply. The water can then be used to create oxygen and possibly even fuel by separating it into hydrogen and oxygen.5 To obtain food care packages could be sent from Earth. Food could also be grown on Mars using Martian soil. However, the soil must first be supplemented and some chemicals must be
The Martian Chronicles is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury These stories all relate to the idea of humans visiting mars, but are only connected by the loosest of threads. At times, it can appear as if Bradbury was grasping mercilessly, searching for something to draw together the random conglomeration of human situations his mind had created individually. The entity that embraced all these stories and melded them from half-hour kiddy-show format stories into a great two-hour special feature novel was the forth planet from the sun, earth's neighbor and Bradbury's stage for The Martian Chronicles, mars.
Mars is most likely planet that has the ingredients of life that is need for a living organism in the solar system other than the known planet Earth. These ingredients of life are the following. The planet in question must be at the correct distance from a host star. Mars is a planet that is on the outer edge of being correct distance of its host star. Next item is that the planet must have water. Mars has water but its water is frozen in the planet ice caps or under the soil. Last is that the planet must have an atmosphere that is suitable for living organisms. Mars’s atmosphere is weak and it is being blown away by the solar winds form the host star. (""Life" on Mars") With Mars’s weak atmosphere the surface temperature of the planet is every cold and the water on the surface of plane...
Earth requires about 11,000 m/s of delta-v. To travel to Mars orbit about 6,000 m/s is required. The smallest portion of the delta-v required is the approximately 5,000 m/s necessary to land on the surface of Mars. (Clarke 221). However, what makes this one of the most interesting phase of the trip is that whereas we pretty much know what to expect from the first two legs of the trip, what types of situations we may encounter on landing are largely unknown.
Scientists have dreamt over the possibility that it may be possible to live on another planet. Some think that Mars has that potential to support life, if it's hidden resources are uncovered and exploited to their full potential. There is even evidence that it once contained enough water that it had been possible to hold life. Think about it, what if we could transform it into such a place, even if only our children's children get to see any result? The following will describe Mars, present evidence of ice and water, give possible ideas for the future exploration of Mars, and give reasons for why it is important.
"The distance between Mars and Earth varies, from as little as 34 million miles (55 million km) to as much as 249 million miles (401 million km) " (Mars Facts). Nasa, Elon Musk, and many other agencies have been and are still trying to develop technology and ways to have people in Mars by the 2030's. There are many people for and against this idea and have their own reasons why such as, people shouldn't be sent to mars because of physical and Mental health problems. Also because of the lack of resources and having too much of certain resources. It is also believed that humans already have the right technology to go to Mars even though some people think the technology humans have today still does not allows us to.
Water is a sign of life that scientists did not find on moon but in 1960s the NASA Mariner missions found some liquid flowed on the surface of Mars. This thing encouraged the scientists to believe that life exist on the Mars. In 1976, one of the Viking landers found water frost on rocks and in 2008 Phoenix lander found snow falling in Mars. A great number of observations have demonstrated that the polar caps of Mars are amalgam of both water ice and carbon dioxide ice. More recently, scientists have used gamma ray spectroscopy and observed that water ice is very much spread on the
Although some were used to warm weather, no one was able to prepare them for the heat. Because Mars is also a bit tropical, certain species could be a threat to the humans. Due to the radiation, snakes and fish were twice the size than the ones found on Earth, and half were poisonous. Scientists provided the population with a weeks worth of water supply, and packets filled with information about the new planet, including pictures of poisonous animals and plants. Scientists knew that Mars would be a relatively warm planet, so the population packed accordingly, but with a limited water supply many got dehydrated. After a week, they were able to find a water source, and it healed many. After finding water, they were able to catch fish and other sea creatures to eat. The population used rocks and thick sticks to make spears to hunt the fish, but they were unable to make weapons large enough to take down land predators. Scientists also sent vegetable and plant seeds with the population so they were able to plant some vegetables like squash and potatoes. The population still struggled to get proper protein. Because of their healthy diet, the population was relatively healthy but some complications would come about due to lack of protein, especially in young adults. Mars was hot year round, when spring came they did get a lot of rain and were able
is the 4 th planet from the Sun. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere. My outpost is
As the world population grows at an astonishing rate, our mother earth is getting very crowded. Our natural resources are being overused and the land available for life is getting smaller and smaller. Farmers have to find ways to make what land they have usable and profitable. Farmers in general are a shrinking population. How does this relate to the general public? Without farmers we would not have food, without food we will all die. The world is realizing this problem and the best way to solve it is to find more land for habitat. We can not tack on a few million acres to earth and start using that, so we have to find somewhere else to go.
The rovers take samples of different soils and rocks to find out clues of water activity on the planets past. Each rover is operated on either side of Mars. The landing sites are at Gusev Crater (a possible former la...
Mars’s plans for the future show that they know of possible influences in production of the future and they are creating a habitat which will be future-hospitable.
Rover Opportunity is the part of the Mars Exploration Program, a science-driven program that tries to understand whether Mars was, is, or can be a habitable world. To find out the answers, we need to analyze geologic, climatic and other processes. We need to understand how these processes worked to shape Mars and how they work today. Rover Opportunity has four main goals: determine if life ever existed on Mars, characterize the climate, characterize the geology and prepare for human exploration of Mars. To follow important goal whether life ever existed on Mars, scientist have developed a strategy called “Follow the Water”. “Follow the Water” begins by analyzing the current environment on Mars. Rover opportunity is sent to different locations to explore the dry riverbeds, polar icecaps and certain rock types that only form is the presence of water. Rover Opportunity needs to find out if Mars once was a planet with oceans and habitable environment and what caused it to change into dry and dusty planet.
... The problem with the gravity of Mars is that weightlessness can make you sick. Meaning that because humans are so adapted to the conditions here on Earth, such a drastic change will make them sick. Adaptation will have to occur, meaning that the stations on Mars might have to somehow mimic the conditions of Earth. Works Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars http://www.universetoday.com/9497/magnesium-could-be-a-source-of-fuel-on-mars/. http://www.mars-one.com/faq/health-and-ethics/will-the-astronauts-have-enough-water-food-and-oxygen.
There are many reasons that space exploration should continue. If Earth ever becomes too overpopulated or over polluted, then perhaps people can move to Mars. The world population in 1970 was approximately 4 billion people, and is currently nearly 6 billion people. The world population in 2015 is estimated to be 7 billion people. There is a possibility that there are useful resources on Mars. Scientists have found ice and some other clues, such as craters, volcanoes, and valleys, that have led them to believe that there was once life on Mars, and they believe that sometime in the future, should planet Earth need to be evacuated, humans will be able to live there (Jakosky 142). Many of the rocks on Mars appear to have been formed by gasses, breathable by humans and other creatures. A process called terraforming will allow astronauts to make use of the resources that are on the planet and create an atmosphere that will support life. One method for terraforming is that scientists would convert the gaseous rocks back into gasses, and use gas-eating organisms to eat the gas, which results in the formation of other gasses. If these organisms continue the cycle, then Mars would have a stable atmosphere for humans to live in (Getz 39).
...mperatures and climates on Mars, the possibility of people reaching the planet and surviving, is realistic according to scientist. Mars One, a community of scientist who believe in this reality, has already begun to collect applications for those willing to take a one-way trip to Mars. They plan to start making these trips in 2024 (Human Settlement on Mars). It may not seem realistic to be able to start human settlement on Mars in just ten years, but it is possible.