Colonizing Mars, it seems like a distant achievement. Some say impossible, some say it will happen soon. Since Elon Musk has entered this field of exploration colonization of Mars has seemed even more plausible. Still, problems have surfaced to make this much more difficult than it has to be. This makes some believe this to be impossible or unlikely for the time. Despite what side you are on we can both agree that we want to advance in space exploration.
Mars is our next best hope in life on another planet. Because of science mankind can grow and harvest plants in the modified mars soil, make a thick warm atmosphere, and drink no frozen mars water. Mankind can grow and flourish more as a species with this idea of colonizing mars. With more scientific advancements we can colonize mars and we will colonize mars.
With all the problems we have on earth and how much we don’t know about our own planet we shouldn’t be colonizing others. We may have the science but we don’t have the funds. We also have tons of willing people but not enough physically and mentally able to colonize a planet. Children are starving all around the world, People are homeless, and wars are starting. Humankind needs to achieve some sort of world peace before trying to explore space. Also, humans will end up destroying life if we try to colonize an
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underdeveloped planet. Humans will contaminate the planet and end any chances of alien life to develop. We cannot colonize another planet when we can’t fix our own. The reason we haven’t colonized another planet yet is because of the lack of funding.
With all the money required to travel to and live on another planet is we could end half of world hunger. Elon Musk even says "You can't create a self-sustaining city on Mars for $10 billion a person,"( http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-mars-colony-talk-iac-2016-9). This means that we would need more than 10 billion per person to live on mars. The amount of cash required is so tremendous that it would be nearly impossible to live on mars and not lose everything. Now, this is a reasonable complaint, if we don’t have the money we can’t do
anything. Elon Musk has announced plans to colonize mars with a population of 80,000 people. This has started debates on whether or not we can or should colonize mars. One set of people has stated that this is completely immoral. God put us on this planet and we shouldn’t leave his creation to create or own. Counters to this argument are god gave us free will and if he didn’t want us to explore his creations he wouldn’t have made the other planets. It's perfectly fine to think that we shouldn’t be exploring outside of our planet. Nonetheless, it is important to advance our species. According to Robert A. Heinlein “Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for mankind to keep all its eggs in.” even Charles Sheldon makes a good point with his statement “Mankind is destined to step beyond his earthly bonds just as his ancestors once crawled out of the seas. Colonizing new worlds … the race will survive.” Elon Musk has thought of a way out of the money problems. we still can colonize mars with price reeducations and shortcuts that won’t affect the quality of the resources needed. Elon Musk found a way to reduce prices by focusing on four elements, full reusability, refilling in orbit, propellant production on mars, and right propellant. With this method, tickets would cost as little as $100,000 per person (http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-mars-colony-talk-iac-2016-9). With this genius plan, we can colonize mars in a cheaper and effective manner. That still has room for error and the cost of manufacturing rockets or homes.
Why We Should go to Mars “It was obvious to me that we could never colonize Mars without reusability, any more than America would have been colonized if they had to burn the ships after every trip,”(Dave, 2017). This is what Elon Musk said in an interview in Fortune Magazine on December 9th 2013. The fourth planet in our solar system, Mars, is the closest “Earth-like” planet, Which is why SpaceX, NASA, and many other organizations are trying to make a human trip to Mars possible, as well as learning many things about Mars and Earth at the same time. Mars has a lot of potential to be a habitable planet to continue the human race.
However, space has turned into an international endeavor. Many countries from the wealthy to the poor can contribute to scientific or human advancement in space. This is true from the Russians launching American astronauts to the Japanese building a scientific research module for the International Space Station (ISS). Therefore, if a colony or research station were to be placed on the Moon or Mars it would not represent an American, Russian, or other country, it would represent humanity. With attributes and people from all the countries of the Earth, similar to how the ISS runs. Endeavors like setting up human colonies or orbital stations are the few places where diplomatic ties no longer exist. Showing the nations back home that even though there may be bickering on Earth humans of all nations can get along. Further strengthening diplomatic ties and improving relations between the countries that provide support to the dream of space. However, every country need to pull its own weight when it comes to the bigger international projects and currently the American space industry is having the contract out missions to private companies or to other nations to keep up with demand. The American space agency could be the leader in the international endeavor if it had the budget it
I have three reasons why I believe this: My first reason is that Mars’s unfamiliar atmosphere could possibly alter us if we adapt to it. The second reason for this opinion I have is that we could develop chronic boredom along the way. Last, but certainly not least, is the proposal that we would spend extremely valuable resources on a Mars mission, such as money, when we have larger problems that we must solve on Earth first. Let's dive deeper into why these are the reasons for my thesis.
Well, Robert Zubrin, an aerospace engineer, believes that inevitable scientific advances and the “challenges of terraforming other worlds” is what will draw humanity to Mars and beyond. Which is certainly likely as the chance to explore where no one else had ever set foot and the advances humanity had made is what led to the Apollo missions and the international space station. But humanity has sat on the technology to travel to Mars for a long time, why would that motivate them, humanity needs a greater shove. Perhaps that shove might come from wanting to generate a better society. Kenya Armbrister, a humanitarian, has given up her normal life on the chance that she could be one of the few picked to colonize Mars with the new Mars One mission. Armbrister believes that the colonization of Mars is “ the next step for humanity” and that it might create a society “where people are truly equal.” Even though a society of people who are all equal seems like a long shot, perhaps for a lot it is enough to risk their lives for. And if the wonder of a whole new planet and equal society is not enough for you perhaps the continuation of the whole human race is what will motivate you to support a mission to Mars. Alana Semuels, writer for the Atlantic and graduate of Harvard University, believes that our time on Earth is numbered and we should prepare for the worst by perpetuating humanity's existence on Mars. Anyone of these reasons may be what leads humanity to Mars, but could it not be a far simpler reason? Humans contain a natural curiosity for anything they don’t understand, why would this not lead humanity to Mars. Yes, we see pictures of Mars all the time from out Mars rovers, but pictures don’t capture the sound of the wind as it whips through valleys, or the smell of the dirt you walk in. Would our curiosity not be what leads us to
Should we colonize mars? In my opinion, we should. In case something happens to Earth, we should colonize Mars. Many people think that humans can’t survive on Mars without food or water but, by the time we get to Mars we may have the technology to either transporting food from Earth or be able to raise crops and animals on Mars.
Buzz Aldrin once said, “The Planet’s famous red color is from iron oxide coating everything, so it's not just a desert, it's a desert so old it's rusting”. The Planet Buzz Aldrin is talking about is mars, now seeing this you may be thinking that If mars is covered in Iron Oxide, it would be un-inhabitable, right? Well no. Mars may be a huge desert with active volcanoes with a CO2 rich atmosphere, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t suitable for life. Mars can change, if we were able to set up a greenhouse with plants that can grow in un-earthly conditions than we can create breathing air which would greatly increase our chances of survival! Another reason why we can colonize mars is that there is water on mars, people may argue that is dry ice(Frozen Carbon Dioxide), however a new find by the curiosity rover has proven that false. One more reason why humans should colonize mars is because the space race isn’t over just yet. Being the first country to arrive at a
Any correspondence in regards to this paper should be addressed to Katayoun Jamei Contact: jameik@my.palmbeachstate.edu Abstract This mission to Mars will be for the welfare of the many generations of our human race, primarily for the children who will have the choice to live on Mars or Earth. This will enrich our race with resources and education, giving a better affinity of understanding for our home planet, as well as Mars. As the human population on Earth continues to exponentiate, the need for a second home planet is becoming increasingly dire.
I decided to research how we might colonize Mars. I picked this question because the prospect of colonizing planets is something I know little about. Although it is only being thought about, researched, and designed, there are many ideas out there. I decided I would look into a few of the many possibilities. Some of the subtopics that I researched are the
Why, you ask? Earth’s resources are running out and we will run out of space on Earth, eventually. Even the famous scientist, Stephen Hawking says,” if we want our species to survive, we need to colonize other planets, because we are going to run out of space and resources here on earth.” And by the time that people say,”let’s go to Mars now…”, it will be too late. Either the space programs doesn’t have enough
In today’s day and age, we’ve all seen the promises, new and old, of sending Man to Mars. Whether it's from Elon Musk or the President, these seem like pretty far out goals. But as we make strides towards space, the only place left to go is up. Scientifically, a manned mission to Mars is a viable option for America, as we have the technology to do it. Furthermore, we have everything we need there, and the technology is on track to be ready by the time the endeavor comes around.
Though there are benefits to exploring Mars, the risks taken are all too much. Multiple things could go wrong and lives could be at stake. The whole journey could turn upside down and things beyond our control could go the opposite direction. This entire process could also drain a human as if they were climbing Mount Everest. Even though the most convenient and reliable place to search for direct evidence of life beyond earth is Mars, the chance of receiving anything beneficial is unlikely.
In the early 1960s President Kennedy had a vision of future manned space flight to the Moon. Now today NASA has plans of sending a manned missions to Mars. The missions to Mars will hopefully take place in 2030. Many steps are still need in order for the Mars exploration to be a success. “NASA officials have said they hope to eventually set up a small outpost on the Red Planet, where astronauts would search for signs of Mars life and perform other research” (Wall Space.com).
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).
Human beings may indeed colonize Mars one day, and it’s a very worthy goal. But
Whether it is through robotic or human mission missions, space colonization will inevitably create tensions between nations over land rights. In addition, there is the possibility we could discover something that was better left untouched; whether it