Life on Mars and Jupiter's Moon Europa As the future proceeds and life begins getting more technical, Earth may not be the only place where the human race resides. There is already talk that some day Mars will be inhabited by humans. Jupiters moon Europa may be the next after that. Two space missions have already studied Mars. The Pathfinder, which landed on the surface of Mars was one of the missions, and the Global Surveyor, which is a satellite, is the other mission. Although Europa has
Mars is commonly called the red planet and is the closest planet to Earth (www.ESA.int). Therefore, humans want to make more discoveries about Mars. First, the atmosphere, geography, and weather of Mars has interested astronomers for many years. Second, traveling to Mars is a big goal for the humans of Earth. Furthermore, Mars’ atmosphere has many questions to be answered by astronomers. First, Mars has some very interesting features on and around the planet. Mars used to be a warm and wet planet
energy, a good atmosphere, and moderate temperature. Besides for Earth there is one planet that used to have all of these traits, called Mars. Mars is the only planet that has had rain, snow, eroded hills, filled basins, hosted chemistry, and glued sediments into rocks (Lakdawalla 2013). Mars is also the only other planet that potentially had bacteria-life living there billions of years ago (Hardin 2000). If Mars was habitable in the past what happened to the planet overtime that caused Mars to become
planets of Venus, Earth, and Mars who vary in many aspects but, most importantly, their atmosphere. Firstly, Venus’s atmosphere is heavily laden with carbon dioxide (CO2), which makes up 96 percent of its atmosphere, 3.5 percent is made of nitrogen, and the remaining 0.5 percent is a combination of water vapor, sulfuric acid (which produce Venus’s thick, stable clouds), hydrochloric acid, and hydrofluoric acid. Venus’s upper atmosphere is cool, which the lower atmosphere is extremely hot and causes
The planet Mars could be terraformed more easily than other planets because it is believed to be the planet most like Earth. Hundreds of millions of years ago, Mars had an environment more like Earth’s, with a thicker atmosphere and more water. (Terraforming of Mars). Additionally, other similarities between the two planets are found in their temperature ranges, the presence of water, and the length of their days. Scientists believed that about 3.5 million years ago, “Earth and Mars may even have
Terraforming Mars is the process of purposely changing the known properties of Mars to satisfy safe human habitation. In order to do this, we would have to use a 1000-year timeline. A thousand year timeline is best because it would give humans the time needed to change the atmosphere of Mars, change the temperature of Mars, grow food, and more. In order for the terraforming process to work, humans must permanently live on Mars for. For humans to permanently live on Mars, a fuel source must be used
Did Mars ever mirror Earth? I would like to start this discussion by defining the term “mirrored,” as being a like or characteristic of a mirror image. So for proposes of this discussion I will use this definition meaning it is in a resemblance and not a direct copy of one another. Now with all the formalities out of the way let’s move on. After spending a small portion of my life reading through papers about Mars Geology I have come to the conclusion that Mars does in fact have supporting evidence
surface of Mars, thus making it possible to have or have had life on Mars. 1. Introduction Since the dawn of civilization, humanity has watched the brilliant red wanderer in the night sky, always fascinated, always wondering, and always striving to know more. Whether or not there was life on Mars was a question even before Lowell imagined advanced civilizations building complex canal systems. Comparisons were constantly being drawn between Earth and her red sister. If life existed on Mars, where
Mars is a planet closest to earth. Scientists do not know much about this planet, however, they are still studying. In the near future scientists may know almost everything about Mars. Until then, scientists are learning and exploring the mysterious red planet. Mars is not very different than earth. Like Earth, Mars has weather patterns and a climate. The red planet has a thin atmosphere and is far from the sun which causes a cold temperature. “The average temperature is about negative 80 degrees
Mars In this short journey there are going to be many interesting facts about the planet Mars. Mars has many mysteries like how did it form or how did mars get its name, when was it discovered. Read on and what you find might amaze you. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is the second smallest planet recorded in our solar system. Mars has a very distinctive color this planet from afar has somewhat of a red color from rusty dust blowing around the planet’s atmosphere. If you are up close
Sending man even further than the moon has always been an accomplishment society has always wanted to achieve. By 2023, Mars One, the prime Danish company responsible for the mission, is scheduling to have the first manned mission to Mars depart. So, why does man want to reach Mars? For the simple fact that it provides a challenge for humans who have always wanted to better themselves. It also allows better opportunity for research purposes, which robots alone may not achieve. However, with few advantages
Since the first telescope siting of Mars in the 1600s, the Red Planet has been a primary focus of space exploration due to the planet’s suspected similarities to Earth and possibility of being habitable (Mason, 2005). Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is a terrestrial planet with a desert like atmosphere, strong winds, reoccurring dust storms, and a thin atmosphere composted mostly of carbon dioxide. With temperatures fluctuating from 140 K-300 K, Mars’ climate is almost habitable, and is expected
Going to Mars Whether it’s Lewis and Clark or Joe Schmoe, humans have always had a tendency to explore their surroundings. This has led humans to explore the earth up and down, uncovering every rock and looking in every hole along the way. However, thousands of years of exploration have led to earth becoming a tapped resource. Humans now may ask the question; where do we go from here? Many answers have been suggested but one answer stands out from the rest, Mars. Nowadays humans view Mars as the
with life on other planets and mars is the top dog when it comes to life on it. Humans have been speculative to whether Mars has or had life on it. Even though space travel would be an improvement Mars is too dry, too cold, and Mars rotates out of control so there will never be life on Mars because it is too extreme. First of all, Mars has very little water and oxygen. The amount of oxygen in the atmosphere on earth is .210 MB, however the amount of oxygen on mars is only .0013. This can have some
1) Atmospheres a. A greenhouse gas is a gas, which absorbs the infrared radiation emitted out by a planet carrying energy away, but allows through the visible light carrying energy in from the Sun, such as carbon dioxide. (CO2, H2O, O3, CH4, CFCs). b. Because the Sun has a surface temperature of about 5,800 Kelvin, it emits most of its energy as visible light. Because the Earth has a much lower average surface temperature of about 288 Kelvin, it emits most of its energy as infrared light. Greenhouse
prospect of a mars colony, the first things that come to mind are only the positive outcomes. Only when you look deeper into this expidition do you start to see the enormous cost and extreme dangers associated with traveling to this planet. What people also fail to realize or comprehend are the political and socio-economic repercussions of furthering our advancement to colonizing the red planet. As a nation in this day and age, I do not think we should undergo a full scale colonization of mars. While this
Mercury Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, along with venus, earth, mars. It is mostly made of rock. In 1974, Mariner 10 took pictures of mercury and scientist thought it looked like earth’s moon. It itself has no moons. It is named after the Greco- Roman Messenger of the gods, because it moves faster than all the other planets. Mercury has a crater known as Caloris Basin, Scientists believe the crater was made when an asteroid hit the planet. The crater is about 810 miles (1,300 km) You
Mars is a planet that is described as cold and dry. However, approximately 3 billion years ago Mars had liquid water running along its surface, which scientists believe could have helped microbial life flourish (Wall, 2016). Scientists have believed for many years that there are specific elements required for life to exist; hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen (Wall, 2016). In some habitats scientists have discovered some species that can survive without some of these elements, leading researches
believe that the next giant leap for Mankind would be the colonization of Mars. But is this truly the next step in human space travel? Should we be looking at this “next step” in a more altruistic point of view? This essay will explore the aspects of colonizing Mars in this day and age, covering both the for and against, arguments. As well as similar and different elements that Earth and Mars share, to see if colonizing Mars in this day and age would be the “Next Giant Leap for Mankind” that all these
not shine by its own light " (Grolier, 1992). The only planetary system that is known to man is our solar system. It is made up of nine planets which range in size and make-up. The nine major planets in our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. There are also many other minor planets which are also in our solar system, but they are unimportant compared to the nine major planets. In this paper I will discuss the planets and how they are each unique