Recently the colonization of the planet Mars has been a popular topic, whether it is on the internet, in everyday discussions or even among politicians. On the one hand, many believe that Mars is a viable solution to the problem caused by overpopulation and pollution by serving as a habitat for humans due to its similar environment and composition. On the other hand, scientific limitations and ethical concerns make it difficult for others to believe that Mars is a possible alternative solution to Earth’s
Mars Colonization Have you ever wanted to go to space? Do you ever wonder what it is like in space? Maybe you will be the first person to step foot on an unknown planet! What if you had the chance? The time is getting closer and closer to when humans will be able to go to Mars, and start a colony. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. It is a rocky planet that is brown on the surface, but looks red when seen from Earth. Some organizations predict by 2024, the first person will be sent to Mars
since the exponential growth of the human population. Through decades of research and searching the stars for answer, we may have found one close to us: Mars. The Red Planet was once much like Earth, before the majority its atmosphere leaked into space. Many scientist still believe that there is water underneath the soil and new data from the current Mars Rover has backed up that belief. Unfortunately, it is looking less and less likely that Earth will be enough to support growing populations and decreasing
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). The knowledge taken
planned or prepared missions will specifically explore the question of whether or not life exists, or once existed, elsewhere in out solar system” (Folger 3). That's exactly what we plan on using the Curiosity rover for. The MSL (Mars Space Laboratory) Curiosity rover was launched November 26th, 2011 and landed on Mars on August 6th, 2012 (Launch 2). “MSL Curiosity's mission is to analyze the climate, geology, and habitability of Mars to see if there is or has ever been life on Mars. Then, after gathering
Mars, The Next Giant Leap The year is 2030 and a spaceship to Mars is underway. The countdown begins, but is it carrying humans? Or does it even exist at all? The year 2030 is only 13 years away and these are questions many are going to have to answer; however, questions like these never stopped humans in the past such with the discovery of the “New World” and the first man on the moon. Although a manned mission will be costly and could be done with robots, human exploration has only proven
The recent events regarding the NASA Mars probes have renewed the debate of reinstalling manned space missions with the objectives of exploring and landing on foreign worlds such as the moon and the red planet Mars, rather than the use of solely robotic craft and machines. It is my belief that we should return to the days of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, those of manned lunar landings and manned space exploration. Robots simply cannot and should not be allowed to be the sole means of visiting these
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
Mars Cannot be Colonized—Not Yet It has been exactly 45 years since any man has set foot on the Earth’s Moon. Now, after almost half a century, Mars One has released their plan on sending the first humans on a one-way trip to Mars in attempt of colonizing the red planet. While this will become a great feat for humankind if it is successful, there are numerous downsides to colonizing Mars, including a dysfunctional society, extremely high costs and unfit living conditions. Despite the Benefits, Mars
The subject of my science fiction story will be the near future colonization of Mars. It will be in the form of a crew log recording the difficulties of their mission, one of which will be life support and habitation on such a long journey and potentially continuing at the surface of another planet as well. My paper will cover supplying resources for an endeavor of this magnitude, the features of Mars itself, and potential terraforming of the Martian surface to support human life. Habitation is
part of crew activities. While these activities absorb resources, the most significant of which is time, they also bring public and political support to the program and provide some of the return on investment of the program.” – NASA, The Mars Reference Mission, Pg. 25 Since the day of NASA’s greatest triumph on July 20, 1969, there has been a sense among many American people and politicians that the once-unimaginable goal of conquering space has been accomplished, and that much of what NASA has
planet humans have ever known, lies Mars. Within the red planet’s thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide, ferocious dust storms kick at the barren terrain. It is eternally cold; temperatures range from -120 to 25 degrees Celsius. Among the assortment of channels, plains, and canyons, Olympus Mons stands at twenty-one kilometers high, the tallest planetary mountain in the solar system. At its potentially active status, it could erupt at any moment. The gravity on Mars is only thirty-eight percent of what
fizzling out. As government budget cuts keep happening left and right, predictions of future public space travel are hard to come by (Sparrow 308). As the government is cutting NASA’s budget, NASA is cutting programs vital to its original purpose of manned and unmanned space exploration. The Apollo program, which helped put the first men on the moon, was eventually scrubbed due to government budget cuts. The space shuttle program that helped build the International Space Station and shuttle astronauts
their supplies during a long- term mission to Mars and on Mars. The goal is to show that people can develop technologies to help humans survive in space and on Mars in the future, such as producing food, recycling water and air, and storing energy. The important technology is the Controlled Ecological Life-Support System (CELSS) that can help in dealing with the supply issues as well as some possible methods to make energy on Mars. The overall approach of this mission is to create background knowledge
February 2017 Going to Mars Although going to Mars is a long trip away, there are many debates on whether humans should follow through with the trip or not. Going to Mars will not help, it would only hurt the world. Robots are fully capable of doing this job instead of humans. It is a waste of money, and although looking for life is a possibility, it is a dangerous trip, and humans do not have the technology to move on with this trip. The controversy of who or what should go to Mars. Should humans or
Option #2: NASA spends money on both manned space flight (like the Space Shuttle) and unmanned robotic probes. Now that the Shuttle fleet has been retired, should NASA develop new rockets to send people back to the moon? Should we send people to Mars? Should NASA focus on unmanned missions instead? Is money spent on space exploration beneficial to society? State your opinion about the proposals currently being considered to send astronauts to the moon or to Mars. In 2011 NASA’s budget was recorded
20th century, “higher” came to mean orbiting the Earth, eventually culminating in NASA’s Apollo 11 mission to the moon. “Faster” meant setting record after record of speeds in excess of the sound barrier, with the very same Apollo missions reaching velocities of almost 25,000 miles per hour. “Longer” can currently be summated by the International Space Station (ISS), which has been continually manned for over 13 years; the longest single period of time in space for an individual in that span is 215
Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system and the closest planet to earth. Its weather and climatic conditions are most similar to earth, making it the most hospitable place in the solar system. Exploring the Martian surface will not be easy, but it will ensure the survival of the species as the conditions on earth are deteriorating over time. Many people have claimed that the mission will be expensive and is gratuitous but with so many threats such as overdue asteroid strikes threaten the survival
States government should not continue to fund manned space flight missions to Mars because, NASA doesn’t have the advanced technology needed to get humans there without a guarantee safe return trip and lack of fuel. Since NASA doesn’t have the proper necessities such as fuel to send humans to the Red Planet with a safe trip home, then the United States government should not continue to fund manned space flight missions. I hope to learn about the mission to Mars and why funding for the Journey may not be
eyes of nearly every American and indeed much of the world. As great an accomplishment as man's landing on the moon is, however, there are other momentous events that often seem forgotten in the glare of celebrity afforded to the space program's manned missions. How many people can remember where they were when the first man-made object left the bounds of our solar system? How many people can even remember what that object was? It was the Pioneer X spacecraft, and it left the solar system in mid-1987