Life on Mars
Manned missions to Mars are likely by the end of the decade. Here's what it'll take to make it a potential Earth 2.0.
Mars has always been an interesting target
Mars is roughly 140 million miles from Earth and temperatures reach -195 degrees Fahrenheit. So why is there such interest to settling the Red Planet? The U.S. and China — and private enterprises like SpaceX — plan to send manned missions to Mars within the next decade. But just getting there is only the first piece of settling earthlings on Mars. The other half is what to do when you get there. Astronauts have simulated conditions on Mars, living in domes near a Hawaiian volcano as part of the NASA-funded HI-SEAS project.
The safest way to have done it by far is to have sent along habitats
“First thing you would do, you know, once you've landed and, you know, sort of said, okay, I'm still alive, I'm still here in one piece. Probably the most efficient thing to do and the safest thing to do is to put your habitat underground. The UV Radiation from the sun. The Martian atmosphere doesn't block all of it. If you're outdoors too much unprotected, you can get pretty badly burnt. Just having things underground would protect you from things like meteorites,” Michael Shara, Astrophysics Curator - American Natural History Museum tells Brut. Shara says there are other ways to survive the harsh Martian atmosphere. 1 million people living on Mars would need 194,000 transport ships full of food for the first year alone according to the University of Central Florida. Settlers achieving food independence is a must before large scale immigration, Shara concludes.
The more learned about living on Mars, the more technologies that will be known about living on Mars
Despite the existential benefit of having a habitable place besides the Earth where humans can live. He also says he hopes life on Mars will help humanity answer the fundamental questions about our role in the universe. If something really catastrophic happens on Earth, really catastrophic that endangers the human race. Humanity does not have a plan B. We all live on one planet. The entire species is dependent on this one planet. Having a Plan B is always a good idea.
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Brut India
01/28/2020 05:50What is Vyom Mitra's job in space? https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/vyommitra-space-job-half-humanoid-isro-6234069/
John A.
01/27/2020 16:53The earth was made first, and the other heavenly bodies made on the fourth day were for signs and seasons for the earth. There is no scientific reason for assuming life on other planets or even for insisting on the existence of any planets outside our solar system, let alone a planet so uniquely suited to sustaining life as is earth. Only sun, moon and stars are mentioned on the fourth day no other planets like earth are mentioned. The reason why many have come to believe so readily that life on other planets is reasonable is solely the result of evolutionary speculation. If the evolution of life can happen once, by chance, then it could have happened elsewhere with so many stars which could have planets or so the story goes. The heavens, the earth, and everything therein were created in six days (Exodus 20:11). Man is the crowning glory of creation, and all creation is to be subservient to him.
Jyoti J.
01/27/2020 12:12Hats off to all the people associated with this remarkable event,
Arun M.
01/27/2020 05:43Take a look at our nation's 6 year scorecard https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2670868219634639&id=100001344603604
Mahesh K.
01/27/2020 05:28We need more resources in space research than war
Henry S.
01/27/2020 05:14Elon Musk forever