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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51 comments
Alan W.
02/01/2020 01:58I swear he said “extract the oxygen from the gravel”
Donovan J.
01/30/2020 20:35God made earth for us to live in not mars lol
Osvaldo M.
01/30/2020 17:31This is all fake idk why you amertbuybjnto all this crap..space force?!😂😂🤦🏽♂️
Troy S.
01/28/2020 22:27The whole planet of Mars has been radiated for billions of years anyone who goes there will most likely die there or on the way
Jaiveer S.
01/28/2020 21:30I don't understand why ISRO just can't do their experiments in ISS instead of wasting resources for something that can be done without a mission.
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/
Kiprop A.
01/28/2020 00:51I think it is easier and cheaper to restore Earth. 😊
Michael N.
01/27/2020 19:08Only earth home of people.. knows God why put the earth people
A. V.
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
Mohammed W.
01/26/2020 18:19You have destroy our habitable planet Earth, there's no way for another 😍😄😃
Jason R.
01/26/2020 17:05World war 3 nuclear war mother earth was die,plan b of america go to mars 50 years b4 back to the earth again..
Jason R.
01/26/2020 17:02Fake news
Muhammad I.
01/26/2020 11:59If possible all evils like monisters peoples send to mars killer and teriost then he done job on mars like agriculture and mining and made pyrmid like egption king Fron
Niccholai D.
01/25/2020 22:39When we live on Mars and left the earth polluted, what is the plan now? Don't tell me when the Mars is polluted well transfer another planet😒 why can't we just change the earth and help build new trees instead of leaving it destroyed 😔 it seems like God waisted his creation
Parvez R.
01/25/2020 18:28Who is God? https://youtu.be/nIbnUMqLQ78
Zirhad D.
01/25/2020 13:35The rich are destroying our planet now their trying to run from their problems which isn’t going to happen no amount of money is going to save them.