Mars Exploration
For over 60 years now, humans have been trying anything possible to get information on our neighboring planet. Known as the “Red Planet”, Mars is the closest planet to us in our Solar System that has the chance of having human life on it. Though the chances of life on Mars are slim to none, many space organizations, including NASA, are still exploring the planet for any signs of life. Questions that many of the NASA crews ask themselves are : Is there water on Mars? What is the radiation on Mars like? And will it effect the exploration of Mars? How can we get humans to Mars safely? These questions are being asked by space agencies all around the world, however, the question that is getting more attention is : Will there ever
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There are just not enough technologies in the world to get humans to Mars. Also, Mars just doesn’t have all the right conditions to accomplish the goal of many space organizations. One of the major reasons why humans won’t be able to live on Mars is the temperature differences from Earth and the “Red Planet”. Though there are many other reasons why humans are most likely not going to live on Mars, the temperature is one that stands out because of the major contrast it has from Earth. The average temperature on Earth is 61 degrees Fahrenheit with the lowest temperature being -126 degrees Fahrenheit and the highest being 136 degrees Fahrenheit. In comparison, Mars average temperature is -55°F while the lowest temperature was -195°F and the highest temperature was 70°F. Because of these stunning facts, most scientist believe there is no chance of life on Mars. However, NASA and other space agencies still explored and continue to explore our neighboring, mysterious …show more content…
I still strongly believe that, in my lifetime, there will be no humans living on Mars. To add to my stance, I have a strong opinion that no humans will even touch down on Mars surface in the 21st century. Though I have this dominant stance, I still believe NASA and the other space agencies need to continue to explore our red neighboring planet. Mars may just be the only other planet in our solar system that has a chance of having human life on it and we may be closer than ever to the ultimate goal : getting humans to
Ever since the origin of Earth was found, this question has wandered in the air. What will happen when Earth becomes uninhabitable? Scientists have turned to the next closest planet to Earth, Mars. There have been signs in the past of life on Mars. Many think that space exploration could be a reality. On the other hand, many think that the thought itself is unreasonable. Despite the sheet of ice found on Mars (Source D) and the possibility of extremophiles surviving in harsh conditions, the possibility of life on Mars is, indeed, a fantasy. The environment on Mars is too harsh to live in, there have been no signs of life on
However, humans can survive on mars by doing what Mark Watney done in the novel, The Martian. Humans can survive by putting air locked structures
Its thin atmosphere and most likely a completely waterless surface shows that any life that was to land on the Red Planet would have a hard time trying to survive. At that time, when life was found on Earth, Mars had an ocean, volcanoes and deltas, the difference between Mars and Earth is Mars rapidly lost its hold on habitability. According to scientist Mars lacks the ability to have a protective magnetic field, most of the water left the surface and escaped into space, this was caused by the exposure of the surface to the cosmic rays and ultraviolet light. There were only a few packs of water left on the surface, some remained at the poles whereas others may have remained under the
“I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime” was said by Buzz Aldrin, a NASA astronaut. The former American aeronaut from Montclair, New Jersey believes that since Mars does exist, it is waiting to be reached by humans. When this would happen, he says that the human race would “evolve into a two-planet species.” Present day Mars has a lot of canyons, mountains and volcanoes. Even though the surface is Mars is very old, scientists learned about different younger rift valleys, plains, hills and ridges. According to recent reports, there were lakes and rivers, along with an ocean billions of years ago. The low temperatures on the planet cause there to be polar ice caps and frozen water present.
The topic of Mars has long been of interest to astronomers and science fiction enthusiast alike. The premise of another planet supporting life excites people like no other. In 2004, The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, began preliminary science experiments and instrument proposals for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and a robotic space probe mission to Mars. After long testing and development stages, the mission birthed a rover, Curiosity, which was launched in November 2011 and subsequently landed August 6th 2012. As we speak Curiosity is collecting invaluable data for our understanding of mars including: habitability, climate and geology, and possibly setting up a manned mission to mars in the
NASA predicts humans on the Red Planet in 2030. In order to get there we need faster, more improved technology. Some of the mechanics mentioned in The Martian have been, or currently are being created by NASA to one day send us to Mars.
For example, the average temperature is -61 degrees Fahrenheit on Mars. Since Mars is so cold man kind will not survive on Mars. Second, the human body can not physically stay on Mars. For instance, scientists already know that away from Earth’s gravity harms the human body.
Many feel that the United States should lead a crewed mission to discover the planet of Mars. Mars One, a settlement, has started a goal to initiate human life on the Red Planet. However, are humans really capable for Mars? There are two sides of the argument. Many are agreeing on starting the mission while others are contracted by the idea. I, for one, believe the mission should not take place. Difficulties NASA has to overcome, the safety of the trip, and the costs of the whole mission are many of the opposing factors of starting a journey to the Red Planet.
Do you know that the closest planet to us that scientist say people can live in is the red planet also known as Mars. People believe that we shouldn't go to Mars because it would have enough water at first and second is that they haven't seeing any form of living creatures living there so we wouldn't have any food to depend on for food(Bill Nye). So far all we know is that if we were planning to go, it would take up 3 weeks of our military budget. Another reason we should stay is because it is too expensive because it would be 50 billion dollars the United States would spend on the expedition(Ashley Jay). Humans would have arguments on many things including who would be the leader of Mars and what would the flag for Mars be if we were to go
Do you want to go to Mars? Most people don't think we should go to Mars because there is a risk that something bad could happen there. But there also is the chance that something good could happen there that could help us discover new things. Going to mars could also give humans another place to go if something goes wrong on earth and nothing could live on earth anymore. People don't understand that Mars once was like earth. But it atmosphere was taken away by solar winds which made the red planet cold. People also wanna go to mars to explore the planet more in depth.
In conclusion, our process to discover mars has just begun, scientists might have to invent some new options to bring our abilities up to space level. Exploring Mars is definitely one of the biggest challenges scientists will ever face, simply because there are so many obstacles we are facing, and preparing for the trip has taken a lot more time than was expected by NASA in 1969. I personally think that we at least need about 2 or more decades so scientists will be able to find better options and invent more useful and helpful ideas. President John F. Kennedy said: “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard”. Our mission to the moon is not as easy as it was thought would be, scientists need a lot more time and management to this particular problem. Going to a completely different plant and exploring it requires a lot of time, a new way of thinking, and a lot of corporation and
It must be a shame to die from your own actions. Then again, it is what you get for falling for greed and not sticking to your gut. Shakespeare tells a story of a character named Macbeth in one of his most famous tragedies titled Macbeth. The story starts out as Macbeth being a hero. As the tragedy continues it reveals Macbeth's downward spiral and eventually becomes a villain whose actions go against him and end up to his death. Macbeth is to blame for his own death because of free will and ambition.
I still faintly remember the way my mother carried me as a toddler. She would wrap me in a colorful, African cloth and tie my to her back, knotting the cloth in front. I would rest my head on my mother’s back, listening to her steady heartbeat as it lulled me to sleep.
Marijuana should be removed from the law system and adjusted in a behavior similar to alcohol and tobacco. The life dependency risk for alcohol is fifteen percent and Marijuanas life dependency risk is nine percent. Alcohol affects a lot more people than marijuana. When people abuse alcohol it is way worse than getting high on marijuana because when people get drunk they want to do crazy idiotic things, but when people get high they usually just eat and eventually fall asleep says scientists. There are currently no reported deaths from simply smoking weed. Forty percent of americans already admitted to smoking weed. It is relatively harmless, this is why I think marijuana should be legal. Marijuana has a lot of positive qualities.
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is a neighbors earth in its position from the sun. The environment of Mars sustains an average temperature of around -67 degrees Fahrenheit and has an average distance of one hundred fifty eight million miles from the earth. Mars as a radius of two thousand one hundred six miles and has a mass of 6.39 *10^23 kg. The length of a day on mars is one day on earth plus forty minutes. Like earth mars has seasons so that it will get colder during its winters and warmer during the summers. Unlike earth, mars has little to no atmosphere, but the atmosphere it does have is ninety five percent carbon dioxide.