Mars has been an interesting planet to mankind for years now, and scientists have decided to take things into their own hands. They are making plans to put people on Mars to have them live there. Consequently, they would need to face many problems during the period of time preparing for the journey to mars. One of the many problems they would have to face, for example, is: How will they get food, water, or air? Well, you’re about to find out. In Jennifer L Holm’s fictional story, “Follow the Water”, she uses facts about Mars to help you imagine some of the problems characters would have to face, and how they would be able to fix them in reality.
Since Mars does not have a supply of food, drinkable water, and air to keep the astronauts alive, shuttles would be sent to Mars periodically. In consideration that it would take too long, and it would be too expensive to transport air from Earth, they would have to get a filter that can recycle the air. As Georgina says in the story, she is tired of breathing in the stale air. Naturally, is stale because it has been run through a filter to make it breathable. They would also need to recycle the water they use, so that means it would be necessary to reuse the water they wash their hands with, bath
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In general the deadly radiation from the sun and elsewhere in space can cause skin cancer. While the average temperature is -81ºF, in the summer it gets to be 67ºF. In the story, when they go outside, they must wear suits due to the lack of oxygen, the radiation, and the extreme temperatures. In the winter, though it can get below -120º F! Hence, in the story, when they go outside, they must wear suits. The dust storms can be so bad that they can rage on for days. Because the dust is so small, it went through the plastic of Georgina’s plastic home on Mars. Some of them are so bad, you can not even
The definition of being a mixed person is being of descent of two or more races. However, in society, being a mixed person means so much more than this as each race entails its own cultural background and beliefs. These contrasting cultural backgrounds and beliefs are what cause debates on whether being mixed enables people to be accepted into multiple areas of society or if being mixed creates additional challenges when mixed people try to acquiesce into society. Clearly, James Mcbride agrees with the second argument by believing that being mixed makes it more difficult to assimilate into society. Mcbride recognizes how the contrasting cultures and beliefs that come with each race creates adversity against mixed peoples’ assimilation into multiple ethnic groups of society.
In the “Color of Water" Rachel is introduced to us at the beginning of the book in chapter one by her letter to James. We get to know a little background about her, then we get to know her son how James, her male child viewed her. Rachel, better known as Mommy by James, was a woman of principles and who valued and feared things just like any human being. Rachel had 12 children, including James, throughout her life with her two husbands Andrew Dennis McBride and Hunter Jordan. Mommy was at home and she valued all aspects of life, especially when it came to family, faith, and education.
Jennifer L. Holm used scientific information in her story “Follow The Water” which explains the many risks like radiation, lack of fresh water, food, oxygen, and gravity to live on Mars.
We all know that why oceans are important for us and why we need to take actions towards the preservation and keeping our oceans clean from plastic. In article “Our oceans are turning into plastic… are we?” Susan Casey has tried to inform the general audience about the problems caused by plastic in oceans. Susan Casey has strong credentials for writings this article because she already has wrote many works about the oceans and marine life such as The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks. Furthermore she also worked in editorial tams of two movies Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm. So this shows that she is well experienced in writing works about oceans and marine life. Using her previous
Water on Mars is very hard to find. Since the planet used to have water most of it is frozen underground. “The bad new is that most of that water is frozen underground and likely contains toxic chemicals.” The water that is dug up would have to be purified and preserved. Georgie’s father said that in the canyon there was “water-soluble mineral deposits” near the edge of the canyon. Georgie’s father said that “ I figure drill 400 meters down, and we’ll hit water”
Over the past few months people all over the world have applied for a mission to go to the red planet, Mars. Four lucky people will be chosen to go live on Mars. They will have to endure eight to ten years of brutal training. In addition, their every movement will be watched and scrutinized. After all of this, these few people will be the first to live and to die on Mars. Going to Mars is a dangerous mission. The smallest mistake can lead to ultimate mission failure. Even the tiniest of errors can cause engine failure, cosmic radiation contamination, or a shortage of power.
There’s no drinkable water located on Mars. The water on Mars is frozen underground. There is a high possibility of the frozen ice having chemicals in it. With the iced water how will people shower or stay hydrated. Even if scientists are totally positive on how to purify water or how to harvest the water.In conclusion Mars doesnt have any drinkalbe water
To begin my experiment I will research information of several ways that you could potentially get water on Mars. I will look at filtration systems, binding of hydrogen and oxygen molecules and melting of ice that is said to be located on
Mars, the red planet, is one amazing planet in our solar system. With advancing technology and experiments, putting boots on Mars will come in the near future. There are still many issues that require us to solve for any human mission to Mars. Mars is unique because of all the similarities it has with Earth and how it may have once harbored life. There is also strong indication that water also flowed through the vast landscape of Mars in the past and that water may still be trapped deep below the soil of Mars. However, we are still in the process of learning about all the spectacular processes that are undergone in Mars, such as water vapor and scientists are current finding solution to detect water vapor and analyzing the various chemicals
Oxygen is another important issue to solve, because the air on Mars consist of 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, and the rest is minor amounts of oxygen, water vapour, and other gases. This means on Mars there is not enough oxygen for human to survive, however, the creation of MOXIE (Marx oxygen in Situ Utilization Experiment) can solved the issue of oxygen, Moxie use electricity to convert Mars high carbon dioxide concentration air to oxygen. The Moxie is based on solid oxide electrolyser cell this fuel cell can operate at temperature that allows high-temperature electrolysis. Electrolysis of water is a method of separating hydrogen ions and oxygen ions from water. The process start when electricity is introduced through two electrodes,
Do you know how difficult it can be to leave your family and friends? Nobody can live without a family or friend staying on their side. When you go to Mars there will be no way to communicate with the people back on Earth. Life won’t be easy without a family or a friend to support you.
Is water on Mars safe? Water on Mars is possibly contaminated.“The spacecraft found wet molecules
“Mankind is destined to step beyond his earthly bonds just as his ancestors once crawled out of the seas. Colonizing new worlds… the race will survive” -Charles Sheldon (AZ Quotes 1) Mars is the next step in pursuing a new frontier for man to explore. The journey is dangerous and costly and people who oppose, believe man should not risk their lives, but this is what human beings are best for, pursuing our dreams no matter the risks that are involved. Creating a settlement on Mars is not a question of if, when, or why, humans are going soon and we know why, but it is a question of how will we colonize the red planet.
There are many reasons not to go to Mars. Like the invisible, deadly ultraviolet radiation, people in space are exposed to deadly ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Radiation exposure can lead to
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