http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/human-mars-mission.html
We are capable of sending humans to Mars soon. However we cannot afford a return trip. According to the article I read, “A One-Way Trip to Mars”, it might be as much as ten times as expensive. There are many reasons to still send people though. Humans are far more effective at research than the machines we already have up there. There wouldn’t be a shortage of volunteers. Despite many assumptions, the people would not be left to die, supplies would be sent every few years and maybe more people. Some scientists have even gone as far too say that we might be able to colonize mars. There are others who point out that even at our science research centers in the arctic, there is a rotation of people. The conditions are just not hospitable enough to send someone to live on Mars.
I found this article interesting because the idea of sending people to Mars is, well plainly put, exciting. Colonization almost sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. If they go through with this, I wonder who would really be willing to live out the rest of their life with very little companionship on an alien world. This is an important step in science because what humans might find on Mars would far surpass anything we’ve found thus far.
Mars: http://www.solarviews.com/eng/mars.htm
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ReplyDeleteThis is interesting, but it's sort of scary. I would not volunteer myself for something like that.
ReplyDeleteI heard about this before and thought it was a joke, but I guess not. It would be amazing to have the experience of being on Mars whether I was returning to Earth or not! I would totally do it.
ReplyDeleteI wonder it's worth a human life? I dont know, I could see this mission being really beneficial to Astronomy and whoever went woud totally make history, but i still wonder?
ReplyDeleteWhen you presented this post in class i thought it was super interesting! I mean i mentioned this in my other comment but is it really worth giving up a life just to learn some more about the universe? couldn't we wait until we can learn more about how to get there and get back instead of asking someone to basically give up their life just to learn some more about the universe? and this wasn't mentioned in the post but how are they going to communicate back to earth. and if there is no way to get back home how are we suppose to know if this trip was successful? if we can't get people back home then if we are testing to see if it is possible to live on mars how are going to tell if peoples bodied adjust to the climate if we can't get the bodies back to see? im just curious if its really going to benefit anything to send people to mars.
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