Life on Mars

You may remember there was a television show back in 2006 titled, “Life on Mars”, which was a BBC television series with fantastic reviews, but it has nothing to do with this article.

Maybe not for a while, but humans will “absolutely” be on Mars in the future, NASA chief scientist Jim Green;

“The first person to go is likely living today”.

Following the discovery of the building blocks of life on Mars, humans living there seems like it could be more of a reality.

“Now, we see Mars is an even better location for having past life,” Green stated.

Professor Brian Cox has said:

“So I suppose it’s not impossible to imagine microbes coming up from deep below the surface to bask in the midday sun before disappearing back down below again”.

Mars is the most similar planet to Earth in our entire solar system, making it the most attractive place for the human race as a holiday home.

There’s also a natural beauty in parts of the planet;

“There’s a crater on Mars called the Hellas Basin, which is 1,500km (930 miles) across and 9km (5.6 miles) deep.

That means you could put Mount Everest on the floor and the summit would not reach the rim.” said professor Brian Cox.

The plan which has been previously disclosed by NASA is to send a human to Mars by the year 2040, however that is dependent on quite a few factors.

Just a couple of the obstacles which we will have to maneuver are:

We have to land.
Right now, NASA is able to land a 1-ton vehicle on the surface of Mars. For a human to land, it would need to park about 10 tons on the surface.
That vehicle would also need to land with precision — mainly not mountains or hills or rocks.

We would need to blast off from Mars.
It’s not a one-way ticket, at least right now. That’s why NASA is working on a Mars 2020 rover.
“Sometime in the next decade, we plan to blast off the surface of Mars and return.”

We would need to wear spacesuits — all the time.
Weather on Mars is extreme. The difference between Monday and Tuesday could be 170 degrees. The average temperature is well below zero. The air is also largely carbon dioxide — good for planets, bad for people.

We’d have to get used to dust storms.
About every 26 months, it’s summer on Mars, meaning prime dust storm season. These storms, made up of fine dust that gets caught in the atmosphere, can darken daylight to a twilight stage and last months.

We need to build an entire infrastructure.
“The people that would go there are real pioneers,” Green said.

The first humans on Mars would need to farm and establish a food source. Scientists believe beans, asparagus and potatoes are viable crops for soil there. Homes would also need to be built. Greens idea is;
“3D printers might be able to use dust on the planet to create habitats. “

So what would life be like on Mars?

Would you want to lose a year of your life travelling to a new home?

Could it invite a wealth of new concepts in technology?

Are you going to need a phone if your living in a dome?

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