Annotated Bibliography On Mars

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Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography Drake, Nadia. “Why We Explore Mars-and What Decades of Missions Have Revealed.” Science, www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mars-exploration-article. Accessed 1 Mar. 2024. The. By the 2030s, NASA sought to land the first human on Mars. Around 3.5 billion years ago, Mars was suspected to be as suitable a place to live as Earth. Mars is said to be an opportunity to learn more about farming. Today, the planet still has the possibility of fostering ecosystems. Earth’s continental surface area is equal to Mars’s land area. However, some problems on the planet include an atmosphere of carbon dioxide and methane gas, toxic compounds in the soil, and polar caps. This source is from a valid newspaper …show more content…

2024, www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/we-will-never-live-on-mars-or-anywhere-else-besides-earth/46510576. This source suggests that Mars colonization is impossible due to microgravity, astronauts lose bone mass 12 times faster than a post-menopausal woman (it is easy for the mass to get to zero in zero gravity), the heart gets weakened and rounder in that environment, and fluids (blood, lymphatic system) flow upwards to the upper parts of the body. Humans' entire vascular system is made to fight gravity and pump upwards, which it continues to do even when gravity is gone, causing risk of thrombosis, and disturbance of the inner ear—problems with weightlessness, radiation, and human psychology. Thus, by this resource, Mars is not a habitable planet (unless a large bubble that could perform several functions like creating an atmosphere with the correct oxygenation level, maintaining the right pressure for human bodies, protecting against radiation, and providing for daily needs is built). “Why Go to Mars?” ESA, ESA, www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/Why_go_to_Mars. Accessed 1 Mar. 2024.

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