People of all walks of Earth yearn for one thing: to explore the unknown. Human’s need to explore can be seen throughout history, such as when people took to seas to explore the rest of the Americas, or when Lewis and Clark went west of the Mississippi to explore the Midwest and west coast. After Earth had been explored humans again felt the need to explore. This need took humanity to space where they first orbited the earth and later landed on the moon. Now that the moon has been explored, the next place humanity should visit and colonize is Mars. Some people say that it will be far too risky for the astronauts, but humans will figure how to make it even safer so they can fulfill their need to explore. Therefore, NASA should be funded by Congress …show more content…
Many people believe that NASA can get all the data needed from rovers and satellites, but robots don't have the observational skills of humans. As said by the Mars One project, an organization that is trying to put humans on Mars by 2027, “Human settlement on Mars will aid our understanding of the origins of the solar system, the origins of life and our place in the universe”(“Mission” 1). This company's plan shows that people being sent to Mars is a real possibility, and would help humans understand why humans and other animals exist, in this vast universe. Also, if humanity understands why Earth is so plentiful with life, and Mars is not, they could figure out where other forms of life exists in the universe, and what makes a planet habitable. If NASA were figure out what makes a planet habitable, and how to locate habitable planets, they could send people to habitable planets they discover, and continue sending people to other habitable planets to make humans an interstellar race. Another way having humans on Mars could help Earth is that NASA could study why Mars is a desolate planet. By studying why Mars is so desolate NASA could learn what happened to Mars and how to prevent it from happening to Earth. As shown, by making a single colony on Mars humans would be setting the groundwork for making themselves an interstellar race. It would also help humans understand why they exist, and help prolong the existence of the human race on
This article told me much about the past, present, and future NASA missions. We are certainly learning more about the other planets in our solar systems, especially Mars, and I believe that we are doing the right thing in proposing more future missions that will help us learn more about our solar system and its planets.
In going along with this plan, there will be more demand for scientists and engineers alike. Engineers will build the manned bases and vessels, while scientists occupy them and gather data to benefit the world. In this way, NASA will be able to see if it is possible to make Mars the next “Earth”, making plans to help make that a reality if this does happen. “Through space exploration and innovative thinking, NASA has injected science and inspiration into our culture and projected us into the future” (Haberle).
Information about space nasa curiosity is a robotic rover that landed on mars in 2012. Since then, curiosity has been roaming mars, collecting data and looking for signs of microbial life. In this interview, astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson discusses the curiosity mission and the possibility of people traveling to mars.
...egular people, believing that if someone was to go to Mars they might have been able to survive A variety of organic compounds present may mean a life is probable. Also, if the trip to Mars in 2023 turns out to be a positive one, then it will prove to everyone that in the future more and more people will move to this other planet. A lot of people will find it unnecessary to stay on Earth if they can start a new life somewhere else in the galaxy. Even though the trip will have America paying billions and billions of dollars, it truly is worth it. A life on Mars could mean living to an older age and being healthier. The point of going to the Red Planet is to find out if there is a better life somewhere other than on Earth. Just like NASA astronaut, Buzz Aldrin said, humans will most likely reach Mars and when they do humans will turn into a two-planet species.
Who knows what kind of opportunities can come from Mars? We can use the many resources that have already been found on this planet, it could help us in many ways beyond space exploration, and it could even be a new place for us to live. That’s why I believe that the government should fund space exploration to Mars.
Mars is our next best hope in life on another planet. Because of science mankind can grow and harvest plants in the modified mars soil, make a thick warm atmosphere, and drink no frozen mars water. Mankind can grow and flourish more as a species with this idea of colonizing mars. With more scientific advancements we can colonize mars and we will colonize mars.
One reason that NASA help us is by studying our world. If we don’t know or study NASA and study thing outer space we don’t know what the Earth look like. Outer our planet there other plants too.
We could find new rocks and/or minerals and with them finding those minerals the scientists could use that mineral for something besides studying it knowing all of the great smart minds out there someone could find a us for that mineral or rock. Also we might find new plant life on Mars. That is good because that plant might give us oxygen and we give it carbon dioxide. We might find a different kind of human that we have never seen before. Which could be a good thing because they might not have technology that we have or vise
The recent events regarding the NASA Mars probes have renewed the debate of reinstalling manned space missions with the objectives of exploring and landing on foreign worlds such as the moon and the red planet Mars, rather than the use of solely robotic craft and machines. It is my belief that we should return to the days of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, those of manned lunar landings and manned space exploration. Robots simply cannot and should not be allowed to be the sole means of visiting these worlds, nor should humans only be able to witness new findings second hand through the use of computers and machines. It is human nature to be normally curious of one’s surroundings, and it is important that we send one of our own to new worlds. The effects that past missions have had on the world’s people, as well as our political and cultural climates are another valid reason for flesh instead of metal to lay claim to space. Also, the limitless applications and new education that manned flights can bring to us from on site human interactions could lead to another technological and industrial revolution like the original lunar programs had done for us during the Gemini and Apollo programs.
People could find if there's alien life or if humans could communicate with them. Space is a huge space to explore. In recent accounts, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) informed that there's signs of water on the planet Mars. President Obama
A robot can miss the most significant detail that could be life changing. Humans can also bring back evidence from a planet that robots can’t if they don’t have a return ticket. If the robots always return, it would cost more money than sending a person which you don’t have to build with money and a spacecraft. Furthermore, if a space shuttle isn’t made correctly and there is a robot in it and something happened to it, then we would lose the spacecraft and the robot thus losing the money the government used to make the special objects. As stated in BBC News “Space is a disease and danger, wrapped in darkness and silence.
The cost to launch a rocket or spacecraft, man it from Earth, pay workers and astronauts, build a spacecraft, and ensure it is safe is tremendous. As well said by Russell Roberts of Source H, “As much as I like space and the idea of people on Mars, I don’t see the care for using taxpayer money to get it done. Don’t tell me about all of the spin-off technologies… Leave the money here on Earth”. The cost of space travel is boundless; Roberts introduces the idea that the money could be better spent on Earth. This is important to consider because of all the issues currently on Earth; there are health crises, wars, droughts, and food shortages.
With research on space, we can see how the Earth functions from a different point of view, and figure out new ways to improve quality of life. In a religious point, if God only wanted us to stay on Earth, why would he create the universe? We are meant to explore. As our technology advances, it will get easier and easier.
Even though we need to fund other things that we currently need on earth, we need to think about how this will greatly help in the future. Space exploration should continue to be government funded because the government will have more resources to go to for support for many different things than private companies. It’s also easier to be informed about projects and what is being discovered because the government information is current and very reliable, where it can be harder to find information from private
There are many reasons that space exploration should continue. If Earth ever becomes too overpopulated or over polluted, then perhaps people can move to Mars. The world population in 1970 was approximately 4 billion people, and is currently nearly 6 billion people. The world population in 2015 is estimated to be 7 billion people. There is a possibility that there are useful resources on Mars. Scientists have found ice and some other clues, such as craters, volcanoes, and valleys, that have led them to believe that there was once life on Mars, and they believe that sometime in the future, should planet Earth need to be evacuated, humans will be able to live there (Jakosky 142). Many of the rocks on Mars appear to have been formed by gasses, breathable by humans and other creatures. A process called terraforming will allow astronauts to make use of the resources that are on the planet and create an atmosphere that will support life. One method for terraforming is that scientists would convert the gaseous rocks back into gasses, and use gas-eating organisms to eat the gas, which results in the formation of other gasses. If these organisms continue the cycle, then Mars would have a stable atmosphere for humans to live in (Getz 39).