Zachary Watson Mrs. Willet Astronomy 3/5/13 Terraforming Mars Terraforming Mars is the process of making mars hospitable to human life and colonizing a safe environment for people to live. Mars, in retrospect, is the most earth-like planet that resides in our solar system, therefore it is the best planet amongst those around earth for us to attempt to inhabit. I would choose to use a timeline of one thousand years to complete the inhabitation process. Most scientist’s timeline is between one
An alternative proposition to make Mars suitable for human habitation is terraforming Mars; to deliberately change it’s environment to provide Earth-like ecosystems and that are suitable for humans. Terraforming Mars would be a long time in the future, it would take more than 50,000 years to terraform Mars if we started now. Other sources state that “it would be hundreds of years before the thin Martian atmosphere could be transformed into an oxygen-rich cradle for life” (Livescience.com). Turning
Terraforming Mars Project Terraform Mars is a difficult task that us as humans are trying to accomplish to fulfill the entirety of our speeches . There is a number of ways to achieve this task , but there are many questions that we do not have answers for. This paper will present my idea for how we could terraform Mars to successfully elongate the human speeches . According to Thefreedictionary. com terraforming is defined as transforming another planet into one having the same characteristics of
Terraforming Mars is the process of purposely changing the known properties of Mars to satisfy safe human habitation. In order to do this, we would have to use a 1000-year timeline. A thousand year timeline is best because it would give humans the time needed to change the atmosphere of Mars, change the temperature of Mars, grow food, and more. In order for the terraforming process to work, humans must permanently live on Mars for. For humans to permanently live on Mars, a fuel source must be used
benefitted humanity. If just a few thousand miles of land could have such a large impact on America and the world itself, imagine what an entire planet of unknown riches could bring for our species. The best argument for exploring and colonizing on Mars can be summed up in one colloquial phrase, “don’t put all of your eggs into one basket.” To elaborate; all of humanity is on Earth. Earth is enormous, but it is still just one place. A medium sized earthquake in Japan was enough to cause millions of
Patriarchy Looks to Colonize Mars.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 21 Feb. 2018, www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/patriarchal- race-colonize-mars-just-another-example-male-entitlement-ncna849681. The author believes that colonizing Mars comes through an impulse and there are still many problems in this topic. The result of colonizing Mars may leave the planet similarly to Earth where pollutions exists. The author compares the SpaceX project to men on Earth. Colonizing Mars is basically another conquer
Terraforming is “the purposeful alteration of the physical environment to increase its habitability for humans.” (David, Leonard). The planet Mars could be terraformed more easily than other planets because it is believed to be the planet most like Earth. Hundreds of millions of years ago, Mars had an environment more like Earth’s, with a thicker atmosphere and more water. (Terraforming of Mars). Additionally, other similarities between the two planets are found in their temperature ranges, the
process called terraforming, which is defined as "transforming a planet into something resembling the earth, especially as regards to human habitation." This is widely thought of as "Science Fiction" - but 50 years ago so was just about everything that is commonplace today. What alternatives do we have? Are there any planets out there that are like enough to earth that they could be so transformed? The body most commonly thought of in association with terraforming is Mars. There are several
Human settlement on Mars and the effects of our colonisation Kirsteen McCalman Space travel is somewhat of a high possibility now. The Mars One campaign to send humans to Mars has received 200,000 applicants, and 24 people will be chosen to leave Earth in 2025. With all this hype, we must wonder whether or not it is actually worth the risk. What is the Martian environment like? How would we colonise Mars? What rules and regulations would need to be in place and what would life be like for the settlers
Terraforming Terraforming has been explored in science fiction for years, but improving technology, along with concerns such as population growth and expenditure of natural resources, are causing terraforming to become a possibility. Population growth is the most obvious reason for terraforming. The world’s population is expected to rise steadily for the next 50 years; although the rate of population growth decreases slightly each year, the world population is estimated to increase by about
Recently the colonization of the planet Mars has been a popular topic, whether it is on the internet, in everyday discussions or even among politicians. On the one hand, many believe that Mars is a viable solution to the problem caused by overpopulation and pollution by serving as a habitat for humans due to its similar environment and composition. On the other hand, scientific limitations and ethical concerns make it difficult for others to believe that Mars is a possible alternative solution to Earth’s
Going to Mars Whether it’s Lewis and Clark or Joe Schmoe, humans have always had a tendency to explore their surroundings. This has led humans to explore the earth up and down, uncovering every rock and looking in every hole along the way. However, thousands of years of exploration have led to earth becoming a tapped resource. Humans now may ask the question; where do we go from here? Many answers have been suggested but one answer stands out from the rest, Mars. Nowadays humans view Mars as the
is far more advanced. However one thing that hasn't happened is the colonization of another planet. To colonize a planet terraforming to some extent has to be done. According to Dictionary.com, terraforming is defined as the alteration of the environment in order to make it capable for terrestrial life forms. Space exploration activist are interested to find ways to colonize Mars believing it will lead to major scientific breakthroughs. However from another perspective, the cost of space exploration
planet humans have ever known, lies Mars. Within the red planet’s thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide, ferocious dust storms kick at the barren terrain. It is eternally cold; temperatures range from -120 to 25 degrees Celsius. Among the assortment of channels, plains, and canyons, Olympus Mons stands at twenty-one kilometers high, the tallest planetary mountain in the solar system. At its potentially active status, it could erupt at any moment. The gravity on Mars is only thirty-eight percent of what
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
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
prospect of a mars colony, the first things that come to mind are only the positive outcomes. Only when you look deeper into this expidition do you start to see the enormous cost and extreme dangers associated with traveling to this planet. What people also fail to realize or comprehend are the political and socio-economic repercussions of furthering our advancement to colonizing the red planet. As a nation in this day and age, I do not think we should undergo a full scale colonization of mars. While this
universe? Have you ever looked at a photograph of Mars and wondered if there really was ever life on it? People have a wide variety of opinions regarding these questions and with good reason. As far back as the broadcast of H. G. Well's novel, "The War of the Worlds", the world has been fascinated with the possibilities of what Mars may hold. Over time, the majority of people have come to realize that there is no way that life can currently be on Mars. Those who are uncertain think there may be microscopic
substances found in the air and soil of the planet earth and producing organic substances to keep living and function properly . Scientists have investigated growing seeds in 2015 such as Basil , Arabidopsis and Turnips on mars . why mars not other planets you might ask ? well , mars is the 4th planet right after planet earth where there is life which makes it similar in some properties that are efficient for life and has some pretty important fundamentals needed like element that have been discovered
this; Mars. Mars is the best candidate because it has water ice on its surface, it’s not as hot as Venus or Mercury, it has an atmosphere to shield from asteroid impacts, and its days are nearly as long as Earth’s. There are many reasons for colonization, but 3 big ones are; ensuring the survival of Humans, learning more about the planet and its history, and its economic potential.