Persuasive Essay On Mars

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Brady Enneking
2/23/2017
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Next Stop Mars As I searched for my I-search topic several ideas ran through my head. Then I thought about how the topic is supposed to affect us personally. This made me think about what is affecting everyone, and I thought about the rapidly growing population of Earth. As the population increases to extreme size, space on Earth begins to reach it’s maximum. What top scientists are thinking is the next step sits 140,000,000 miles away. Mars has many features that make it the best planet to sustain life. Mars has many similar features to Earth including size, climate, and elements. Though these are important, the number one reason Mars is a great fit is that scientists have recently discovered water …show more content…

This is one of the reasons people become so interested in it. With planetary exploration one planet comes to mind, Mars. The reason Mars is the top planet on the list of candidates is Mars’ size, make-up, location, and thanks to advanced research, it’s water. In recent years NASA has been able to confirm that there is water on Mars just under the surface. These features make it the perfect planet to try to sustain life on. This leads to the next reason people get interested in this topic, the fact that people will not be able to live on Earth forever. Scientists look to Mars as the next great unknown. What these scientists are doing are studies determining which technologies will work, and there are even full-scale tests with sets designed to analyze what astronauts will be able to cooperate for years in confined quarters with the others. With all the technology and studying, people believe sustaining life on Mars is a very good possibility, but we are still many years from it becoming a …show more content…

Instead, two major non-profit groups are each trying to get to the red planet first. These two groups are Mars One and SpaceX. Both agencies have elaborate plans on how they will travel and live on Mars. According to Mars One “Human settlement is the next giant leap for mankind”(Mars One). While all this may seem a long way from becoming reality, SpaceX founder Elon Musk believes humans could be traveling to Mars by 2020 (Drake, 2016). This is very startling to some people, but Musk believes strongly in his timeline. Both SpaceX and Mars One have already began parts of their plan. Mars one selected their crew members in 2013, and they are beginning their difficult training this year (Mars One). This training is to prove that the crew members are able to live in close quarters with their peers for years, while living in stressful conditions. Based on Mars One’s website this group of people will train in the simulation until their mission in 2031. Though Mars One seems like the more advanced project, SpaceX is just as important because Mars One plans on using SpaceX’s advanced space ship technology to get there. Based on the two group’s plans, these practices will be put into use very

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