The episode that I found interesting from The
Universe was “Living in Space.” This episode talks about what we need and how we
are to live on Mars in a space colony in the 23rd Century. Mars is described as an angry red planet with
crimson skies. Mars is chosen to begin a
new human civilization because it is our closest neighbor with the most
possibilities and similarities. Mars has
25 hour days, seasons, and available water and energy from the permafrost. On Mars, we will live in large dome
structures with regulated temperature and pressure which will protect us from
the extreme heat and intense cold that exists from lack of an ozone layer. These domes will be self contained
environments almost like aquariums. Air
and water as well as every other resource will be recycled and plants will be
used for food and oxygen supply. We will
be space farmers who eat a vegetarian diet.
We will explore the planet in rovers and biosuits. We will use robots with artificial
intelligence. This will be the ultimate
extreme adventure.
We are told that we need to be a two planet
species because planet Earth has limited resources and so we must look to Mars
as a place for a new human civilization.
I find it funny that on Mars, it is alright to live in a bubble in
small, bare living quarters and recycle and reuse everything in order to
survive. If we lived that way on Earth,
we wouldn’t deplete our resources and could live in fresh air and freedom under
blue skies. When resources are scarce,
we conserve. But when we feel we have
abundance, we tend to take what we have for granted and use and abuse our
planet’s resources. I think I would rather
have my ultimate extreme adventure on planet Earth.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you about staying on Earth. I always found the whole “colonizing another Planet” thing really kind of dumb. If we’ll eventually have all the junk we would need to live on Mars, wouldn’t that mean we’d have enough stuff to do something else? Most of our Planet is water, I always considered the idea of pulling a Rapture to be much more appealing. If we could build the things to live in a different pressure and such, why not just go underwater? It’d be easier too, since there’s water everywhere that you’d just need to purify, and we WOULDN’T need to be vegetarian because of the fish that live in the ocean. Not only that, but we could bring remaining live-stock down to the ocean with us and breed and what not. No, I would much rather stay on Earth like you!
ReplyDeleteI must admit, it does sound like an adventure. I will even call it an adventure and a half, but it’s definitely not something that I would be interested in. Technology is amazing, but I don’t think I would want to live in a world that you cannot survive without technology. I don’t want to have to put on a huge, bulky suit before I go outside. I wouldn’t want to have to grab my O2 tank either. Life on Mars would be too dependent on technology and less accessible to the one thing in life that I thrive one: nature.
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