It is hard to believe that someday there will be life on
Mars. I don’t think that it could happen in our lifetime but there are some
scientists that believe there is a possibility there will be life on Mars by
2050! Transporting people to Mars will be really expensive alone. So, will only
wealthy people be able to move to Mars then? Also, the cost to transport food
and supplies to even start a society would be astronomical. Life itself is dependent
on water for life and growth so I’m not sure how Mars will function due to its
lacking of water. Mars is known for is constant and drastic changes in
temperature daily. In the morning it goes from freezing weather to blazing hot
temperatures in the day times. It seems as though people will be restricted to
living outside but will be forced to be in a controlled temperature building. Also
people will need to use astronaut suits in order to breathe on Mars. This would
be very uncomfortable to wear these all day long. Because Earth has a higher
gravitational pull than Mars does, people would need to constantly workout to
maintain their muscles. I feel earth was made for humans and life in general. Nowhere
else that we know has the characteristics that Earth does and that we cannot
live anywhere else harm-free.
I agree with you that it is hard to believe there could be life on Mars. I struggled with writing on that topic as it seems like such a " long shot" to travel there.Due to cost and the fear of the unknown. I too think it will not happen in my lifetime and it maybe a one way trip. I was talking to co workers about this and they were telling me about people volunteering to go to Mars - on a one way trip. Meaning they would go there and not be guaranteed to come back to earth. I can't imagine signing up to do that!. When discussing this with co workers they were telling me there was a waiting list for people to do this.
ReplyDeleteI myself am not willing to do that but there are people who would. I also think space travel and exploration is important but again the big issue is cost.
This is an interesting thought. I think it would follow the pattern of everything else that is new and will originally be only affordable to those who are of wealth. Of course, over time the price will decline and stabilize and the majority of people will be able to afford it. After conducting a small amount of research, I came to the conclusion that Mars will most likely never have long term human population in it's atmosphere alone; we would have to create a synthetic environment, but that seems pointless to me. It would avoid population overload on this planet, however, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting thought. I think it would follow the pattern of everything else that is new and will originally be only affordable to those who are of wealth. Of course, over time the price will decline and stabilize and the majority of people will be able to afford it. After conducting a small amount of research, I came to the conclusion that Mars will most likely never have long term human population in it's atmosphere alone; we would have to create a synthetic environment, but that seems pointless to me. It would avoid population overload on this planet, however, I suppose.
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