Mars is a Bad Idea

My blog from last week kind of answered the blog this week. To me, space is a scary thing. I do not really understand why we would want to try to create life on a different planet. There is a reason why people are not already living on other planets and trying to create life on other planets is just asking for trouble. Just think of all the problems that could come about. We say in Sex in Space that reproduction is a HUGE problem. The mice they used to test reproduction in space had many defects. Not only were the offspring messed up, but the mice that were reproducing were messed up and had problems when they got back to Earth. If humans go to space and begin living and reproducing on another planet, we are going to encounter so many problems. Some problems we might not be able to handle.If the offspring born in space all have mutations, it is just going to be passed down from generation to generation. I personally think trying to live on Mars is a waste of money. I understand why we would want to use resources from Mars, but are the problems that could potentially arise from living there going to outweigh the new resources?