Persuasive Essay On Colonizing Mars

Jordan Bates in his article "In Order to Ensure Our Survival, We Must Become a Multi-Planetary Species" published by Futurism states: "A number of experts agree that humanity needs to become a multi-planetary species within the next 100 years to ensure its survival into the future. "(Bates) Experts on space believe that if we are living on more than one planet, and an asteroid hits earth, that the human species will not be wiped out because others would be on Mars. Others believe that we may run out of natural resources on Earth and that Mars could save us. Although some people believe this, it is not true.

Since Mars is so small its gravity is only one third of Earth's meaning you could jump and never fall back to the planet. Your bones need calcium to stay strong and since there is little food that could be sent with calcium you could start to lose bone mass. As you can probably tell it would be extremely hard to live on the planet Mars. Mrs. Holm’s article “Follow the Water” uses information about mars to explain the difficulties of living there.

It is well known that throughout history women have been considered of lesser value than men in the space program. It was not until the United States government was in a race against the Soviets that this attitude began to change. The Space Race

Space has helped hone the skills of scientist. By using satellite technology for space, they were able to use the same concept for Earth. Even with all the benefits of space, its major down falls are cost, risks, and low chances of reward for their efforts. Many space explorations cost fortunes with little to come out of it, making it almost seem not worth it. The risk is another key factor, with little known about the majority of space, many outliers can appear out of nowhere and can cause death to anyone that happens to be working up there.

“Is this for real?” asked Alison Rigby, a 33-year-old prospective candidate of the interplanetary mission to colonize Mars, known as the Mars One mission. What can anyone possibly reply other than this if one is acquainted with such a controversial project? It is indeed thrilling, or perhaps alarming, that there are genuine intentions and even concrete plans to send people to the red planet. The good old curiosity might have prompted mankind, but with the level of technology, the amount of funding, and the degree of knowledge and experience these Earthlings, who are operating the Mars One mission, currently possess about Mars, the Mars One space rocket for the manned space voyage in 2026 might just become an enormous metallic flying tomb carrying

This makes me rethink about the idea of moving to Mars. How can human move and live on Mars? (Pause*2) Who: Hello, I am Nutsima Nongyai or you can call me Mew.

The argument claims that the money invested in the "Space Race" in the 1960's was well worth the high cost due to the many technological advances and therefore, the government should commit to a Mars Landing by 2020. Stated in this way, the argument fails to mention several key factors on which it could be evaluated. The conclusion relies on assumption, for which there is no clear evidence. Therefore the argument is weak, unconvincing and has several flaws.

I know what a redshirt is and I am sure most science fiction fans do as well. Redshirts are basically cannon fodder with very short life expectancies and this game is no exception. While you have 160 days to find a way to distance yourself from the station you more immediate concerns are just surviving. Illness and depression is very common aboard the station and with the ever present danger of being selected for a random away mission which is usually a death sentence for redshirts there is a lot to worry about.

By the time the booster separates, it didn't have fuel left to make it back to Florida. Even if it did, it would cost a lot of money to do so. Believe it or, it's easier all around to just land it back on a drone-powered ship in the middle of the Atlantic. All in all, the mission saved SpaceX millions. Now, where does the competition stand.?

It would be the first mission to reach Mercury, but it would require some ingenuity and the use of techniques that had never been done before to reach the planet. The only economical way for the probe to reach Mercury would be to use the gravity of Venus to change the trajectory of the probe so that fuel could be conserved [5]. This technique had never been tried before, and thus the probe had to be launched within a specific window so that Venus’ orbit around the Sun would align correctly with Mercury’s orbit [5]. The use of a gravity-assisted trajectory also brought many benefits outside of just economics. It would also allow for Mariner 10 to not just reaching the Mercury, but also make multiple flyby’s, limited only by the amount of fuel that was left for altitude control.

Historical Research Essay: The Space Race Rough Draft The Space Race was a race between democracy and communism, and the winner would ultimately determine which nation was more powerful. The Space Race was a time when the United States and the Soviet Union competed to find out which country had better technology and ideas. It was a turning point in history because it resulted in the United States taking the lead in the world of air and space, which changed the way the world functioned politically, scientifically, and technologically, it also affected pop culture in America and how we view our world as humans.

Rover landings in 1997 and 2004 gave us the first up close look at Mars’ surface and is the basis for all the skepticism we have about the possibility of life on the Red Planet (NASA.com). Mars’ surface is not exactly the nicest place to live. With low temperatures reaching -143 degrees Celsius at the poles, it can be rough keeping warm; however, the highs can reach up

Unlike on Earth, these continents weren 't formed by plate tectonics, nor do they sit in a sea of water; the surface temperature of Venus is hot enough to melt lead. Instead, these continents make up the "rough" patches of Venus, with canyons, trenches, and mountains. Scientists think that the massive resurfacing, which took place approximately 300 to 500 million years ago, may have "turned off" any plate tectonics on the planet, completely solidifying the crust into a single surface. The thick atmosphere of Venus also serves to shield it from bombardment even today. Only the largest of meteors make it through the clouds without burning up

Mars. It’s a pretty unforgiving place. On this dry, dessicated world, the average surface temperature is -55 °C. And at the poles, temperatures can reach as low as -153 °C. Much of that has to do with its thin atmosphere, which is too thin to retain heat.

On the northern slope of Hawaii's Mauna Loa Volcano, six scientists have been living as though they are inhabiting Mars. The reason; to see if the diet they are on will be enough for a real astronaut to survive on. For four months, Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue and Simulations (HI-SEAS) participants have been studying how their food supply has effected their energy, weight and of course, their appetites. The mock-astronaut's new diet has resulted in minor weight loss for every member. This, of course, could be from the frequent exercise that the scientists did not partake in while at home.