Essay On Life On Mars

Many people have long wondered if we are alone in this universe. This fascination is apparent through the news, sci-fi movies, fictional writing, scientific missions, and even religious beliefs. However, these hopes, views, and beliefs reflected in much of our pop culture today are very misleading. Being able to create and sustain life on other solar bodies has proven to be much more challenging than previously thought. There are many ongoing experiments and exploration missions that seek to answer the simple question of how to maintain life in space. Since most of all scientific research has been geared towards what makes a planetary body habitable, I focused my research on that topic. In the direction of making life habitable on Mars or other solar bodies, planetary engineering must be used to terraform them with the aim of supporting the precursors of life.
Curiosity and the need to know what truly lies beyond drive people's excitement and fuels the race to be the

The belief is that since ice can be confirmed on the surface of Mars, then there must be water or previously have been water on the surface of Mars which could leads to the thought of the possibility of life on Mars. However, there are many severe implications that are inhibiting the conception of life on the planet. The first implication, low pressure, is due mainly to an atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide. This low-pressure system could affect efficient DNA repair and cause permanent damage to the organism. The second implication, low temperature, varies between night and day during the different seasons. The temperatures range from -190 to 86° Fahrenheit (McKay, Christopher). Mars is farther away from the sun than Earth which accounts for the extremely low temperatures. The temperatures are so low that all life forms would develop cellular damage through the formation of ice crystals. (Hiscox,