Pros And Cons Of Colonizing Mars
Introduction
The sky is illuminated by the sun, only the size of our moon this far out. The red dust swirls with a gust of wind and your movements are slowed by the weight of your spacesuit. Your progress across the barren desert toward the compound that houses the plants you and your companions need to survive is slow but by now, four months into your new life, you have become used to it. Just eleven months ago you left Earth and started your journey toward what is now your home, the red planet of our solar system, Mars. The year is 2027 and you can’t believe you arrived here at last.
Colonizing Mars used to seem like a distant far off memory, but according to Alana Semuels, writer for the Atlantic, some commercial space companies like …show more content…
But how could we possibly reach them, modern day space travel doesn’t even reach the moon, and we still don’t know how long humans can live in zero-gravity without permanent, adverse effects. And how might humans survive under a different sun with lashes of uncontained radiation that are common on Mars. This research will analyze the reasoning and possibilities of humanity colonizing Mars as well as the changes society might undergo having a foothold in two different planets in order to answer the questions, why do humans feel the need to colonize Mars? And how might its colonization affect our …show more content…
Though it seems as though a Martian colony is not too far away on the horizon of history as many entrepreneurs have seen the potential Mars has as an economic resource and as the centerpiece of a large change in society, and many others have thought it over and decided that the colonization of Mars is worth all the risks and changes it will inevitably bring. The reasons for wanting the colonization of Mars are very diverse, ranging from changing society completely to the perpetuation of the human race in case of a mass extinction event. Not only will the colonization of Mars cost Millions if not Billions of dollars, we do not know if the colonists will be able to survive on Mars. Even if they do survive it is likely they will be forever changed, weather by society or by their whole species. Thusly the colonization of Mars will be a major event in mannkinds history, as it will mark a large change in society and in the evolution of the human
The sky is illuminated by the sun, only the size of our moon this far out. The red dust swirls with a gust of wind and your movements are slowed by the weight of your spacesuit. Your progress across the barren desert toward the compound that houses the plants you and your companions need to survive is slow but by now, four months into your new life, you have become used to it. Just eleven months ago you left Earth and started your journey toward what is now your home, the red planet of our solar system, Mars. The year is 2027 and you can’t believe you arrived here at last.
Colonizing Mars used to seem like a distant far off memory, but according to Alana Semuels, writer for the Atlantic, some commercial space companies like …show more content…
But how could we possibly reach them, modern day space travel doesn’t even reach the moon, and we still don’t know how long humans can live in zero-gravity without permanent, adverse effects. And how might humans survive under a different sun with lashes of uncontained radiation that are common on Mars. This research will analyze the reasoning and possibilities of humanity colonizing Mars as well as the changes society might undergo having a foothold in two different planets in order to answer the questions, why do humans feel the need to colonize Mars? And how might its colonization affect our …show more content…
Though it seems as though a Martian colony is not too far away on the horizon of history as many entrepreneurs have seen the potential Mars has as an economic resource and as the centerpiece of a large change in society, and many others have thought it over and decided that the colonization of Mars is worth all the risks and changes it will inevitably bring. The reasons for wanting the colonization of Mars are very diverse, ranging from changing society completely to the perpetuation of the human race in case of a mass extinction event. Not only will the colonization of Mars cost Millions if not Billions of dollars, we do not know if the colonists will be able to survive on Mars. Even if they do survive it is likely they will be forever changed, weather by society or by their whole species. Thusly the colonization of Mars will be a major event in mannkinds history, as it will mark a large change in society and in the evolution of the human