The journey to the red planet

[bearnard18]

Does humanity actually need Mars colonization? Elon Musk and Space X invest a lot of resources in Starship and Mars colonization. But as most people know the journey to this planet is not a piece of cake and it is rather dangerous for the crew of the spacecraft. Also, they did not figure out how to solve the fuel issue to get to the red planet and bring the crew back. ( Not even mentioning the harsh environment of the red planet. To prepare the crew for it will be very costly to invent special suits or capsules )

[Eagle Eye]

Depends on climate change. 

[bearnard18]

On 16/01/2021 at 17:50, Hurricane Squad said:

Depends on climate change. 

I don`t think this is the planet we can live on. It has really harsh environment, low temperature and high level of radiation. Also, we still cannot reach this planet with crewed mission

[Manchester_Sunset]

To survive on mars we would probably need artificial habitat with some form of life support systems. Especially water processing systems, as with us being mainly made of water we would die without it. 

[bearnard18]

17 hours ago, Manchester_Sunset said:

To survive on mars we would probably need artificial habitat with some form of life support systems. Especially water processing systems, as with us being mainly made of water we would die without it. 

This  artificial habitat must be strong enough to resist the high radiation level and low temperature. The idea of ISS located near the Mars seems the most advanced but still, we don`t know how to get it there.

[Weather-history]

Watch Online: Mars Landing

MARS.NASA.GOV

---

Information on how to watch the landing of the Perseverance rover.

 

[Beverley Lass]

Yay, safely down.  How fab.
Wonderful science   

[Beverley Lass]

And what a treat to go outside just now and have such a clear view of
Mars just above the Moon.   

[summer blizzard]

On 16/01/2021 at 14:43, bearnard18 said:

Does humanity actually need Mars colonization? Elon Musk and Space X invest a lot of resources in Starship and Mars colonization. But as most people know the journey to this planet is not a piece of cake and it is rather dangerous for the crew of the spacecraft. Also, they did not figure out how to solve the fuel issue to get to the red planet and bring the crew back. ( Not even mentioning the harsh environment of the red planet. To prepare the crew for it will be very costly to invent special suits or capsules )

Mars will not be properly colonised in our lifetimes due to the constraints however yes we should absolutely venture beyond our own planet be it for resources or science. Actually getting there is doable in terms of reasonable development.

On 16/01/2021 at 15:50, Eagle Eye said:

Depends on climate change. 

Curious as to what you mean. Climate change will cause severe ecological damage if unchecked and may even cause food/water pressures in some areas of the world however there is no reasonable scenario which results in humans becoming extinct.

[Eagle Eye]

6 minutes ago, summer blizzard said:

Mars will not be properly colonised in our lifetimes due to the constraints however yes we should absolutely venture beyond our own planet be it for resources or science. Actually getting there is doable in terms of reasonable development.

Curious as to what you mean. Climate change will cause severe ecological damage if unchecked and may even cause food/water pressures in some areas of the world however there is no reasonable scenario which results in humans becoming extinct.

It depends how far into the future you are looking.

[Eagle Eye]

We have landed on Mars, it shows that Science needs to be taken seriously,

An amazing feat for humanity and it shows our humanity and it made me cry with happiness when the people who helped put it there are cheering and congratulating and that is why working for NASA is my second job to being a Meteorology

[summer blizzard]

20 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:

It depends how far into the future you are looking.

To actually make us extinct you would need to remove the knowledge to grow food and turn the world into one large desert or wait a few million years for the oceans to produce Hydrogen Peroxide in sufficient levels to gas us.

What we are really talking about with climate change is how many billions of people we can support.

 

 

[bearnard18]

27 minutes ago, summer blizzard said:

Mars will not be properly colonised in our lifetimes due to the constraints however yes we should absolutely venture beyond our own planet be it for resources or science. Actually getting there is doable in terms of reasonable development.

Curious as to what you mean. Climate change will cause severe ecological damage if unchecked and may even cause food/water pressures in some areas of the world however there is no reasonable scenario which results in humans becoming extinct.

I consider that we can use Mars not for living aims. If Mars has some fossils we can use for our benefits, we can use red planet for that purpose. But now we can only dream and discuss that as our technology is too weak for that.

[summer blizzard]

13 minutes ago, bearnard18 said:

I consider that we can use Mars not for living aims. If Mars has some fossils we can use for our benefits, we can use red planet for that purpose. But now we can only dream and discuss that as our technology is too weak for that.

Yes, right now the success will be getting a person on Mars and back. It will probably be next century before there is a bubble city or teraforming.

Edited February 19, 2021 by summer blizzard

[Methuselah]

I was a kid when we first landed on Mars and, for that matter, Venus! But what if the Martian soil is sterile?

[Eagle Eye]

2 hours ago, summer blizzard said:

To actually make us extinct you would need to remove the knowledge to grow food and turn the world into one large desert or wait a few million years for the oceans to produce Hydrogen Peroxide in sufficient levels to gas us.

What we are really talking about with climate change is how many billions of people we can support.

 

 

About 10 Billion estimates say we will reach 11 billion by 2050.

[Eagle Eye]

We are going to colonise the red planet but it may take thousands of Years before poorer people get the choice after we've terraformed it. 

[bearnard18]

2 hours ago, summer blizzard said:

Yes, right now the success will be getting a person on Mars and back. It will probably be next century before there is a bubble city or teraforming.

This is even problematic now to  get there and I think that we are not ready for that. Our technology is too we and still need an improvement. Probably in 10 years we will be able to send crewed mission on the red planet but not now.

[bearnard18]

On 18/02/2021 at 22:53, Weather-history said:

Watch Online: Mars Landing

MARS.NASA.GOV

---

Information on how to watch the landing of the Perseverance rover.

 

Did you hear about the first ever UK-built Mars rover? The launch schedules for 2022
The overall objective of this mission is to investigate the presence and history of water on Mars to consider the question of whether or not life either has existed or still does exist there.