Colonizing the Planet Mars
1. Our life when we colonize on Mars
Colonizing Mars. With the release of Ridley Scott’s movie The Martian
on 2nd oct. it is acclaimed that it is one of the most realistic
portrayals of human space exploration ever filmed. Based on the 2011
science fiction novel by Andy Weir the film stars Matt Damon as Mark
Watney,a botanist turned astronaut marooned on Mars. He was accidently
left behind by his crewmates. The Ares III manned mission to Mars is hit
by intense storm Mark Watney is lost and presumed that he is dead. The
mission commander Mellisa Leewis is forced to leave the planet as the
rest crews lives were at stake.
2. An Artists view of Mars Colony
As NASA workers struggle to launch a mission to bring him back home,
Watney improvises one ingenious scheme after another to stay alive. He
turns his habitat into a chemistry lab and a greenhouse, extracting
potable water from rocket fuel and growing potatoes in nutrient-poor
Martian soil fertilized with his own feces.
3. An Artists concept of Colonized Mars
Coming to the fact and not fiction, NASA has plans to send men on
Mars in 2030. “Journey to Mars Programme.” Its facing quite big other
problems inspite of the advanced Technology and accuracy they have
developed.
4. Terraforming
The recent discovery of water on Mars has developed hopes of
colonizing humans on Mars. Terraforming .. Mars is more suitable for
human inhabitation than any other planet or our moon. NASA’s robotic
mission, the ‘Mars Exploration Rovers’ has sent unmanned rovers,
‘Spirit’ and ‘Opportunity’ and Curiosity.
5. Marsone astronaut
There are Many similarities between Mars and Earth that make viable
options for colonization . for eg, Nearly similar lengths of days….Axial
tilt is similar therefore basic seasonal patterns as Earth (albeit for
longer periods of time). Mars is in Suns habitable zone Goldilock zone.
But Mars has 95% carbon dioxide . Mars has no global magnetic field , to
protect from radiations pouring in its thin atmosphere. It will be a
herculean task to create oxygen for breathing and growing crops for
surviving on Mars.
6. ELON MUSK
Advocating Colonization of Mars ‘Mars Society’, an organization
founded by Robert Zubrin, promotes and advocates the colonization of
Mars. It was established in 1998 and does the work of educating people
and governments about benefits of space exploration and colonization of
Mars.
7. PLANET MARS
‘Mars Drive’ is another group that supports space exploration and
colonization of Mars. Founded in 2005, this group has spread out in
Europe, North America and Australia. ELON Musk stated that the goal of
Space x is to help humans to get to Mars . They are designing rockets
landers and equipment to support this. Musk would like to build a Mars
colony with 80,000 people second most habitable place in the solar
system. Let us hope that humans make another (second giant)leap for the
Mankind by Colonizing Mars.
