Why shouldn't we live on Mars?
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— one of the most Earth-like planets in the Solar system
As you know, in 2024, an American entrepreneur plans to send to Mars first settlers, who will not only study and explore the Red planet, but also to the active search for useful resources outside of the Earth. However, despite the General euphoria for such a momentous occasion, the future of the mission already has a large number of opponents. So, in 2014, representatives of the UAE issued a law that forbids Muslims from traveling to Mars, equating flying to this planet to suicide, and a number of space agencies around the world believed that the creation on the red planet may be simply unprofitable investment because of the large distance between Earth and Mars, and, as a consequence, the impossibility of cheapening the necessary freight to sustain the life support future of the Outpost.
Can you survive on Mars?
In order to get to Mars, man must overcome the hundreds of millions of kilometers of space. Due to the fact that mankind does not yet have the sufficient level of technology required to make long interplanetary journeys, the flight to Mars will be a rather boring and monotonous event, able to drive crazy even the most persistent and trained astronaut. In addition, upon arrival to Mars, the astronauts will have to learn to resist the harsh conditions of the red planet, which in this world, entirely covered with rust, a considerable amount.
Red regolith, covering the surface of Mars is almost entirely composed of iron oxide and silica.
According to the data obtained as a result of long-term observations , the main problems that can threaten the health and lives of astronauts will be a small force of gravity on the planet, high level of radiation on the surface, combined with the almost complete lack of atmosphere and oxygen, as well as a very low temperature, according to their figures exceeding even the Antarctic. In addition, powerful dust storms, sometimes covering entire hemisphere of Mars, will significantly slow down the progress of the colonization of the red planet. So, in order to survive and save the vital equipment of the first settlers, we have to learn to predict the occurrence of storms, build shelters and look for ways to protect electronic equipment, loss of which can lead to the extinction of the entire Martian colony.
a Powerful dust storm on Mars
In that case, if the idea of creating an earth colony on Mars one day still come true, to go beyond the Outpost without a space suit would be impossible for a number of reasons. Due to the fact that the thin Martian atmosphere consists of 95% carbon dioxide, the fate of the man on the red planet without any external protection will be solved in just a couple of minutes. In addition, the low pressure on the surface of Mars, which is only 0.6% of the earth will cause the liquid in the human body to literally boil, than provoke strong swelling of all tissues of the body and rupture of blood vessels.
In theory, life on Mars is quite possible, subject to future colonists some rules that could maintain the viability of the Outpost as a whole and of the individual astronaut. However, a huge number of unpleasant nuances, which will be directly linked to human existence in an alien world, can jeopardize even the most well-planned mission to conquer the red planet.
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