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Asked by randyortan to Anais, katy, Lauren, Richard, Stuart on 10 Mar 2016.
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Richard Friend answered on 10 Mar 2016:
Wow! I don’t think anyone’s going to be moving to Mars any time soon. It costs a lot of money to get things out into space, let alone onto another planet safely. The atmosphere on Mars is really thin too, so there’s no protection from the sun’s UV, and no oxygen, so you wouldn’t be able to go outside! Because of the thin atmosphere it also gets really cold there, down to -143°C! I think the technology to survive on Mars would be pretty hard to make, as I’m not sure we can survive on Earth under those conditions yet!
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Lauren Laing answered on 10 Mar 2016:
Have you seen Mars One? (http://www.mars-one.com/)
The Mars One’s mission will be funded by investments from the private sector. The plan is to design and establish the aerospace companies for every major system required for a permanent settlement mission to Mars. Work on the first unmanned mission, scheduled for launch in 2020, has already started!
The plan is that the first crew to land on Mars start their journey from Earth in 2026! I think it is really cool that this could happen in our life time! I think it would be really cool to go, but it would be sad to leave life on earth behind! The typical time to travel to Mars during it’s closest approach to the Earth every 1.6 years is about 260 days! That is a big commitment to spend that time on a spaceship, and you cant change your mind and pop back to earth very quickly. If my fiancé would come, I think I might consider going 😉 You only live once!! Would you go?
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Anais Kahve answered on 14 Mar 2016:
Personally, I think it’s a silly idea. There’s not enough oxygen to support life and we shouldn’t be spending billions of pounds/dollars/euros on trying to get people to live there. We should be using that money to make the Earth a better and safer place to live.
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Stuart Atkinson answered on 14 Mar 2016:
I think that ultimately humans will have to find some means of leaving the planet and living elsewhere, if only because the sun will engulf it eventually. Like Richard and Anais say, it’s an expensive business and there’s lots to spend on down here. Having said that, the percentage of their money that nations spend on space exploration is low. Plus there are always loads of technological advances that come from new technology that would be useful on Earth.
Human beings are by their very nature inquisitive and want to do things for no other reason that the sheer exploration. I can’t imagine that anyone went to Edmund Hilary after he climbed Everest and said ‘What was the point in that, then?!’ So I don’t think we should put down that spirit of endeavour, even if it costs money.
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