Persuasive Essay About Moving To Mars

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Imagine a future where more planets become habitable. Many people would take that chance and succeed a dream of being a part of a new civilization. But on the other hand, many people prefer to keep their feet on the ground with the help of Earth’s gravity. But is it worth the risk? Our reasons of staying on our home planet is the chance of no return from the planet Mars, the price to journey a one way trip, and the tight spaces with people you don’t know. But there are good things about the trip, but our opinion is no.
Why go to Mars leaving your family on Earth? Risking your life just to not return to your home planet seems too risky for certain people. If you go to Mars, there’s no return. And you can’t bring everything with you. Unless the Mars One project sponsors allows you to bring your family, think of your new life on Mars without your family. Think about all the birthdays you
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To be a part of history, you have to take this seven month trip to a different planet with no other people, except the people you traveled with, with a different atmosphere, and a different way of living. This meaning you can’t walk outside without a spacesuit, otherwise you can be considered dead. Also, keep in mind, you have all four people crammed into a tiny, compact spaceship, and only moist towelettes to keep all four of these people clean for those seven months. Is Mars really worth that?
Going to Mars sounds expensive. So obviously it comes at a price. A big one, too. A six billion dollar price, to be exact. Most people don’t have six billion dollars laying around waiting to be used on a one-way trip to Mars. So this means you would need sponsors. Sponsors aren’t always easy to find. In this case, one sponsor is most likely going to give you six billion dollars, so you would need multiple sponsors. Which, again, aren’t easy to find. So the trouble of finding sponsors, comes with the ridiculous

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