Why Is Mars Difficult To Colonize The Red Planet?

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It will be very difficult to colonized the red planet, because of its weather conditions. Mars have a very thin atmosphere that make it almost unsuitable to support human life (Sharp). The red planet has a much lighter gravity system than the Earth and its Oxygen level are very low (Sharp).Therefore, it would be almost impossible for humans to survive on Mars without using a lot of technology to provide them with the needed resources. One of the major problem on Mars is the atmosphere’s composition, because it is composed of 95.2 percent of Carbon Dioxide, while on Earth there is only 0.4 percent of Carbon Dioxide (Sharp). Mars is a very small planet, half the diameter of the Earth, this will reduce the amount space needed for each human and

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