Mars

If you're crazy enough and want to go to Mars, I think this will change your mind; Only 1/3 of spacecrafts sent to Mars have been successful, and that could be your ship that doesn't make it. NASA is launching a spacecraft with four people to try to colonize Mars, which means they will not be allowed to go back to Earth. We should not go to Mars because of the risks included, death, serious injury, and massive failure. Mars is an unforgiving place where a small mistake or accident can result…

dark lines appear and disappear seasonally on the surface of Mars. The lines would appear and vanish in the same places during the warmer seasons, near the planet’s equator. This phenomenon is known as slope lineae. NASA has just confirmed that saltwater found in perchlorates’ crystal structure is what causes this to happen. This is very controversial because it raises the intriguing questions of whether or not life could exist on Mars. However, scientists don’t know where this water is coming…

The general argument made by author Laurie Vasquez in her work, Could Human Actually Live on Mars? is quite simply that people have the ability to make it to the moon, they just need the materials, technology, and people to help them achieve that goal. More specifically, Vasquez argues that NASA has the technology to achieve the dream of landing on Mars. They mainly have to learn how to overcome the challenges of going to the red planet. She writes that, “‘We’ve had the technology since we went…

In Edgar Rice Burroughs’s story, “Under the Moons of Mars,” there are many instances of both fantasy and science fiction. When the narrator is describing things, he talks in a very scientific way. When describing a creature from Mars, he tells the reader, “the feet themselves were heavily padded… (which) is a characteristic feature of the fauna of Mars” (151). This is the way a scientist would talk about an animal, not the way a layperson tells someone about what they saw. The narrator also…

the TEDTalk video, Let’s Not Use Mars as a Backup Planet by Lucianne Walkowicz, she makes use of several rhetorical devices such as: parallelism, imagery, simile, and metaphor in order to further her claim that is, people should take responsibility of the Earth rather than spending valuable time on making Mars a possible planet for people to move in, which will take hundred of years. Walkowicz makes use of parallelism to highlight the comparison between Earth and Mars. For instance, “though…

are to be transported to continue life on the planet Mars. Scientists have been studying this planet for decades. Research and experimentation have shown Mars is capable of supporting human life forms and other organisms. However, the time and money necessary to accomplish such a feat would be astronomical. Matt Williams, the Guide to Space Curator for Universe Today, expresses his opinions on this phenomena in his article, “How Can We Live on Mars?” As a science fiction author, he discusses the…

“The Martian” written by Andy Weir is a science fiction novel about six trained astronauts having to leave from the planet Mars in a hurry. The crew ends up leaving behind Mark Watney, a fellow crew member. Mark was presumed dead after a wild storm, but he actually survived. With only a small amount of supplies to last him a few months, Mark must utilize his resources very carefully and keep a positive outlook on surviving on this lonely hostile planet. In the meantime, back on Earth the members…

The Martian Design Process Sol 6 is the most daunting day in Mark Watney's journey on planet Mars. Watney shows an excellent use of the Design Process in twelve “quick” steps. The first step being the easiest, defining the problem. Watney has found a problem--he is stranded alone on a planet millions of miles away from home. In addition to this, his recurring issue is Watney needs to figure out a food source. Mark needs to figure out how to create an edible life source on a planet with no life!…

NASA Overview The Mars Surveyor Program (MSP) was managed under the cheaper, better, faster paradigm at the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA). This corporate culture created an environment which challenged NASA engineers to develop innovative, cost saving processes when designing and developing projects. This paradigm did have drawbacks though; putting too much emphasis on decreasing cost, and failing to integrate risk management in their projects. Ultimately, this mindset led…

Mission To Mars “We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy, but because it is hard” -John F Kennedy. Back in May of 1961, John F Kennedy challenged the United States to land a man on the moon, and be the first to do it. However, now the challenge has escalated from a moon landing to a landing on an entirely different planet… and living there. Many different organizations have proposed the idea and are currently working on figuring out if we can reach Mars. We have to ask ourselves, how…