Mars

The interest in the planet of mars goes way back in history. People have always seemed to be interested in what it has to offer for us. Mars is continuously used in movies, shows, and other forms of entertainment because it is such a mysterious topic. Stated in the novel Destination Mars, written by Rod Pyle, he mentions that Mars is the planet of dreams. People will always look to Mars to clench their thirst for mystery and potential for an alternate place to live. According to scientist they…

Since Mars is the only terrestrial planet whose surface can be directly observed in detail from the Earth with help from a telescope, it has been studied by Earth-based instruments since as early as the seventeenth century. However it is just since the exploration of Mars started in the mid-1960s that close-range observation has been conceivable. Flyby and orbital shuttles have provided information from above, while direct estimations of atmospheric conditions have been given by various…

that Mars was habitable and we wanted to go and live on Mars? Just being in space is dangerous. All these movies about space is actually giving us a warning about what could happen. The Apollo Movies are actual events that happened in astronautics in the early age of space flight and that was just going to the moon. Here are some reasons on why we shouldn't be going to Mars. First of all, going to Mars would cost millions. No, billions, about 6 billion or more. The rover sent to Mars…

existence of potentially life supporting water that flows across the antient surface of Mars, even today! According to John Grunsfeld, the associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, "the existence of liquid water, even if it is super salty briny water, gives the possibility that if there's life on Mars, that we have a way to describe how it might survive." Using images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA researchers confirmed that the water streaks found…

Colonizing Venus Instead of Mars Throughout the years, the space community has pushed the boundaries of what we, as humans, can and cannot do. With infinite possibilities within our continually expanding universe, it was only about time that space colonization would jump out of sci-fi novels and into our reality. As overpopulation and the increasing risk that a disaster, natural or man-made, may destroy the earth weighs heavy on the shoulder's of the human race, it is also time to take space…

The connection between my article Mars, the red planet and The Martian by Andy Weir is that Mark Watney uses Mars’s two moons Phobos and Deimos to help him travel to the Pathfinder so he can communicate with NASA for help.When he travels at night he can’t see any of the landmarks like the craters to help him know the direction he is going so he uses Phobos and Deimos to help him travel. “Mars doesn’t have a magnetic field.So I navigate by Phobos. It whips around Mars so fast it actually rises…

Sending a manned space mission to Mars sounds pretty cool, right, and we all have questions like "Is there life on Mars?" I personally think we should give Mars a visit because think about the secrets we could uncover that could be astonishing and so helpful. We could go to see if we can find information about earth or even have success living there would possibly give us time to explore longer and collect more. Imagine living up there in a sustained area waiting for whatever comes next. Now…

Mars is said to be completely desolate. No life except for maybe bacteria. There’s no water on mars. There is an atmosphere but it’s very thin, and the soil isn't farm able whatsoever. How would one, even live on a planet like this? The red planet is very far away. The trip alone to get to mars, at the right time of the year, takes at least nine months. Astronauts would have to be stuck in a large vehicle, like, space. That only one of the issues. These astronauts that are in a tiny spacecraft…

The Technology we need to get to Mars The technology particularly required to get to Mars is astonishing! From solar sails to robots, they all will be astounding. But three factors affect the technology. Cost, time, and engineering. Without these chattels, the expedition to Mars could be a flop. But, we do have these elements, even though it may not seem like it . With those three factors, getting to Mars will be a successful mission. Cost is just one of the three things that affect the…

Anglo-Saxon, whereas all the other planets have names from the Roman or Greek gods. Mars formed four and a half billion years ago just like the Earth. The rusty red color of the planet comes from iron oxide. Since it orbits much further from the Sun, the Martian year is twice as long as the Earth’s year. Similar to Earth, it spins on its axis with its day being approximately twenty-four and a half hours long. However, Mars is only half the size of Earth, which translates into much less…