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Emigrate To Mars
Why? Earth's fine place to live but for how long? Population, pollution, global warming, drastic weather changes, frequent natural disasters...how many more reasons do we need? So when? Not many years from now. Although no official deadline for achieving human travel to Mars has been set, a mission to our closest neighbor—136 million to 150 million miles (220 million to 240 million kilometers) from Earth—is imminent, according to some scientists. While many scientists say a mission to Mars is technologically possible today, there are many questions of whether it is practical, economic, or safe to undertake such a mission. How? Currently, the only means of extended space travel is by chemically propelled rockets, similar to those used today. Using such rockets, it would take about six months to fly to Mars, and the amount of fuel needed just to get there would be so large that the fuel would make up a huge part of the spacecraft's volume. Moreover, there would not be enough fuel for the spacecraft to turn around and come back to Earth if the mission needed to be aborted. Another option is plasma engines, which operate using super-heated gas as fuel. Still in development process, these types of engines hold the promise of a faster, safer trip to Mars. Then what's stopping us? NASA has looked at the psychology of being cooped up with fellow astronauts for a years-long Mars mission, and studied how to maintain bone structure and muscle strength in microgravity. But a new study should force renewed attention on one of the most intractable dangers of space travel: radiation. The review, published Sept. 29 in Mars, the International Journal of Mars Science and Exploration, identified major radiation hazards that must be solved before the safe completion of a human Mars mission. Here's an interesting site which has information about flight schedules, emigration forms & all.
http://www.earthmarstravel.com So who's joining me? :) |
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