Why we chose to colonize MARS over other planets?
The wish to live on another planet is increasing day-day. Many companies like SpaceX has set their goal to enable mankind to live on other planets. They even doing great by reducing the cost of launch vehicles. But, they all chose MARS to travel. Why did we choose MARS over other planets? Why not Jupiter, as it the biggest planet in our solar system?
Before getting there let us understand what makes living possible for human on earth. We Homosapiens(fancy name for Humans) have few requirements to live, like Water. Human needs a lot of water for his metabolism to function properly. Few things for why we need water are to regulate temperature, to protect your tissues, spinal cords etc.
We also need sustainable temperature for our body, correct gravity, thick atmosphere so that to maintain your body pressure, day length for your biological clock, and oxygen(you know why you need it).
Now coming back to the part of the question-"Why we chose MARS?"
We chose MARS to colonize and live there because MARS and Earth have almost same day length which is a piece of good news because it can match our biological clock. The red giant actually has a solid surface but with more Iron. It is also an active planet with active volcanoes. There is less water available there but the search is still going on for more discoveries of water. The biggest problem on MARS is it has a thin atmosphere, it means the planet's temperature is more and other harmful rays like UV rays can enter its atmosphere unlike earth(we have Ozone layer and it is depleting at a faster rate and do me a favor, don't use your "CAR" today for work). This is actually a huge problem and this is what makes humans think again about MARS. But, we don't have a choice. OR do we?
WHY NOT OTHER PLANETS?
Planets like Jupiter, Saturn don't even have a solid surface. So they are a big NO! Planets, Neptune and Uranus also don't have a proper surface for humans to live and they are also a way cooler than Earth due to their thin atmosphere and large distance from the sun. Which leaves you with Mercury and Venus. Mercury has a solid surface but it is hotter(but not hottest) because of Sun being his annoying neighbor and it also has a thin atmosphere. Thin atmosphere and near to Sun? Bad, very bad. Venus is the hottest planet and it has a thick atmosphere which makes it the hottest one. Even though it has an atmosphere and solid surface, its atmospheric temperature makes living impossible for humans. Which leaves you with only Mars.
There might be many reasons why we want to leave Earth and live on some other planet but please don't make "HUMANS" as one of the reason. Control things like Pollution and Climate Change for a better future and better Earth.
PLUTO : *clears his throat* "Did you forget someone?"
Before getting there let us understand what makes living possible for human on earth. We Homosapiens(fancy name for Humans) have few requirements to live, like Water. Human needs a lot of water for his metabolism to function properly. Few things for why we need water are to regulate temperature, to protect your tissues, spinal cords etc.
We also need sustainable temperature for our body, correct gravity, thick atmosphere so that to maintain your body pressure, day length for your biological clock, and oxygen(you know why you need it).
Now coming back to the part of the question-"Why we chose MARS?"
We chose MARS to colonize and live there because MARS and Earth have almost same day length which is a piece of good news because it can match our biological clock. The red giant actually has a solid surface but with more Iron. It is also an active planet with active volcanoes. There is less water available there but the search is still going on for more discoveries of water. The biggest problem on MARS is it has a thin atmosphere, it means the planet's temperature is more and other harmful rays like UV rays can enter its atmosphere unlike earth(we have Ozone layer and it is depleting at a faster rate and do me a favor, don't use your "CAR" today for work). This is actually a huge problem and this is what makes humans think again about MARS. But, we don't have a choice. OR do we?
WHY NOT OTHER PLANETS?
Planets like Jupiter, Saturn don't even have a solid surface. So they are a big NO! Planets, Neptune and Uranus also don't have a proper surface for humans to live and they are also a way cooler than Earth due to their thin atmosphere and large distance from the sun. Which leaves you with Mercury and Venus. Mercury has a solid surface but it is hotter(but not hottest) because of Sun being his annoying neighbor and it also has a thin atmosphere. Thin atmosphere and near to Sun? Bad, very bad. Venus is the hottest planet and it has a thick atmosphere which makes it the hottest one. Even though it has an atmosphere and solid surface, its atmospheric temperature makes living impossible for humans. Which leaves you with only Mars.
There might be many reasons why we want to leave Earth and live on some other planet but please don't make "HUMANS" as one of the reason. Control things like Pollution and Climate Change for a better future and better Earth.
PLUTO : *clears his throat* "Did you forget someone?"
Thats good
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