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[einahpets]

So I need help from my LJ friends, hope you all are willing!!

Here's the question.  
Should the US/NASA push for human exploration of Mars?  
I'm looking for reasons supporting or not supporting Mars exploration.  What would be some positive or negative contributions to going to the red planet?   

Thanks for your help in advance!! 

Comments

[furederiko.livejournal.com]

I think yes.... because the world is getting crowded more and more. Going to the red planet will help our population, so that mankind would not extinct...

Okay, not a very good answer... sorry T.T

[reni-m.livejournal.com]

I really appreciate any feedback, it all helps in the end!!

[aserene.livejournal.com]

Oh man did you come to the right person, you know i've been thinking about studying extraterrestial marine organisims...

anyway a pro for sending man to Mars
There are just some things man can do that robots can't. It woudl be easier to run and comfirm tests on soil and air quaitly. We could also get better pictures that encompass the ground and sky in one. We really don't know a lot about Mars terrian as a whole, only what we've been able to photograph. We could also find out what happened to one of our missing rovers as well as investigate the theory for water gyres beneath the surface of Mars by taking core samples.

A con
It's expensive. It'll put us in a huge debt thanks to the current war, and a lot of people, other than scientist believe that there's no point in researching anything we can't see. There is also the theory that if anything useful were to be found, it could be utilized for the wrong reasons, like for example if their's a possiblity of living on Mars people would start selling real estate up there.


There you...I have more arguements for a Rover for Pluto but hey Mars is a good topic. It's basically what Earth may have looked like a few billion years ago and it would really help us understand how things came to be on our planet.

[reni-m.livejournal.com]

Heh, leave it to you to really help me get ideas for my paper. ^_^
Thank you!!!

[aserene.livejournal.com]

i thought that might trigger somethings...didn't want to write it for you though...

so what class is this for??

[reni-m.livejournal.com]

It's for English. We have to write 3 five page papers about a certain topic and take a side. Mine topic is "Should there be human exploration of Mars", and I say yes there should be exploration of Mars. I'm at the stage now where I need to come up with the 3 mini topics to support the main one. Can you think of any? (I'll try not to make you write my papers ^_^)

[aserene.livejournal.com]

Mini topics? Well you came to the right person. No fear...

Topic Consideration 1: An early model of Planet Earth
Mars as i mentioned before is at stage that many scientist believe Earth was once in, a stage where life began. By studying Mars with human exploration we can cover certain experients, like the core drilling as I also mentioned. There are machines that can do core drills but there are certain reasons why humans do it better (you should research that...i got it from a geology text)

Topic 2: Possible Inhabitants for Humans
If we send humans we can determine if Mars could someday become a second home for humans and other organisms. Whether it be a drilling site for precious metals or natural resources that we have almost used up. Human presence on Mars would be a step forward as a whole planet, coure it might require partial world cooperation.

Topic 3: As I mentioned in Topic 2, there is a possiblity that Mars contains subsurface water gyers. If this is true, there is a possiblity that there are other natural resources also avalible on Mars. Human exploration would be covering another front and examing possilbe ares for this. You would need machines, but machines need people too.

There are few theories...some are weak but you can justfiy sending humans to Mars, you should also take a look at the Lunar Landings, see if you can find reasons why they sent people to the Moon, you could probably reincorpperate those as well. The really big thing with Mars right now is the geological distubance which says water was running there much more recently and suggests that there is water below the surface. As most believe life started in the water, this is about as primitive as we can get to see how life began on Earth.

[reni-m.livejournal.com]

I love you.

[aserene.livejournal.com]

I know ;)


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