No new comments can be posted. The other thing is the resources on the planet, Well all we know is the Iron on the surface, But thats all. The difference is the people to me. Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading! Pick any time horizon that you like, we're eventually extinct. Wait! (Sure, that atmosphere would be lost in a million years, but so what?). Biologists would continue to revel in the biodiversity of life as we know it, but at the end of the day there'd still be only a sample of one: DNA-based life. During the launch, You will be strapped on top of a massive rocket that could explode. ), people will go. Sure, I'd love to believe we'll terraform Mars. How many people would go to Antarctica if the snow was made of perchlorates. Copyright © 2021 SlashdotMedia. Even if it's barren and hostile as Mars. Mars offers the potential for self-sufficiency that simply is not possible anywhere else in the solar system with our current levels of technology. That reason is That we almost did not achieve the Moon manned missions. If you save the file somewhere else, then it isn't gone.And warming isn't the only thing that could end humanity, there's also millions of asteroids that could hit us at any time, as well as the impending doom of Nuclear Weapons. There won't be any telephone sanitisers going there for sure. The technology to build that and send it to Mars will certainly exist in 30 years at the rate Elon is advancing his rocketry. What benefit does building industrial infrastructure so far out,a way from any potential markets, have? his comments on this one just get me thinking of the comment in the past that nobody will ever use more than 265k of ram. Both types of radiation could damage DNA and increase you on getting cancer. Once we're a viable. Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a tomb over a 10- to 20-year period [wikipedia.org] concluding around 2560 BC. Otherwise you won't find folks living anywhere. He was abducted after his tv show in the 90's and replaced with one of the prune people of planet asshole. Like he said, why would anyone with a family willingly to move to a hostile environment like Antarctica? Power isn't free either, you need a whole bunch of equipment with a limited lifespan in a very harsh environment (see above) producing an AWFUL lot of power just to keep the temperature up and the lights on. We don't know for sure if it is safe or not. This is despite the fact that Musk's "Hyperloop" is rusting out in California and all he has built is a short tunnel in a parking lot. Play this game to review English. We’ve got some awesome news for you. What we need is to clean up our act here. All Its 350 Employees Work Remotely, "Our vision is to speed up time, eventually eliminating it." If you actually want to learn science as an adult, there are a ton of free lectures online from good schools, some directed specifically at older learners. Why Shouldn't We Send Man To The Moon -For Now The first reason I think that we shouldn't send man to Mars is that we already have our own ball of dirt to use and destroy with garbage, ash, chemicals and other things that damage the Earth's ecosystem. Plants give out O2. Mars is one-sixth the siz of Earth. Just because technology does not exist but you want it to doesn't mean it someday will. It’s a fact that, Many astronauts could suffer from Chronic Boredom. Heat:Antarctica lowest: â'89.2 ÂCMars lowest: â'153 ÂC. Think of him as a science teacher for adults, very science illiterate adults. Maybe his definition of 'colony' isn't the same as yours (or his is the definition the newspapers want to hear. Habitats on Mars will obviously require lots of maintenance, so they will produce people who care for their habitats. You can no more "live on Mars" than you can "live on the Antarctic", or the bottom of the ocean... you need a lot of equipment and a ton of support and hope like hell that nothing goes wrong, and do it for short trips, with people willing to risk their lives and accept an awful lot of compromise. A large portion of the planet [researchgate.net] has permafrost at or near the surface. If you read below you will find we are going to talk about these problems. Glasses, bowtie and/or tweed jacket... and be sure to never say anything, just look at them inscrutably when they speak. You don't get people to understand climate change by making them feel stupid or insulting religion, according to another science, i.e. These could all end us, so if we move to Mars, then there's a chance we won't end up dying. Possibly, If someone gets sick on Mars and we welcome them to Earth they can spread the plague to men and Homo Sapiens can be wiped from the planet. . Why though? It is impossible to go to Mars in decades. Then there is a threat of asteroids hitting the planet and causing a worldwide catastrophe. It'd be cool. Overpopulation and limited resources on Earth makes Mars a potentially suitable place to colonize. As climate change increases and tensions also increase between nations. Is it safe to live on Mars? Come on, now; it's very much an RTS for the decision makers of this world. This is going to dissuade no one and will cost him some cachet. Mars is a chance for the whole world to have a clean plate, and not destroy a planet. What could possibly go wrong? From the soil, fertilizers, the sunlight, etc. Saturn’s largest moon Titan is the only natural satellite with more than a trace atmosphere. I don't want that if we need such amount of money. The Earth's environment has been more than enough, and most of those rich corporations don't give a hoot about it, and would much rather mega profit on that! Start making millions of tons of rocket fuel in high orbit and suddenly the Solar system is ours for the taking. Earth produced generations of people who don't care to maintain their life support system because it produced the illusion that it required no maintenance. Taxes generate too little money, and the government would have to borrow money. I'm sort of with Bill on this one. Every time I hear the term "Spaceforce" I think of "Salesforce", which fills me with loathing. It was just too pretentious. The only way to live long-term on the moon would be in domed cities or underground structures with thick layers of regolith to stop that radiation. People have been going to Antarctica for 200 years now and we still aren't able to live there permanently due to the harsh conditions. Money is a huge factor in this and where would this money be coming from? If we had wanted to, we probably could have. We could make Mars Earthlike in all but gravity and the blissfully longer day, but I'm not sure what the point would be. Many spacecraft have died trying to get to Mars. I think as long as we don't tackle this one we should be at least careful with prospective terraforming projects. That big, cold, lonely lump of rock spinning through the endless void 54.6 million kilometers away? How long does it take to travel to Mars? well, I know movies and books love the idea, but it remains to be seen if it can be economically extracted or if it even has economic utility. He's also wrong about how much frozen water is available because truth be told no one knows for a matter of fact yet (but some argue there is actually a great deal locked away below ground). ;). A counterargument is: This quiz is incomplete! “. Why should we go to Mars? Even the ISS doesn't have proper permanent residents, and that's only a day away if there's anything majorly wrong. Ok we're onto the second reason why we should not go to Mars. If we can only get robotic asteroid mining started, so that heavy industry isn't at the bottom of a gravity well, everything else becomes practical. The people who *are* in echo chambers are the people who haven't critically evaluated whether sending 7000 troops to the border is a good use of resources, or a stunt to inflame their fears. Even mining the ocean floor would be easier! The only reason it's not colonized is that it's an international research park by treaty. Oh, I don't think it's going to take 500 years for us to solve that problem. I'm with the OP. I know you all really like Queen Isabella, but this is all just fantasy. You're technically correct, but missing the bigger picture. Helium 3? The only way to ensure our survival is to leave. Actually "we" already have several different models to choose from - you and I just can't afford to even look at the price tag. And contaminated, both with salts and a number of toxic chemicals. Thinking it'll be soon is crazy but thinking it can't happen is not science. Sorry. There are resources. We would never go to Mars if we took better care of our planet. The only reason it's not colonized is that it's an international research park by treaty. Re:Why is he just mentioning solvable things? Prove me wrong. People will stop paying taxes if their money funds a … Go 400 km straight north of Ottawa (which in Canadian terms is pretty well next door) and you are in absolute wilderness. Sometime soon, something’s gonna happen that will send you tumbling over into a whole new era of human evolution. Presuming you have them. As for Mars? Submission: Bill Nye: We are not going to live on Mars, let alone turn it into Earth, 'Sending Astronauts To Mars Would be Stupid', Legendary Mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah Dies at Age 89. Elon Musk has been known to reiterate the importance … Nobody lives on Antarctica permanently because there's no good reason to. Sure you can. Pull your lips off of Bill Nye's asshole for just a moment. Guy's a hack, always was. There are many people interested in moving to Mars. Why? Mars is the one planet that people believe is most likely to contain life or has contained life. People don't live there because of *treaties*. That's one of many many many dozens of examples. Mars is barred: why we shouldn't go to the red planet – Science Weekly podcast Elon Musk believes we should colonise Mars to ensure the survival of the human race . How do you get more when you start having kids and living there? It isn't. Why You Shouldn't Get Too Excited About The Mars One Mission. Why not? No we shouldn't go to mars. Plus there are the commercial shops you'll see advertised on your favorite science and math YouTube channels. Perhaps the "Science Guy" should learn a little bit about Mars before talking about it. We will eventually have to move out of this solar system. The more familiar we become with extraterrestrial travel and colonization, the more options and experience we will have to draw upon if and when we need them. OH MY GOD!If they came out with a Science show hosted by Dolph Lundgren and Brian May, I believe I'd watch nothing ever but that show. Zubrin walks through many of these problems and their potential solutions in his book "Case for Mars", an interesting read. Physics fundamentals dictate that Mars will never resemble Earth, but it's human nature that people will one day live on it in a self-sustaining manner. Outside 'well, there is gravity! We will have to live in confinement due to the lack of Oxygen and this can have immense effects on our psychological state. The current record for Mars missions is 18 successes, and 25 failures. How many kids are you willing to have to get ones that work? Of course, There are always two sides to the story and I want to show that. Next we could find something new. Per person. If we want to go to mars, I'm sure we need to wait a millions of years, and if we go to Mars, we need a lot of money to make Mars to be livable. There may be riches in the New World, but it will never be worth the time or effort to extract them. Definition:First of all.. Mars is a planet. The fallacy ad hominem (abusive) is "This guy is evil, therefor his claims are wrong." They fully expect Hyperloops in Mars before 2050. It is important that we always have a backup plan. Though robotic spacecraft can do a lot, they lack the critical firsthand experience that can only be captured by humans. Why We Shouldn´t Go To Mars Why Shouldn´t We Go To Mars?Why is it so important? Watch/Read The Martian - terrible movie/book, precisely because you only need look at the calculations done in it to realise the amount of stuff you need for even one human to live any length of time. The facts are there, and Earth is getting much hotter, much quicker. If we've learned anything from recent Sci-Fi movies, it's that you can send Matt Damon anywhere and he'll somehow survive. Artificial gravity so that people can survive the two month flight isn't too difficult - a long. There may be more comments in this discussion. Which cuts to the heart of the problem : what exactly is the point of building there? Duh? The immutable question is:If we don't colonize Mars, the moon, space, or somewhere else other than this rock then what happens to our species when (insert catastrophic event here) hits and we have no backup plan? In 1965, the fi rst successful mission was completed when a U.S. spacecraft fl ew by Mars and sent 22 photos back to Earth. And, if they make it past the economic hurdle, I have no doubt that they will be politically tied. The best reason to put humanity on another planet is that this one may eventually get hit by a big rock or dirty snowball. Also we could take better care for mars and not pollute it like Earth. But it certainly won't happen in even 200. In the story “Dark They Were, And Golden-Eyed” Ray Bradbury wrote, “‘Chances are a plague did this town in, Sir. I think we should go to mars because, if there is a mission to mars we would be able to learn more about mars. I deserve it. This discussion has been archived. “We are not going to go to the moon or Mars because of population pressure,” he explained. What are the risks of dust and sand on Mars? It's so abundant in places that just scraping the surface [nasa.gov] reveals it. A 'little imagination' is part of the problem. The only way we can save humans is to move, and the only place we can move to is Mars. Not to mention his tendency to reverse his position based on whatever inanity goes through his brain. People have been going to Antarctica for 200 years now and we still aren't able to live there permanently due to the harsh conditions. Nobody cares about recycling what you have but the processes are not 100% efficient... you'll lose water every time you use some. Why We Shouldn’t Go to Marsby Gregg Easterbrook. Mars is the first step in exploring the solar system. Smell: not like it used to be. In 1969, astronauts landed on the moon, which represented a landmark in humans’ history. Yeah, you. In rock-hard permafrost. We are an apex species, and evolution is not kind to apex species. We know that meteors jump between the planetsa fact established only in the past ten years, or so. Seriously. To begin, going to Mars is a waste of money. It may be a sad day for most of us. Comments owned by the poster. Now look at Mars - it is worse in every way. Will the mission be harmful to Mars’ environment? So, maybe ~500 years from now we'll figure it out. This is a huge project. When it comes to colonizing outer space, Mars gets most of the attention, but there are also some very compelling reasons why we should colonize Titan. We also do not have a spaceship big enough to carry all the supplies up to Mars and it would cost a million to go to Mars. If the whole planet is just made out of Iron then yeah Iron, But that’s the only resource we have from mars and nothing else. There is something we still haven’t talked about and that … During the "Gold Rush" of the mid 1800s the people who made the most money were not the miners. If you need a significant amount of manufactured goods in space, it's not hard to imagine how the moon could eventually become viable just because launch costs would be much lower. Ultimately, I believe that we should not go to Mars. So, like a lot of earthbound colonization? ’”. If you get cancer there isn’t yet any way of medical. Last but not least, exploration and pushing onward to new vistas is one of our defining traits. But, hey, if that's what sells to the cheap seats, go for it. Could be. You'd need about 700 potted plants to generate enough O2 and, more importantly, consume the CO2 that you're exhaling and choking yourself with. You got yer Moon/Earth, Earth/Sun, Any one object/Any other object. Earth’s priorities, such as poverty reduction and education, will lose money. Water:Collect it from where? So maybe the whole "global warming" thing is a hoax to scare us into volunteering to get on giant rockets to go live on the colonies in Mars! That asteroid could have caused a global catastrophe and there was very little we could have done to change that. Three reasons why we shouldn't go to Mars 1. Find some valuable resource worth extracting* down there and there will be folks living down there. Why, the ladies! There is literally an entire planet full of creatures evolving to kill us. It would be pointless to send some guys to mars for just a few hours like they did with Apollo. Most of them went broke and died mining for gold. Plenty of empty deserts on Earth where virtually nobody's pushing onward to new vistas, Antarctica included. Right now I don't see either. Considering the number of terrestrial political revolutions and upheavals, I find that assertion unlikely too, at least after any kind of self sufficiency is achieved. Law and treaties follow what people want to do, and quickly get abandoned if there is a push to do otherwise. When missions fail, It is often because of a crash landing. Will there be a base on mars in the next century? This whole idea of terraforming Mars, as respectful as I can be, are you guys high? I couldn't stomach his Netflix show. I'm not convinced. Writer Gregg Easterbrook argues against President George W. Bush’s stated goal of beginning a people-to-Mars space program. They would carry with them their earthly microbes. Starting at big enough to hold 100k-1 million people, these start to make a lot of sense. Not me though. Or find some reason for trade routes to go through there (and need some kind of support) and the same will occur. People will go. Mars also has many more reasons for exploration than Mars. Instead of going to mars, We should help people in need on Earth. The "North" pole is paradise compared to Mars. He says Nasa shouldn't be aiming to send manned missions to Mars Anders, 85, said he's a "big supporter" of the "remarkable" unmanned programmes, "mainly because they're much cheaper". How safe is the journey? Look at the *North* Pole. It gets NOTHING on Mars except what you bring with you. (I'll note that Mars doesn't have either. Right now, with our current level of technology and environmental concern, all we'll do is shit all over Mars over a dozen failed colonization attempts before anyone gets one to stick. The Elon Musk/Space Nutters are going to tear him alive. It's a problem, but one that is probably solvable even with current technology and a lot of engineering [medium.com]. Whereas if the identify of life on Mars were encoded by other means, there'd be no end of inquiry, no end of revolutionary research — we will have discovered the first truly new form of life. That's why I like him so much more than many others. Like populating the Earth by the Golgafrinchams in HHGG, but in reverse. Just because we don't have the technology *right now* doesn't mean it is completely impossible. It is a fact that instead of going to Mars you can take a cruise trip around Earth 2.5 million times. I'm sure if we teraform Mars we'll ruin it later once it's commercialized, but that's a different ch. These arn't the sort of problems you can hand wave away. Ahm, it really isn't human nature outside science fiction. Face it, we're all screwed as a species on Earth if we continue to change our climate like we're doing now. His knowledge is shallow compared to real scientists like Carl Sagan or Neil Degrasse Tyson. Also we could take better care for mars and not pollute it like Earth. A statement like that tells be someone doesn't have the slightest clue as to human nature. Look at all the national claims on Antarctica. Why is he just mentioning solvable things? You could veer off course and be hurtled into deep space, Or even towards the sun. By: Julie Brewer Better Programs Facts About Mars There might be water on Mars, but no one is sure. There is no economic argument for mining Mars when the potential of most of the Canadian Shield, the Australian Outback, and Siberia has not been explored . Mars is more than 142 million miles from the sun. Also, the amount of radiation you would receive traveling to Mars could harm child bearing people and hence mutations of the human race could evolve.Lastly, life on Mars won't be as fun as it sounds. Why We Can't Send Humans to Mars Yet (And How We'll Fix That) There's been a recent uptick in the idea of a human mission to Mars. Its not a minor issue - you'd have to fully wash and decontaminate a spacesuit each time it came back into the facility Even a tiny amount of dust that got in would soon make people sick and clog up machinary. It's difficult to take you seriously when you fail to recognize that Jupiter is a gas planet so as far as Jupiter goes, there is no "on" to be. The possibility of planning a new city from scratch on the surface of Mars is irresistible. My first reason was that we could find life on mars.According to Neil deGrasse Tyson (Director, Hayden Planetarium) There is evidence to suggest that Mars was wet before Earth was wet. We can reach comets, but not affect them enough to move them. How many stillbirths are you willing to tolerate, As for success of any permanent colonization attempts? … It is irresponsible to spend money for scientists to risk their lives to go to Mars. That is, encourage, don't discourage. 24/7. In the interests of unity ... whatever our positions on various issues might be, can we all just agree that the guy is annoying as heck (on anything but very basic science education)? Its just frozen. The reason he or she might think this is because the safety of our astronauts. If we would not welcome them home then they would be stuck on Mars and would never see their family again. "May" != "Will". I do not make these statements lightly as I had at once looked to him as a scientific role model of sorts. Taste: the same but different. No one is going to LIVE on Mars though. So lets go to Mars. No, we can do with that with robots without even visiting other planets. Not likely. Lots more water. On the way flying to Mars it may take over a year and during that time you will face serious health risks from to main types of radiation like cosmic rays and energetic particles from the Sun. Its taking a huge risk. For example, see multitudes of mining towns and interior ports that have come and gone. Look at all the national claims on Antarctica. If we aim to search for life on Mars, why would we send humanity to contaminate the planet? Such as if humans can live there. Better idea: why not aim the comets at the moon? Are we going to go to colonize Mars in the next 10 years? During the flight, You could smash into space debris. Without JavaScript enabled, you might want to turn on Classic Discussion System in your preferences instead. I believe that we should not move to Mars. All the same, I think he's wrong on this one. And there are loads of people living there. Nye is inflammatory and alienates a lot of people who might otherwise be interested in science by mocking them. We can lose a lot of people and even possible most of the race, If a plague gets on Earth from Mars. ’”, This shows that we could get the plague on the Red Planet and the colonists be wiped out. I'm thinking more like the pressure domes in the martian movie. We should be helping and put money into people in need who actually LIVE on this planet. ', the planet doesn't really have much making it worth being there and you end up living in a high cost sealed environment that you might as well just build on earth and cover the walls in pictures of mars. 1. You mean like the time he went all-in-for with 'gender identity' and pseudoscience surrounding it? Mr. Wizard was a far better role model, and challenged people to think. We would have to cut health-care benefits, education spending, other important programs, or even raising taxes … It'll be easier and more useful to colonise the bottom of the ocean than Mars. Astronauts can be bored to death. Typically young men, which (according to everything -- including insurance company stats and rates for drivers) are more prone to taking risk. The fact is, we already have been to Mars. E=mc^2. Every clean room on Earth copes with this minor inconvenience every hour of the day. What about setting up a mining community? We don't even know fully if there is oxygen or water on Mars. Our earth is turning into a big large dump, and if it keeps getting destroyed, eventually there will be no more people on Earth because the air will be so polluted. The only way people will move to Mars is if something is actively driving them away from earth. So, maybe ~500 years from now we'll figure it out, but in the mean time maybe we should focus on other more realistic things. We all have a lot of questions about Mars. Think about this if we sent somebody out to Mars and it wasn't safe then that person wouldn't come back. Sure, we can't live in Antarctica permanently. I think we should go to mars because, if there is a mission to mars we would be able to learn more about mars. Nye? We should go to Mars. The only difficulty is social - as far as I know, we haven't pulled off such a multi-generational project. Many people could say that we can get more resources on the planet, Or we can grow more food on the planet. It's pretty sad that a guy that used to be the poster-child for science education and the limitless possibilities of the future has become essentially nothing more than a strident leftist mouthpiece. 300 years from now? I find him annoying as fuck, because he plays such a bad cliche. And we could most likely be pretty self-sufficient there, since it's got oxygen and a lot of ice to melt for water. Does it make the effort not worthwhile? How can we ever hope to colonize the New World, when we can't even live at peace among ourselves here in continental Europe? Ask a tribe of tropical hunter-gatherers whether it's possible to live in the Arctic - where t's freezing cold through most of the year, the sun does not shine for months and nothing grows there and they will tell you that no way, you must be crazy to think that it's possible. And what are these markets ou. U are dumb to think that mars would be good because it is not it really is not good enough for humans to live it just isn't good enough like cmon people it just wouldn't be good like honestly it is not good for people to live because you are stupid! By Prof. Jim Rush. We're putting so much money into going to mars, We don't even know if it will be successful. Well put. I'm not actually that much of a Mars advocate, and think the simplicity of using water there is overplayed (people talk about it like it's some sort of pure snow that you just pick up and melt, but it's (mostly) a rock-hard toxic brine mixed with sand and clay) - but come on, if you're going to talk about something, learn the basics. Your risk of a violent or even terrifying death is extremely high. Methane emissions detected by the Curiosity rover strongly supports the suspicion that it still does, protected underground in hydrothermal reservoirs. If that's the case, maybe Mars had life before Earth had life. Another reason we should go to Mars, is to inspire the next generation of space explorationers. The way we're polluting the Earth, it could still happen. 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