Life on mars: A guide for the would-be colonist
The IndependentMars is in the news again with talks of a manned expedition to the Red Planet. open image in gallery Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk has expressed a desire to ‘die on Mars’ In their minds, the Red Planet is part of the new manifest destiny and this parallel may be more relevant than many people are willing to admit. open image in gallery American astronaut Joseph Tanner waves to the camera during a space walk as part of a mission to the International Space Station, 2006 A mere 38 per cent would prepare the astronauts for the sort of environment they could expect to find on Mars. This kind of idea might sound far fetched, but once you’ve entertained the possibility of building a human colony on Mars, any suggestion that we couldn’t improve this planet becomes absolutely risible. open image in gallery The habitat in the Negev desert where astronauts in training will prepare for a mission to Mars What’s good about this plan is that it enables us to build a box – perhaps a several kilometres wide – where the first few thousand people could actually live.
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