Is Mars Terraforming possible… Dream of human residence
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The US probe, Perciviarance, which left Earth last July, arrived safely on Mars.
In addition to finding traces of life on Mars, Percivirence conducts various experiments on the possibility of human migration.
Is it possible to dream of living in Mars? This is a reporter.
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This is a movie about an expedition who fell behind on a mission and lives alone on Mars for many years.
We make oxygen and water, and we continue our lives by cultivating and eating potatoes with food brought from the earth.
Mars has an average temperature of -80 degrees Celsius, and the atmosphere is mostly composed of carbon dioxide, so humans cannot survive if it is in nature.
Could life on Mars as in the movie be possible?
The probe drone Ingenuity onboard Percivirence will conduct experiments to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen in Mars’ atmosphere.
Its main purpose is to test ways to sustain life and secure energy for humans who might migrate to Mars.
“Until then, if the United States had collected basic data and promoted technological advancement to operate there, then (this exploration) has different characteristics from the exploration we have done so far. To realize it.”
Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX is also spurring the development of Starship, a spacecraft for migration to Mars.
To date, it has suffered two landing failures, but once development is complete, it can carry up to 100 people and 100 tons of cargo to Mars at a time.
It also planned to start unmanned exploration on Mars in 2024, three years later, and to build a city on Mars by 2050.
Meanwhile, the UAE’s Mars probe Amal entered Mars orbit on the 9th, and China is also planning to land an exploration rover in May.
As such, the competition for exploration to explore possibilities as a new home for mankind is expected to become more intense in the future.
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