Question

Write a 200 word report/essay on the following topic: ‘Can man alter Mars environment to make it more suitable for human habitation? How?

Answer 1

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Can Man alter Mars environment to make it more suitable for human habitation? How?

Being that Mars is the most earth-like planet, it is the best candidate for Terraforming. But what does Terraforming means? And how does it work?

Terraforming

is the process of transforming of hostile environment into onesuitable for human life. To Terraform Mars, Engineers would have to nd a wa! "f thickening its atmosphere, whose pressure is a hundreth of that on Earth. #naddition, wa!s will have to be found to heat up the planet. At present, its surfacetemperature can plunge to minus $"c and below. %owever heating and thickening& can be possible, sa! researcher. The idea is to build a large mirror, man! miles indiameter, and place its orbit above Mars. This would then focus the 'un(s ra!sonto polar ice cap, melting it and releasing its fro)en carbon dio*ide contents. Thecarbon dio*ide would then trigger greenhouse heating. +uest.nasa.govAnother alternative is to construct plants for generating super-greenhouse gases-made of comple* combinations of carbon, chlorine and uorine, and which arethousands of times more e/ective than carbon dio*ide trapping heat. These wouldbe built at strategic sites across the planet and should also trigger globaltemperature rises. Thickening Martians atmosphere would protect it surface fromultra-violet radiation. According to 0r. 1hris Mc 2a!- based at 3A'A(s Ames4esearch 1enter in 1alifornia-5ith a thicker, warmer atmosphere, ice Trapped inMartians soil would melt and could be used to sustain agriculture. 5ith plants andtree imported from Earth growing and producing o*!gen, the atmosphere wouldbecome slowl! more Earth-like. +www.theguardian.com 3A'A scientist believe that it is technologicall! possible at the present time tocreate considerable global climate change. Therefore, allowing humans to live onMars. Astronomers likewise believe that Mars could be turned into little Earth,though this would take decades to achieve this goal and this will not be b! an!means an eas! task since this would reuire massive e*penditure.

Answer 2

Answer:

Yes. Man can alter Martian atmosphere to suit the needs to grow, proliferate and reproduce in Martian Soil. The recent Rover sent by NASA, Perseverance, has an inbuilt tool called MOXIE which basically converts the carbon dioxide in atmosphere of Mars to oxygen. It works on the principle of how trees work - they take in CO2 and give out O2.

For Man to begin a sustainable life on Mars, it is important that basic necessities for life such as nutrient rich soil, oxygen and water is ensured. It is hard to transport millions of fertilizer cans to Mars and hope to restore the soil there, but it is possible to cultivate organic compounds by creating a habitable environment. If Saphrophytes are produced they can act as natural decomposers and break down soil particles.

Before we travel to Mars, we must make sure that the soil samples from these rovers are thoroughly tested. And what kind of accomodation do you expect on a Martian surface, etc.

this is just my theory. it varies from people to people. Do not take this as gospel.

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