Mars Explorers Mimic Columbus Mission

Many times the scientists revealed his dream to explore Mars by sending a manned mission there. Travel long been one of the barriers that dipertimbangakan mature. The question is whether that sent astronauts to survive and come home safely?

However, the concept of exploration missions to Mars that was recently proposed to ignore the risk. In fact, this mission would be to pave the way humans to Mars invasion. As antarbenus exploration missions in the past that made Columbus and his companions, humans too should be able to survive when deciding to seek new destinations on other planets.

Maybe it's time for you to join in the mission live on Mars, without the need to think again. U.S. space agency (Nasa) is reportedly looking for volunteers who are willing to run the mission to go to Mars without returning. The mission is part of a NASA mission called "Hundred Years Ship" aimed at exploring the possibility of human beings can live on Mars.

To carry out that mission, one of NASA's research institute of Ames Research Center has provided a budget of more than 1 million U.S. dollars. The research team members also receive additional funds 100 thousand dollars per person to prepare the mission.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch from Washington State University and and Paul Davies of Arizona State University in his article published in the Journal of Cosmology say that this mission is a mission that is very promising. Two scientists emphasize that this mission is not a suicide mission. They say that this trip could be the beginning of human colonization of Mars in the long term, making man as a species multiplanet.

Shipping humans to Mars could save costs because the observations do not need to provide fuel to return to earth. The mission can also be an opportunity to "preserve" the human species if one day there are disasters that wipe out entire species on earth.

"There are many reasons why the colonization of humans to Mars could be a destination that promises a scientifically and politically. The strategy of this trip one way to help to achieve goals with technology and financial generosity," wrote Davise Makuch and again in his article on Monday (15/11/2010 .)

This plan does have a lot of risk, but scientists think that the risk is always there in every expedition. he pointed out, a few centuries ago a group of Europeans go to the United States with desperate without hope that they can go back to Europe again.

"The approach to this mission can be started by sending four astronauts to the two spacecraft, so two people in one plane. They will be given enough supplies to survive on Mars," said Schulze-Makuch.

Schulze-Makuch also said that the search for a place where may also be initiated. Mars has some suitable place for shelter. In ice-rich regions of Mars, humans can use ice as a source of water and oxygen.

When several people have been able to find resources, they can utilize and manage natural resources that exist in the planet. Finally, humans can perform the expansion on the planet most like Earth that claimed them.

Although very impressed and risked their lives at risk, it turns out many are interested to participate in this mission. Makuch said, "I got an email almost every time from people who want to go." Well, roughly will you join?