ABOUT MARS ONE
Mars One focuses on creating a permanent human settlement on Mars. But, they first plan to do a few unmanned mission. These missions include, setting up the settlement before the carefully sellected astronauts arrive, As well as food and other valuable resources. This mission is very important, not only because we are sending astronauts to Mars, but because we are sending astronauts to live on Mars.
WHY MARS
We chose Mars as it is just a stepping stone into our journey of the universe. Having a minimum distance of only 55,700,000 and a maximum of 401,300,000 kilometers from Earth (min. 34,610,375.408 miles max 249,356,259.445) according to NASA.gov, it is the closest planet to our Earth that we as humans can possibly inhabit and that will allow us to travel further out into space. So if we do manage to send humans to live on Mars, we will be expanding our knowledge as a species. Although there are other Earth like planets such as Kepler 186F and Gliese 581c. Mars is the most obtainable and the most likely candidate that we will be able survive on.
KEPLER 186F VS. MARS VS. GLIESE 581C
COMPARISONS |
KEPLER 186F |
MARS |
GLIESE 581C |
EARTH |
DISTANCE FROM EARTH DISTANCE FROM THEIR STAR
SUN ORBIT AVERAGE TEMPERATURE |
About 500 lightyears from Earth in the constelation Cygrus
37 million miles
M1 dwarf or, a red dwarf half the size and mass of our Sun
Orbits sun every 130 Earth days possibly tidally locked where one side is permanetly facing its sun
UNKNOWN
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Maximum:
401.3 x 10^6 km. Minimum: 55.7 x 10^6 km. 142 million miles
Our Sun 637 Earth days Low: -125°C (-195°F)
High: Around 20°C (68°F) |
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RED DWARF COMPARED TO OUR SUN CURRENTLY
COMPARISONS |
RED DWARF |
OUR SUN |
TEMPERATURE
MASS
SURFACE AREA
AGE
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About 4,017 Kelvin or 3743.85°C
9.54768e+29 or, 48% of our sun
NOT ABLE TO FIND
About 4 billion years old
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About 5773.15 Kelvin or about 5,500°C
1.989 x 10^30 kg
6.07877 x 10^12 km^2
About 4.6 billion years old
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LIFE ORBITING A RED DWARF
BENEFITS OF TRAVELING TO MARS
- Spin off technologies: Traveling to Mars would provide many spin off technologies due to the technology required to successfully send humans to Mars as well as allow them to live there for the rest of their lives.
- Examples:
- Urbie, the offitial prototype of the PackBot tactical robots that are now used in our military. With it's rugged design, Urbie is capable of being dropped from a balcony, climbing flights of stairs, going over obstacles, and flipping itself back over when necessary.
BioSuit: NASA wanted a new pressurized suit for traveling to Mars. This new design was suggested in the 1970's but was only just recently made possible thanks to the materials needed now being available. This suit will allow astronauts to be more flexible when in zero gravity as well as allow them to get around easier on Mars. The Biosuit can also be used for emergency personnel back here on Earth due to it's flexible design.
EDUCATION
Space exploration has increased human education for years, providing new knowledge about our everyday lives as well as our universe. It has provided some students with inspiration to do good in school in which to become an astronaut, engineer, scientist, and/or more. Not to mention the different resources obtained from NASA to help students learn such as useful software, games to help expand the knowledge of students about our Earth, weather, space, and more, But, they don't just provide people with new software and apps, they also inspire them to work hard to achieve success. Over the years, NASA has helped influence students to go to college and get their degrees as well.