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Why Go To Mars?

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• Bildunterschrift: Sebastian Cardos

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• Do you consider space travel to be important?

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• “This will be an incredible adventure, the greatest adventure ever,
• and there needs to be things that inspire people.”
• -Elon Musk

A Brief History of Missions to Mars

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• Over the last 5 decades, there have been dozens of missions headed towards Mars
• Viking 1 and 2 successfully landed in 1974
• Programs to reach Martian orbit started as early as the 60’s
• Mariner 4, the first successful flyby was launched in 1964
• Bildunterschrift: Mariner 4

Rovers

• In the early 2000’s, evidence of water revived interest for Mars
• In 2012, NASA launched the Curiosity rover
• Since 2004, there have been several successful rover landings
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The Future of Mars

• NASA has announced its plans to send humans to Mars by 2033
• NASA’s plans to get humans to Mars are already under way
• Space X, a private space company, wants to send humans to Mars in the next 10 years
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• Do you think mankind should go to Mars?

Why Should Humans Go to Mars?

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• The search for extraterrestrial life
• A potential new home for humanity
• First steps for interplanetary travel

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• Should we send humans or robots?

Advantages of Sending Robots

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• Sending robots instead of humans has several advantages
• There are considerably fewer risks
• It's economical

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• What is the importance of interstellar travel?

Kardashev Scale

• According to Michio Kaku, the next 100 years will determine whether we perish or thrive
• The Kardashev was developed as a way to measure a civilization’s
• technological advancement based on how much usable
• energy it has at its disposal
• As civilizations grow, their energy requirements rapidly increases
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Conclusion

• Although it is certainly
• difficult, colonizing Mars should be an obvious next step for humanity. The
• advantages of making humans an interplanetary species far outweigh the risks.
• As humanity grows, the planet we currently live on will not be enough. Going to
• mars is a first step in becoming an interplanetary species.

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• https://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/Basics/wwwwh.html
• https://futurism.com/the-kardashev-scale-type-i-ii-iii-iv-v-civilization/
• https://www.seeker.com/interstellar-travel-is-hard-why-bother-1765960258.html
• http://www.businessinsider.com/5-undeniable-reasons-why-humans-should-go-to-mars-2015-4
• https://www.nasa.gov/content/journey-to-mars-overview