Space, humanity’s final frontier. For millennia, humans have been looking to the Heavens. Then, ancient civilizations began to use the stars as their guides to the vast lands of the Earth. In medieval times, the ideas of planets beyond this world were seriously being studied. About 70 years ago the first satellite would begin circulating Earth in the great space race. Just over 50 years ago, space exploration was solidified in history with Cosmonauts and Astronauts landing on the moon. Two years ago SpaceX completed the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. People should prepare to move to mars by developing the latest technology, harvesting resources, and increasing knowledge about the red planet.
Looking back, multiple organizations have made great progress toward inhabiting Mars. In 1964, NASA’s Mariner 4 would complete the first successful flyby of Mars using a satellite (“Mars Exploration Timeline”). Close behind in 1965, the Soviet Space Program’s Zond 3 would take higher-quality images at an even lower altitude. In 1975, two US Viking spacecraft landed on the planet’s surface to collect valuable geological information. In 1988, SSP sent two Phobos orbiters that analyzed the magnetism and
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Logisticians would reason that the red planet has no fuel available for traveling locally or to other worlds. As a counter to that, it has been recently proposed that ice could be heated into water to be used for fuel. This hydrogen-oxygen mix is a vital material to promote the journey, either to be taken in by humans or changed into a power source (“ESA - Why go to Mars?”). Others point to the low gravity as being detrimental to human health. This is based on data of lower fertility and muscle loss after journeys through space. On the flip side, less muscle is required to complete tasks and bones do not need to be as tough with less planetary forces. Mars is the perfect planet to transition into a