#colonizemars

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Repost from @spacedotcom using @RepostRegramApp - On January 25, 2004, NASA's #opportunityrover landed on #mars ! This was the second of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers to land on the red planet. Read more about this remarkable achievement here: https://buff.ly/2E7ypXd #redplanet #colonizemars #deepspaceexploration #lifeonmars #wateronmars

[robyn-vaughan]

Seriously the coolest first player token I have ever seen. #boardgames #colonizemars

[elonxmuskx]

#colonizemarsalready #colonizemarstoday #colonizemarsnow #colonizemars #colonizemarst #prilaga #colonizemars2025 #colonizemarsnow #colonizemars🔺👁️🔺 #colonizemarsforthe1 #colonizemars✌️👩‍🚀 #colonizemarsfaster (at SpaceX) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQFxnmIH6T5/?utm_medium=tumblr

[keeganjm-blog]

Long term goals

Terraforming is a several century long process of converting a planet to a different habitat, such as from a thin atmosphere almost completely carbon dioxide to a thicker atmosphere with oxygen and nitrogen.  Through multiple methods, Mars’ atmosphere could theoretically be converted to breathable air.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars

[keeganjm-blog]

Medium Term Goals

Paraterraforming is a medium term goal on Mars where we could construct large dome habitats with breathable, pressurized atmospheres.  These domes could theoretically be city sized with shielding from harmful radiation and small meteors.

http://terraforming.wikia.com/wiki/Paraterraforming

[keeganjm-blog]

Short term goals

In the short term, we as a species are looking to establish a self-sustaining colony on Mars.  Many obstacles and opportunities stand in our way to hinder and help us.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Mars#Possible_locations_for_settlements

[keeganjm-blog]

How We’re Gonna Get There

SpaceX is currently developing a large rocket that will take hundreds of colonists at a time to the Red Planet.  This rocket will be larger and pack more thrust than the largest rocket built to date, the Saturn V rocket which took the Apollo missions to the Moon.  Watch this video for a full overview of SpaceX’s plan.

And read a full story here: http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/09/spacexs-big-fking-rocket-the-full-story.html

[keeganjm-blog]

The Moon

While some people support colonizing the Moon before Mars, it does not make sense to delay the colonization of Mars for a “proof of concept” colony on the Moon.  Yes, the Moon is closer and we can send many more missions to the Moon in the same time that it would take to send a single mission to Mars, but if our goal is to establish a self-sustaining colony, then these many more missions are irrelevant since a moon base could never be self-sufficient.  

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/221/1