Mars is seemingly full of lifeforms.
2006-07-02 20:16:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Listen to the lady about the moons... that is all fact that I will verify. It has been found that bacteria can hibernate in the crevasses of an asteroid... and survive space travel. Upon the Bactria's reentry through an atmosphere to a livable biosphere it reactivates its metabolism... amazingly as if it had only been sleeping. The down side is the odds that the bacteria survive the heat of reentry.. which does happen in some circumstances. Life on Mars is thought to have existed in some form or another... and plans to terraform the planet are under consideration... but current plans would take nearly 300 years or more before Mars was suitable for human life as Earth is today. If there is life in our solar system it is a matter of time till we find it. There is no sentient life that's for sure... except if there is ocean life on one of Jupiter's (or Saturn's?? 1 of the 2) moons it would most likely be oceanic. And I must remind you that Humpbacked whales have the most complex language on our planet as far as we know... yes much more complex then even man's... and if u don't believe me then look up language theory formula on the net.
2006-07-02 20:37:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had to evacuate Earth tomorrow and go to another planet to live, then no, no other planet in this solar system can support you.
Mars has the most potential for hosting humans in the future. It's close, only slightly smaller than Earth, not too hot or cold to bear in the proper type of suit, and has ice water. It cannot be terraformed like in the end of "Total Recall". To release the oxygen by melting the ice caps would be a waste, as the planet cannot hold on to it because of it's small size and the oxygen would "blow" off into space. It'd be more feasable to house small groups of people who brought their own food, underground pr on the surface in special hermetically sealed structures.
2006-07-03 20:05:34 · answer #2 · answered by minuteblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As of right now, only Earth is habitable.
Mars is potentially habitable, but it will require a hell of a lot of work.
Firstly, we need sources of oxygen. Greenhouses are a given, but there need to be other sources as well, unless we simply plan to colonize it to become high-tech farmers.
Since we need places to live out there, homes need to be built, and since Home Depot et al. haven't yet conquered the Martian marketplace, we'd need to use native materials. The easiest solution is to use - or carve out - caves. The ease derives from how one makes it airtight - a properly fitting door does the trick. Since Mars is seismically stable, one doesn't have to worry about random events impacting structural stability.
Underground habitation has a couple additional advantages. One is less susceptible to unfiltered sunlight and meteorites.
Terraforming Mars is a centuries-to-millenia process. One needs to (re-)introduce bacteria to fertilize soil, then bring in flora, then eventually fauna. Species can't just be transplanted as-is from Earth; they would need to be capable of tolerating the significantly different Martian climate, specifically double-length seasons, lower high temps and much lower lows.
There are theories that moons of Jupiter may be supporting life, but it's highly unlikely they can support Earth lifeforms.
Short answer: It's Earth or nothing right now.
2006-07-03 03:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by kx_wx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
No sign of life has been found anywhere else in our solar system.
And even if we did find a lifeform elsewhere, no planet or moon in the solar system has an environment that is even close to being able to support human life.
2006-07-03 03:20:48 · answer #4 · answered by Epidavros 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean by people, no. If you mean by any possible earth based life, maybe some bacteria might survive somewhere else in the solar system. If you mean does other life exist in our solar system not earth based, again the answer is maybe. Europa a moon of Jupiter is a possible candidate.
2006-07-03 03:25:40 · answer #5 · answered by Engineer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Mars is not full of life forms either, scientists have found what they believe could be fossils of what used to have been a form of life to the best of my knowledge.
2006-07-03 03:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by Boob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope...however lately scientists have been quite hopeful concerning the possibility of primitive "life" on the moons Titan (which resembles the environment of the hadean era of earth) and Europa (which may contain a large water ocean under the dense layer of ice).
2006-07-03 03:24:59 · answer #7 · answered by sassinstyle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientifically No, but we are looking at the mars in the near future.
2006-07-03 03:31:58 · answer #8 · answered by Celestine N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no there is no other inhabitable planets all are to close or to far away form the sun to have liquid water on them to support life and there atmospheres are poisonous to us and all life forms on earth.
2006-07-03 03:20:06 · answer #9 · answered by ladyjulianna23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mars is thought to once of have water. so some day it could be inhabitable.
2006-07-03 03:36:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋