2006-09-14 18:37:20 · 6 answers · asked by nyinyi y 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Nothing. Why would anyone want to go to a spent, used up planet? Even the wierd little green creatures have left.
2006-09-14 18:45:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The only benefit of going to Mars would be the adventure itself. Mars is as dead as the moon and a few trips there to bring back some rocks would have no real payback. The moon is just as interesting and you can actually go outside and look at it. The Moon is only 3 days away and could actually have resources that could be of value. Who has seen Mars without a telescope? Mars is so far away that it means a round trip of years instead of days. NASA has been putting out some big talk about going to Mars and are underplaying the difficulty in doing so. It would certainly cost Trillions for a few trips for a couple of hundred pounds of rocks. Because of the difficulty the result would be another Apollo. A few trip and it's OK been there done that. The current state of the art in space travel makes journeys beyond the Moon not feasible in the long term.
2006-09-15 07:04:46 · answer #2 · answered by ericbryce2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cost is very high. The 'benefits' are also high in terms of knowledge since it’s a very similar planet to earth. We can learn a lot about earth by studying mars. Unfortunately this disturbs religious people (since mars may have at one pt sustained life) and also since it obviously has undergone massive climate change. While it could help us to study this, most people are in denial about it here on earth. The benefits would be scientific, the costs are very high, and as we enter a new dark age I don’t think you’re going to see it. The only completely intangible and least applicable benefit is it would give bragging right to a nation (think of USA and the moon) so maybe China or the Saudis will fund an expedition.
2006-09-15 01:58:27 · answer #3 · answered by kazak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cost to go to and colonize Mars will be horrendous The benefits are not easily seen. One benefit, though, is practice in interplanetary travel, which, in turn will lead to interstellar travel. To me, that is valuable. I happen to be one of those religious people who think that 1st hand exploration of the universe comes to us as a promise from God.
2006-09-15 03:18:57 · answer #4 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cost of Mars is very large and benefits are minimal or perhaps none.
2006-09-15 01:44:43 · answer #5 · answered by confused1832 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
benefit = zero
cost = tremendously overwhelming
2006-09-15 01:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by Pisces 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋