could people live on mars?

Question

if they can what helps them live there? or if they cant what makes it where they cant?

Answer 1

the first problem is gravity
any pull less than 9.81 m/sec 2 will make our muscles think that they not need to be as stronger and will get weakened in a short lapse
the second problem associated to that is the calcium in the bones, they remain as solid due to the weight they support
the minute they begin to feel less weight than they usually support, and mom evolution will make presence: they will "adapt" to the new weight
how? guess: losing calcium and phosphor
losing calcium is very easy, regaining it, close to impossible. once you live they , you remain there. never come back
and last but not least( or not less) there is the problem of that the dust in mars is corrosive, alkaline some parts acid in others.
you want to live in a place where you have to wash every clothe you wear outside, and never bring dust inside? nor even a Japanese will stand that
well, if that doesn't dissencourage you, be my guess

Answer 2

Its looking more and more like people will be able to live on Mars. The key is twofold: environment and resources. For the foreseeable future, no one will be able to walk outside without a pressure suit--the atmosphere is way too thin. But temperatures, though extreme by our standards, is manageable, there is enough gravity fo rpeople to stay healthy.

The really exiting thing happening right now is the confirmation tha twater not only exists on Mars, but we are finding a LOT. That means not just only water to drink, but to grow crops, as a source of oxygen--and of hydrogen for fuel using solar energy to seperate the two--and a host f other key uses. So--yes-mars appears to be a place humans can live.

Check out space.com--they have a lot more information.

Answer 3

There is enough water on Mars, but obviously, we need more than that.
To live on Mars, we would need to build habitat domes, because of the planet's atmosphere and temperature, and living underground could work, but in order to establish a permanent colony on Mars, we would need to set up relay stations on Phobos where space craft from Earth can refuel and load/unload supplies such as food for the colonists until we can cultivate our own in the habitat domes.

More and more with scientific knowledge of the planet, it favours Human colonisation, perhaps even terraforming (which can take hundreds of thousands of years with our current technology). The only problem so far is that NASA has decided to keep all of its scientific research in a low-Earth orbit.

Answer 4

We could colonize Mars now if we were to follow Robert Zubrin's suggestions.

We will have colonists on the moon in 20 years, rotating through much like the scientists do in Antarctica.

In the near future, we will colonize and terraform Mars first. It will be comparatively easy, there will be billions of colonists living there in 200 years. Then we will terraform Venus and Callisto next, and they will be difficult.

We either colonize other planets or go extinct.

And I think that for all we know, intelligence such as ours may be very rare and precious in our corner of the cosmos and it would be a shame to squander it.

Answer 5

Right now the only way we could live on Mars is with controlled environments(greenhouse looking buildings) and grow our own food. We would equip this place with food, air, and water. The only problem is that it takes quite a while to get to Mars so going and picking up a crew that is in trouble would be hard.

Answer 6

An old test question I used to give was "Other than Earth, is there any other solar system body which we know had life on it?" The answer, of course, is YES! The MOON. When astronauts from Earth landed on the moon, it had life on it...but, as we know, they picked up and left and now it is lifeless. If astronauts could live on the moon (whose environment is MUCH more hostile to life as we know it than Mars) then surely people could live on Mars. For how long, depends on what sort of life friendly environment they could devise and how to equip it.

Answer 7

With its current status, no

Thats why people such as Steven Hawking are coming up with idea like building colonies on the moon, and if those are successful, then moving toward mars.

This of course would take hundreds of years and more funding then I think any country in the world can afford.

Answer 8

i be live that long ago humans did live on mars. i think that's why there is oxygen up there and that is why there is water as well. i think we did the same to mars as we are now doing to earth. killing it very slowly. i know it sounds dramatic but when we are done with earth, we are all doomed.

Answer 9

as of right now on. the atmosphere is much too thin. however, as technology advances, we may be able to make artificial communities that allow life on mars. it will require terraforming and lots of resources.

Answer 10

Mars lacks oxygen which is vital to the survival of life......good question!