I meen why not establish moon first before travel to Mars this way use moon as base is it me? why travel 6 months into unknown instead of a short distance to moon?. it serves more then a few purposes. The more travels to moon the more confident We as a people would be comfortable in space. and once established on moon can open to civilians like example ice truck transport folks in Alaska pay and use there expertise in extreme conditions to transport basic goods to folks already on moon.The job market would open up a whole new areas of jobs to fill. then we could finaly say we are space fareing people.
2007-11-23 01:30:57 · 11 answers · asked by NghtWolf 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Actually the focus IS on the moon with NASA, China, Japan and even India having their sights set on it. Better to learn how to go there and work on its surface for long periods of time at a stretch before we try to go to Mars. If anything goes wrong home is only a three day trip home. We have a lot to learn about living and working in zero G/lunar gravity. The moon is the obvious steppingstone to Mars as it would be far easier and cheaper to launch a Mars craft from the surface of the Moon than it would be to launch it from earth.
2007-11-23 13:53:39 · answer #1 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some scientists speculate water runs deep on Mars. Where, pray tell, will you find water on the moon?
Also, there isn't anything but a chunk of dirt on the moon. No resources, no atmosphere, nothing. How is that supposed to generate an economy? Your idea that a piece of land by itself would create jobs isn't likely. Look at Antarctica.
Finally, look much further down the road. If the life of the sun is waning, it makes sense to start planet hopping our way out of this galaxy before everything goes up in a ball of supernova dust. Or if a meteor hits the Earth, the world will just go hurtling off into oblivion and take the moon with it.
Better to aim a bit further, for the long term.
2007-11-23 01:38:51 · answer #2 · answered by Beb B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the president already knows about the coming doom that is about to strike this world! It has been seen out at the very edge of our system and it is already effecting the outer planets. They have a good idea when it will be inside and what possible outcome it may have on our Earth. It will effect both the Earth and the Moon. Our only hope is if something can be established on Mars sizable enough to be self-sustaining! Of course they will never tell the public the truth about this matter because it would cause untold panic and probably kill any possibility of mars success!
2007-11-23 02:26:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really people are planning to setup a base on moon first and not on mars. Mars is the next option to moon. In Mars there are many similarities as in earth. But now at present condition moon is the best suited location for humans to land and work with. If we setup our outer space station moon if would become more comfortable for humans to travel to other planets. Not Mars but Moon is first.
2007-11-23 01:40:41 · answer #4 · answered by kumaresh R 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a new frontier.
Why send settlers to Oklahoma when you could just have sent them to western New Jersey?
The expensive part of space travel (for now) is getting off Earth. Once in orbit, you have spent over 80% of what it costs to go to Mars and 81% of what it costs to go to the Moon.
From an economic point of view, it would make more sense to put the intermediate station in space (in orbit) as opposed to on the Moon.
As for settling, there is nothing much on the Moon that we could use. There MAY be a better choice of useable resources on Mars for new settlers. (Then again, maybe not).
2007-11-23 01:38:31 · answer #5 · answered by Raymond 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mainly...moon has no water and atmosphere. And anyway...the moon is going further away from the earth...continually accelerating, so in the time 2100(or somewhere there) the moon gonna become one of the millions of asteroids in the solar system. Oh and water is already frozen in mars's poles...and there is major CO2 and traces od other gases found on earth...its like as though mars is what earth is gonna become in a 100 years(at the rate global warming is going)
2007-11-23 01:40:28 · answer #6 · answered by Azmi R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You recommend with interest? That changed into because Mars has some interesting good factors and homes that we opt for to benefit with a rover like that. we opt for better solutions to even if Mars ever had existence varieties, or could probably have supported them. there'll be extra rovers going to the Moon, too. China and India each plan to deliver one contained in the close to destiny, and the individuals were doing a mess of engineering in route of new lunar rovers.
2016-10-24 23:02:08 · answer #7 · answered by cuccia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's extremely expensive to go and forth to the moon. And scientists are wondering what exactly is on Mars and they won't to do further tests since we've already been on the moon.
2007-11-23 01:38:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are searching for other places that could be inhabited by man because if the sun dies, we need to find other planets or worlds to settle in. and that won't be the moon because it won' exist when the sun dies because it will be consumed by the swelling outer layers if the sun. i hope you got what i mean
2007-11-23 02:35:05 · answer #9 · answered by Robert Angelo V 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it will be easier to cover up the fake landing!
2007-11-23 01:47:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋