Marvin the Martian wrote:

Then Get your ass to Mars!

http://OnToMar.org/forum/


(1) Mars is beyond current technology. Only machines can live in there.
Any human expedition to Mars is just science fiction.

And this fact is a GOOD thing since

(2) Mars has probably life in it. Many hints in the last years have made
this hypothesis much more real: The methane found in Mars, the
amounts of water, there are, probably underground, mars living
beings.

(3) Since any human expedition to Mars would destroy the possibility
of finding those bacteria, it is a good thing that humans can't go to
mars now

(4) The technology for living in an independent vessel for more than
3-4 months is just not there

(5) The landing technology for a heave vessel in Mars is not there

(6) The technology for living in Mars is not the
o -50 C in the day, -100 in the night
Heating energy would need a nuclear reactor to keep
humans from freezing
o No oxygen. All oxygen has to be brought from earth.
o No food. All food must be brought from earth.
o No air pressure. You must live in pressure suits all
the time you are outside
o Etc

(7) Since Mars bacteria probably exist, we can't take the risk of
introducing them into the earth biosphere. We can't send humans
since they would bring marsian bacteria with them if we bring
them back. Machines can have a one way trip.


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jacob navia
jacob at jacob point remcomp point fr
logiciels/informatique
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