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Humans on Mars: possible, or a pipe dream?
Space missions with drones, discovery of extraterrestrial life, people on Mars. It s not science fiction, but scenarios that are becoming more and more realistic.
This content was published on April 9, 2021 - 09:00
April 9, 2021 - 09:00
Mars the Red Planet, the intriguing. Mars the mysterious, the inhospitable. Mars the living and the dead. With its vermillion arc across the skies, the dry planet has fascinated humans since ancient times. Its reddish colour, caused by the iron oxide in which its rocky surface is rich, had already amazed the ancient Egyptians, who associated it with the God Horus. In Greek and Latin mythology, Mars is the God of war, but he is also regarded as the planet that embodies the life force of nature, paired with Venus, the goddess of beauty, in a constant opposition between love (i.e. life) and death that still characterises him today.
We will never live on Mars, or anywhere else besides Earth
Following a groundbreaking year for exploration of the Red Planet, University of Geneva astrophysicist Sylvia Ekström and designer Javier Nombela argue that our trips to Mars should and will remain the job of robots.
This content was published on April 7, 2021 - 15:12
April 7, 2021 - 15:12
Sylvia Ekström and Javier G. Nombela
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Can humans handle a trip to Mars?
The human body has been shaped by millions of years of evolution on Earth. It is therefore perfectly adapted to an environment subject to a certain gravity and pressure value and protected from solar and galactic radiation by the dual protection of the Earth s atmosphere and magnetosphere. If it leaves this environment, it is subjected to great physiological stress.
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