The Reality of Terraforming Mars

Okay, so we have sent intelligent space vehicles to Mars and we are beginning to see the surface conditions like never before... The next steps will be to send a manned mission to Mars for a reasonable stay, before returning to Earth and we have to be able to sustain life for as much as two Earth Years unless the mission is a short one allowing only a few days or weeks on the planet... That will be NASA's decision.... I chose this video for two reasons... The first is that it is a current video of how to terraform Mars based on what we know today... The second is the quality of this video with the scientific knowledge that will allow us to commence the terraforming process...

Here is the description provided by "Insane Curiosity:

"The reality of terraforming mars is a bit different. Humans are the ones going to mars and even capture it. The main question today is, How? And once we get there, how are we going to survive Long-term? The red planet’s atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide. The surface is very cold and the gravity is only about 38% that of earth. All conditions not favorable for human life, but they can be changed. NASA has already announced its plan to send humans to mars by 2030, and SpaceX plans to do so by 2024 only. But once we get there we can use modern day state of the art technologies and models to terraform mars. In this article we will discuss how we will live and flourish on mars. In the first section we will talk about what happened to the red planet in the first place and then how we will build habitation, grow food and other necessities and survive on mars.

Scientists believe Mars was very different from the way it is now. It had much more sustainable conditions for life before, with water flowing on the surface. Some even believe life might have existed on mars before. The molten iron convecting in the planet’s core generated a powerful dynamo that sent waves of magnetism emanating out from the planet; this magnetosphere protected the planet from solar radiation. It was a time when fresh volcanic activities started building up an atmosphere comparable to that of Earth. The heat trapped allowed the moisture to cycle around the planet as part of the hydrosphere supplying water for rivers to flow, with a potential of biology. However over a period of time this magnetic generation stopped because of the cooling of the planet's core and the panel was left vulnerable to the never-ending barrage from the sun.

I hope you all enjoy this look into the viability of Terraforming Mars...
Kerry
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