Earth's Global Temperatures are reaching a critical level
There is no other option other than colonizing another planet like Mars if we don’t take immediate action to save Earth.
Will humanity suffer extinction-level events due to Global Warming?
Or can we move our civilization to mars to save the human race?
But, is it even possible to colonize Mars?
And is it possible to terraform the planet?
If it’s possible, how can we establish human colonies on Mars?
Let’s Speculate the scenario about What Happens if we terraform Mars and colonize the planet in today’s video of Discoverzen
There are many ways by which earth can be uninhabitable in a few decades.
We have been ignorant about Global Warming and now, we start seeing the effects which is extremely disappointing.
We all know that global warming will leave earth completely lifeless in the long run
and if we don’t take necessary actions to stop it then there’s only one option left for humans to escape complete extinction.
And that is to colonize Mars, which is the planet nearest to Earth and can be colonized easily compared to any other planet in our Solar System.
There are multiple opinions by researchers about how to colonize Mars.
Some say that we have to Terraform Mars, and some say that we have to establish underground colonies.
So let’s look at some of the promising ways to Terraform Mars
The first few people to land on Mars will have to live inside Radiation-Shielded Structures or Underground Establishments.
The first thing we need to do is to get water from the polar ice caps of the planet.
The temperature of Mars is very inconsistent.
In winter, near the poles temperatures can reach upto minus 125 degrees Celsius or minus 195 degrees Fahrenheit.
A summer day on Mars may get up to 20 degrees Celsius or 70 degrees Fahrenheit near the equator
But at night, the temperature can plummet to minus 73 degrees Celsius or minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit which is not an inhabitable temperature for humans.
There might be a 15-20 degree temperature change between where your feet are and where your head is if you were standing on Mars.
This is because of the very thin atmosphere of the planet.
There are a few theories to heat up Mars surface.
One of them is to nuke near the poles of the planet
This will create global warming and heat up the surface and release liquid water and carbon dioxide from the poles
This will also allow us to plant trees and grow the required plants for food to survive.
Another theory is regarding a synthetic porous ultralight material known as Aerogel.
Graphene aerogel is seven times lighter than air and has excellent elasticity and absorption.
We can cover poles of mars with this material to heat it up to about 65 degrees Celsius or 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
This will give us enough temperature to extract water from the poles of the planet.
In theory, we have other options too.
One is to construct a giant orbital mirror in space to reflect sunlight to the poles of Mars.
We can even throw in some Ammonia to the planet as ammonia can thicken the atmosphere and raise global temperatures.
Ammonia is mostly nitrogen by weight.
It could also provide the necessary buffer gas, which when combined with oxygen gas, would create a breathable atmosphere for humans.
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So everything sounds good until now but, how to reach Mars?
You guessed it right!! Yes, by Rockets
We have some extensive work going on from Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX
The total journey duration from Earth to Mars takes between 150-300 days
depending on the speed of the rocket, the alignment of Earth and Mars, and the distance between them.
A one year journey just to reach Mars and after landing, you can say goodbye to earth at least for a year and probably, you will never come back to earth.
So, be prepared to eat some mars grown potatoes for a long time
Now, let’s see how your daily routine looks like after you reach Mars.
Note that the Martian day, also called Sol, is very close in duration to Earth's.
A solar day on Mars is 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds.
Your usual Sol starts with checking the status of all the machines
and whether all the oxygen and water generating plants and pressure systems are working at the correct level.
Next, you will head over to plant generating labs, which would be inside circular domed structures and check the system maintenance levels.
In the beginning, there is a good chance that you will stay underground or inside Radiation-Shielded Structures
because Mars has no magnetic field so the surface is highly exposed to all radiation from space.
If you are the first few groups of humans to colonize Mars
you might have to purify your urine for drinking water as astronauts do in the International Space Station.
We might have to build Robots which can go to the poles to extract water and bring it back to us
Going to the poles will be almost impossible for humans because of the extreme temperatures.
So, we can safely assume that going to Mars will be hard, and surviving there will be a great challenge but not impossible
But what happens if we establish a moon base, which will make the mars trip faster and cheaper as the escape velocity of the moon is very low as compared to Earth.
That looks like a different scenario to speculate and investigate in Discoverzen.