Mars

Julkaistu 24.5.2019
Mars has gripped the human imagination for millennia, especially since the invention of the telescope.. and the idea of life on Mars has captivated people for many years and Mars is now the most explored planet in our solar system aside from Earth.

Currently, it is littered with a variety of still operational orbiters and landers, from various countries and although they are getting ever more sophisticated they have their limitations and are only capable of exploring the relatively flat areas of the ​planet.

So realistically the only way to properly explore and analyse the Mars is to send up humans, who could navigate more challenging terrain and interpret observations more accurately.

But sending humans safely to Mars; a journey that would take between 6 and nine months, maintaining them there for a significant amount of time, and then bringing them back alive and well, presents enormous problems that have yet to be solved in any practical manner.

So here we look at five reasons why (despite the hype) there may not be a human presence on Mars for a very long time...