With new advances in technology and AI, could the timeline of getting to Man to Mars be sooner than we think? Many people are saying yes and are hopeful it could happen within the next 15 years. AI is constantly evolving and lending a great helping hand to our scientists and leading developers with theories and calculations that further the plans for space exploration and travel. The question is, would living on Mars be worth it?
The idea of living on Mars sounds awesome, doesn’t it? Riding on giant red sand dunes, jumping with a fraction of Earth’s gravity, and possibly meeting a Martian are just a few of the numerous opportunities available on Mars but every cool opportunity comes with an equally bad opportunity.
For example, due to the fact that Mars is smaller than Earth, the days are shorter which leads to extreme temperature changes between the night and day. At night, Mars can get as cold as -80℉ (-62℃), and during the day it can get as warm as 70℉. Another problem would be the thin atmosphere and the lack of magnetic fields. The thin atmosphere on Mars is mostly made up of carbon dioxide making it unbreathable for humans and the lack of magnetic fields lets radiation get through making it really dangerous for our skin. In short, if you don’t have a super expensive, astronaut-quality space suit you might need to rethink your plans of moving to Mars.
Does Mars still have a future for us though? I believe so. As mentioned before, AI is advancing technology at an incomparable rate in history right now and it is no stretch of the imagination that AI could develop a method for Mars to be terraformed to be more assimilated to Earth’s conditions. It might take some time but I think by the end of this century we could have colonies on Mars!