This manned mission to Mars will send the most experience scientists, researchers, and astronauts with the hopes of finding out what Mars has in store for man. The idea is to use "forward deployment" which military commanders do in battle. Before you send your troops you get your material as far forward as you can so if the troops arrive and the material isn't there, they are prepared. As for now, Mars Exploration Rover Mission will launch in June 2003 and will land in January 2004. It will feature two rovers resembling large remote controlled all-terrain vehicles that will land on two separate locations on Mars, taking geology .
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samples and mapping the planet for 90 days. As Dr. Landis mentioned,"It"ll be nice when you can go to the continental ticket counter and buy a ticket to Mars"(Qtd. Stacklin Online). When the opportunity comes, humans will soon be colonizing Mars.
Through the years, population has grown tremendously and will continue to grow until the world becomes overpopulated, or humans begin to colonize another planet. The key is "terraforming the Martian atmosphere" in order to be habitable environment(Bonsor Online). The idea that "exotic microbes" have been found beneath the floor of the Pacific Ocean, sets fuel to the controversy whether life can be found deep within Mars(Davies Online). "Astronomers even produced maps showing networks of canals they thought had been built by water deprived Martians"(Davies online)Photographs also show river valleys and flood channels. "A NASA orbiter found evidence of a vast frozen sea lying just below the powdery surface of Mars"(Janega online). This offers a promise to water for cooking, agriculture, and rocket fuel. This water will be crucial for supporting humans in the future. These discoveries hint at the potential for life in the planet to be possible.
Mars is the closes planet to Earth and contains elements that are needed for life to exist.
