La carrera para colonizar Marte está en marcha, lo que significa que muchos de nosotros podemos ser testigos de cómo la humanidad pone un pie en el planeta rojo antes de morir.
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“La vida en Marte: lo que hay que saber antes de partir” es el último libro del profesor David Weintraub de la Universidad de Vanderbilt. Pero un profesor de astronomía cree que deberíamos reducir el ritmo y descubrir si hay vida en el planeta vecino de la Tierra antes de que nuestra exploración la destruya.
“Si hay algún tipo de biología activa en Marte, por primitiva que sea, el primer paso es encontrarla y comprenderla”, dijo David Weintraub, profesor de la Universidad Vanderbilt en Nashville.
“Entonces, podríamos intentar tomar decisiones informadas sobre lo que es correcto hacer o no hacer”.
Él defiende pisar el freno e investigar más a fondo mientras la NASA y empresas respaldadas por multimillonarios como SpaceX de Elon Musk y Blue Origin de Jeff Bezos hacen planes ambiciosos para seguir adelante. Weintraub escribió sobre los dilemas éticos que nos esperan en su libro recién publicado “La vida en Marte: lo que debemos saber antes de irnos”. En él, explica la historia de nuestra larga fascinación por el cuarto planeta de nuestro sistema solar y la búsqueda de marcianos.
Al igual que la carrera hacia la Luna en el siglo pasado, la idea de colonizar Marte durante nuestras vidas es emocionante, dijo Weintraub. Pero estamos cegados por la emoción y nos olvidamos de hacer las preguntas morales necesarias y sopesar las consecuencias de aterrizar en el planeta antes de saber que existe vida, dijo.
“Espero que al menos tengamos una conversación sobre eso antes de que sea demasiado tarde”, dijo Weintraub.
Durante siglos, los humanos hemos estudiado a nuestro vecino más cercano. Las ideas filosóficas y la cultura pop también han alimentado nuestra fascinación. Pero Weintraub sostiene que los humanos pueden haberse engañado durante cientos de años al pensar que existe vida en Marte porque asumimos que el planeta se parece más a la Tierra de lo que realmente es. Considera que la posibilidad de vida en el planeta rojo es pequeña, pero no nula. Si existe, se espera que la vida sea microscópica. Pero encontrar vida en Marte sería un gran descubrimiento, independientemente de su tamaño.
“El conocimiento sería muy valioso para comprendernos a nosotros mismos y de dónde venimos y sobre la posibilidad de vida en el universo más allá de la Tierra y Marte”, dijo Weintraub. “Creo que deberíamos intentar obtener esa información, si existe, antes de que ya no esté disponible”.
Ralentizar la carrera espacial ofrece más tiempo para aprender, investigar y explorar desde lejos si existe vida, dijo Weintraub. Si nos vamos antes de que nos demos cuenta, los humanos podrían contaminar Marte, dijo Weintraub. Colonizar el planeta y alterar su clima y ambiente para hacerlo habitable para los humanos puede destruir la vida que existe sin que lo sepamos, dijo.
“Si Marte es estéril, ¿por qué no ir?” dijo Weintraub. “Queremos ir. Está justo ahí”.
Independientemente de su posición, Weintraub cree que habrá huellas humanas en Marte a finales del siglo XXI. Incluso si encontráramos vida en el planeta y las naciones con capacidad espacial prohibieran los viajes a Marte, alguien encontraría una manera porque los humanos tienen un impulso innato para explorar, dijo.
“Mi apuesta es que alguien en su sótano construirá un cohete e irá a Marte por su cuenta”, dijo Weintraub.
The biggest problem with Titan isn’t the atmosphere but the Distance. It takes way too long to get there in order to get into orbit (2,000 days or 5 1/2 years) and that is an huge hurdle to get over. By comparison it takes about 7 months to reach Mars, which is a much more viable option and easier. In addition, if you want to turn around and come back you only have to wait 3 months to do so. Going to Jupiter and coming back would take 11 years (way too long). Sure we could get to Jupiter in a little over year but we can’t land there because we would be going so fast, all we could do is just fly by and defeats the whole point of going there. Mars is the most viable option right now and radiation isn’t a problem if we use the inflatable modules Sierra Space is building. Although, Mars does have pockets of Magnetic fields (due to the rock structures) and perhaps it would be suitable to build setup the inflatable modules in those areas. Also complaining about going to Mars and having to live underground but then claiming to go to Titan where you will never ever see the sun is rather funny. At least on Mars you’ll be able to go outside for short periods of time with a space suit and see the sun.
Mars is closer, the moon even closer than that, and you can use non-nuclear detonations to clear out large chasms- far from living in a tunnel. Besides, minus terraforming atmosphere wise, we’ve pretty much changed the face of our planet covering kilometers. Manmade lakes, hollowing out limestone mountains, salt mines, all such methods could be used for purposes of excavation on mars. Engineers would be able to come up many ways to solve the problems planetary engineering. Both on mars, and titan. Personally, I’d like titan to be colonized too- it would be spectacular to see Saturn, the ringed glory rising in its skies. Anyone who built on Siberian permafrost knows that building on ice brings on a whole new engineering challenge.
Underground structure and soil cultivation immediately goes out the window, as heating up the ground would melt or sublimate it.
You need to build everything, including your farm, on top of an air gapped structure, and that does not sound easy at all.
1)The two biggest problems with Titan are lack of solar rays and low gravity.
2)It’s unlikely that either Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury or Titan (or any other of gas giants’ moons) would actually be colonized. What can happen is them becoming some sort of industry hubs for processing resources mined on those planets. They are just too inhospitable to live there. I think we will have colonies in other star systems earlier. You’d have to live that way regardless because to date we’ve yet to find a world similar to our own in terms of size, mass, temperature and atmospheric composition and thickness, around a star similar to our own that is neither too active nor advanced in terms of stellar ageing. Also, you’d need a crap ton of oxygen, which would be catastrophic on a hydrocarbon-rich world like Titan (you may as well be planning to blow the entire Saturnian moon up)
First of allWhy would anyone want to go to Mars? Space travel is not like in Star Wars or Star Trek, spaceships aren’t big like an ocean liner they’re very small and compact. Also, there’s no such thing as light speed or hypersleep. It would take 5 or 6 months to make the journey. Try to imagine traveling through the black, emptiness of space for that long in a cramped tight ship. By the time you got to Mars, you’d be crazy as a loon. Even if you got there intact what next? You start to colonize? The air on Mars is thin like being on top of a very tall mountain, there’s no protection from the sun’s UV rays, no vegetation no way to grow any crops, and no animals to hunt or raise. The whole thing might be a major accomplishment, but would it be worth it? Let’s focus on solving the problems on this planet before we worry about other ones.
Best place to touch down is the western end of Valles Marineris, in a region called Noctis Labyrinthus. The coordinates are 7°S, 93°W. There’s a relict glacier there with 36 billion tons of water ice, which represents 8.7 trillion gallons. Therefore, once you arrive, your people can enjoy much more than the three gallons per day allotted on the trip. The canyon is 4.35 miles deep, the walls of which which afford nice protection from cosmic rays and meteorites. The place is only 250 miles south of the equator, so you get the nicest climate Mars has to offer.
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La carrera para colonizar Marte está en marcha, lo que significa que muchos de nosotros podemos ser testigos de cómo la humanidad pone un pie en el planeta rojo antes de morir.
“La vida en Marte: lo que hay que saber antes de partir” es el último libro del profesor David Weintraub de la Universidad de Vanderbilt. Pero un profesor de astronomía cree que deberíamos reducir el ritmo y descubrir si hay vida en el planeta vecino de la Tierra antes de que nuestra exploración la destruya.
“Si hay algún tipo de biología activa en Marte, por primitiva que sea, el primer paso es encontrarla y comprenderla”, dijo David Weintraub, profesor de la Universidad Vanderbilt en Nashville.
“Entonces, podríamos intentar tomar decisiones informadas sobre lo que es correcto hacer o no hacer”.
Él defiende pisar el freno e investigar más a fondo mientras la NASA y empresas respaldadas por multimillonarios como SpaceX de Elon Musk y Blue Origin de Jeff Bezos hacen planes ambiciosos para seguir adelante. Weintraub escribió sobre los dilemas éticos que nos esperan en su libro recién publicado “La vida en Marte: lo que debemos saber antes de irnos”. En él, explica la historia de nuestra larga fascinación por el cuarto planeta de nuestro sistema solar y la búsqueda de marcianos.
Al igual que la carrera hacia la Luna en el siglo pasado, la idea de colonizar Marte durante nuestras vidas es emocionante, dijo Weintraub. Pero estamos cegados por la emoción y nos olvidamos de hacer las preguntas morales necesarias y sopesar las consecuencias de aterrizar en el planeta antes de saber que existe vida, dijo.
“Espero que al menos tengamos una conversación sobre eso antes de que sea demasiado tarde”, dijo Weintraub.
Durante siglos, los humanos hemos estudiado a nuestro vecino más cercano. Las ideas filosóficas y la cultura pop también han alimentado nuestra fascinación. Pero Weintraub sostiene que los humanos pueden haberse engañado durante cientos de años al pensar que existe vida en Marte porque asumimos que el planeta se parece más a la Tierra de lo que realmente es. Considera que la posibilidad de vida en el planeta rojo es pequeña, pero no nula. Si existe, se espera que la vida sea microscópica. Pero encontrar vida en Marte sería un gran descubrimiento, independientemente de su tamaño.
Ralentizar la carrera espacial ofrece más tiempo para aprender, investigar y explorar desde lejos si existe vida, dijo Weintraub. Si nos vamos antes de que nos demos cuenta, los humanos podrían contaminar Marte, dijo Weintraub. Colonizar el planeta y alterar su clima y ambiente para hacerlo habitable para los humanos puede destruir la vida que existe sin que lo sepamos, dijo.
“Si Marte es estéril, ¿por qué no ir?” dijo Weintraub. “Queremos ir. Está justo ahí”.
Independientemente de su posición, Weintraub cree que habrá huellas humanas en Marte a finales del siglo XXI. Incluso si encontráramos vida en el planeta y las naciones con capacidad espacial prohibieran los viajes a Marte, alguien encontraría una manera porque los humanos tienen un impulso innato para explorar, dijo.
“Mi apuesta es que alguien en su sótano construirá un cohete e irá a Marte por su cuenta”, dijo Weintraub.
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Noviembre 20, 2023
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En vez de gastar guita en s=eso que no se sabe donde va a terminar, por que no gastan esa guita en limpiar este planeta?
Most scientists said it is better to colonize Than than Mars.
The biggest problem with Titan isn’t the atmosphere but the Distance. It takes way too long to get there in order to get into orbit (2,000 days or 5 1/2 years) and that is an huge hurdle to get over. By comparison it takes about 7 months to reach Mars, which is a much more viable option and easier. In addition, if you want to turn around and come back you only have to wait 3 months to do so. Going to Jupiter and coming back would take 11 years (way too long). Sure we could get to Jupiter in a little over year but we can’t land there because we would be going so fast, all we could do is just fly by and defeats the whole point of going there. Mars is the most viable option right now and radiation isn’t a problem if we use the inflatable modules Sierra Space is building. Although, Mars does have pockets of Magnetic fields (due to the rock structures) and perhaps it would be suitable to build setup the inflatable modules in those areas. Also complaining about going to Mars and having to live underground but then claiming to go to Titan where you will never ever see the sun is rather funny. At least on Mars you’ll be able to go outside for short periods of time with a space suit and see the sun.
Mars is closer, the moon even closer than that, and you can use non-nuclear detonations to clear out large chasms- far from living in a tunnel. Besides, minus terraforming atmosphere wise, we’ve pretty much changed the face of our planet covering kilometers. Manmade lakes, hollowing out limestone mountains, salt mines, all such methods could be used for purposes of excavation on mars. Engineers would be able to come up many ways to solve the problems planetary engineering. Both on mars, and titan. Personally, I’d like titan to be colonized too- it would be spectacular to see Saturn, the ringed glory rising in its skies. Anyone who built on Siberian permafrost knows that building on ice brings on a whole new engineering challenge.
Underground structure and soil cultivation immediately goes out the window, as heating up the ground would melt or sublimate it.
You need to build everything, including your farm, on top of an air gapped structure, and that does not sound easy at all.
1)The two biggest problems with Titan are lack of solar rays and low gravity.
2)It’s unlikely that either Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury or Titan (or any other of gas giants’ moons) would actually be colonized. What can happen is them becoming some sort of industry hubs for processing resources mined on those planets. They are just too inhospitable to live there. I think we will have colonies in other star systems earlier. You’d have to live that way regardless because to date we’ve yet to find a world similar to our own in terms of size, mass, temperature and atmospheric composition and thickness, around a star similar to our own that is neither too active nor advanced in terms of stellar ageing. Also, you’d need a crap ton of oxygen, which would be catastrophic on a hydrocarbon-rich world like Titan (you may as well be planning to blow the entire Saturnian moon up)
First of allWhy would anyone want to go to Mars? Space travel is not like in Star Wars or Star Trek, spaceships aren’t big like an ocean liner they’re very small and compact. Also, there’s no such thing as light speed or hypersleep. It would take 5 or 6 months to make the journey. Try to imagine traveling through the black, emptiness of space for that long in a cramped tight ship. By the time you got to Mars, you’d be crazy as a loon. Even if you got there intact what next? You start to colonize? The air on Mars is thin like being on top of a very tall mountain, there’s no protection from the sun’s UV rays, no vegetation no way to grow any crops, and no animals to hunt or raise. The whole thing might be a major accomplishment, but would it be worth it? Let’s focus on solving the problems on this planet before we worry about other ones.
Best place to touch down is the western end of Valles Marineris, in a region called Noctis Labyrinthus. The coordinates are 7°S, 93°W. There’s a relict glacier there with 36 billion tons of water ice, which represents 8.7 trillion gallons. Therefore, once you arrive, your people can enjoy much more than the three gallons per day allotted on the trip. The canyon is 4.35 miles deep, the walls of which which afford nice protection from cosmic rays and meteorites. The place is only 250 miles south of the equator, so you get the nicest climate Mars has to offer.