Elon Musk has a vision to carry one million people to Mars by 2050.
Although the CEO of SpaceX recently revealed that humans plan to live on the planet’s glass domes, many are still questioning how long it will take to get there, even if life on Mars is ideal?
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How long will it take to reach Mars?
There is a long distance between Earth and Mars, which means that any trip to the red planet will take a long time.
This is further complicated by the fact that the distances are constantly changing as the two planets revolve around the sun.
The closest distance between Earth and Mars is 33.9 million miles – 9,800 times the distance between London and New York.
However this is very rare: the most useful distance is the average, i.e. 140 million miles.
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Earth scientists have already launched a bunch of space probes to (or near) Mars, so we have a rough idea of how long it will take with current technology.
Historically, the voyage took 128 to 333 days – a long time for humans to travel in a narrow spacecraft.
Has anyone visited Mars?
No man has ever set foot on Mars.
The Soviets first sent unmanned spacecraft to Mars in the 1960s.
NASA’s Mariner 4 was the first successful space probe to orbit Mars.
This happened in 1965. In 1971, Soviet spacecraft landed on the surface of the Red Planet.
Since then, several spacecraft have been sent to explore Mars, but we will have to wait a little longer to send one person.
NASA has once again revealed its goal of sending one man to Mars by 2037.
What is the probability of living on Mars
Currently, no strong evidence of Mars’ past or present life has been found.
This does not mean that scientists are not looking.
There is evidence that the dry planet once had surface water and habitable conditions.
However, just because a planet has habitable conditions does not automatically mean that it has lived there or that there is life there.
Is Mars ideal for life?
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Mars is the second most habitable planet in our solar system.
It is neither too hot nor too cold, and is thought to have enough gravity to adapt to the human body.
However, there is no free oxygen in the atmosphere, so humans cannot breathe if they do not receive oxygen on their own.
Humans also need to wear a pressure suit.
The soil is toxic, water is scarce, and you need protection from radiation and cold.
If any living thing on Earth wants to survive on Mars it must be in some kind of protective bubble.
Some scientists thought it could be more habitable because we could change the atmosphere of the planets.
In which year do humans go to Mars?
We do not know exactly when humans will land on Mars.
NASA plans to place a man and the first woman on the moon in 2024.
After this mission, the Red Planet will be on the agenda, with current estimates that by 2030 we could see one man on Mars.
Elon Musk has previously stated that he wants to send a team of humans to Mars within the next decade.
Mars facts
Here is what you need to know about the red planet …
- Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.
- It is named after the Roman god of war
- The land mass of Mars is very similar to that of Earth, but due to the difference in gravity you can jump three times higher than you are here.
- Mars is a mountain range that houses Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain in the Solar System.
- Mars is considered to be the second most habitable planet after Earth
- It takes 687 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
- So far, there have been 39 missions to Mars, but only 16 have been successful
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