Life on Mars seems like a complex concept, but it will get easier and easier and soon(okay, not very soon), we’ll be able to visit and even migrate to Mars.Nasa informed us that they plan on getting the first human on Mars in 2033 (many sources mention that a more realistic year is 2035).
The estimated time Earth-Mars is 6 months.
What is the plan
Nasa already has a plan and it already started executing it:
- Artemis I: Is a test rocket before any expedition (launched December 2022 and landed in January 2023)
- Artemis II: Will contain humans
- Artemis II: Will bring the crew-members to the Moon to test the space station
- Launch an expedition from the Moon with the ORION spacecraft and go to Mars.
Artemis I
Artemis I is already finished and now the Nasa team is working on Artemis II
Launch: Nov. 16, 2022
Splashdown: Pacific Ocean Dec. 11, 2022
Snoopy the dog is a plushie sent with the ORION spaceship as an zero-gravity indicator.
ORION Spacecrafts
ORION spacecrafts are the fastest way to transport humans huge distances.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion will launch on NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System.
Mars Info
Temperature (day): -81 degrees F. – -62.778 degrees C
Temperature (winter): -220 degrees F – -140
Time to travel ( from Earth) : 6 months
Distance ( from Earth): 150.01 million km
Size (radius): 3,389.5 km
(The italic part is quoted from nasa.gov)
