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Too Dangerous

A mission to Mars would be too dangerous and too risky for astronauts. Going to Mars is a big risk for astronauts because they will get exposed to cosmic radiation and gasses that are harmful to your body and possibly can cause death. “Though NASA has known for a long time that the space environment is a radioactive one, astronauts have largely been within Earth’s protective magnetosphere aboard the International Space Station… Even radiation shielding on the craft used to take astronauts to Mars isn’t the ultimate prevention tactic. Currently, there is no technology that can stop these particles from penetrating the spacecraft and affecting the astronauts.” (Strickland 1)

Why should we sent astronauts to Mars?

Too Expensive

"Analysts predict a $100 billion to $1 trillion price tag for the Mars mission" (Schouten).

The total cost of Mission to Mars would cost more than all of NASA missions combined.

The money could be utilized for other things here on Earth

Briers says the reason is that astronauts would go explore and do different experiments and discover new resources that could have a possible benefit to people on Earth. Also, we could start a new beginning of life on Mars and start to colonize.

Another reason to go to Mars is to discover new things that can have benfits to us on Earth and change how we live.

The technology and knowledge and also the money and resources that are being used for the Mars mission could be utilized for other things.

NASA, Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, and Richard Branson with his Virgin Galactic space project have really smart people figuring out how to go to Mars and fly people into space. This is a lot of brain power trying to discover solutions for problems that we would not need to solve if we did not send people to Mars.

History

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Space exploration has changed a lot overtime. From the space mission, Gemini 4 in 1965, where the first American astronauts conducted the very first spacewalk. To quickly having a space mission where Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the moon. NASA launched the very first part of the International Space Station into space in 1998. To now, in 2016, where NASA sent rovers to Mars exploring the surface and sent remarkable pictures back to Earth. But that is not good enough. NASA is wanting to send people to Mars in the next twenty to twenty-five years.

Introduction

Space exploration has changed a lot overtime. From the first astronauts landing on the moon. Now to in the past 3 years NASA has sent rovers to Mars. But now NASA wants to send astronauts to Mars.

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Briers, Demarcus. “Pros and cons of a manned mission to Mars” dbriers.com 27 Nov. 2011

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Schouten, Lucy. "How does NASA plan to pay for a Mars mission?" Christian Science Monitor 9 Jan. 2016. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.

Spotts, Peter N. "Space Colonization Is Impractical." Space Exploration. Ed. David Haugen and Zack Lewis. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt. from "A Reality Check on Dreams for Space: The Repairs." Christian Science Monitor (5 Nov. 2007). Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.

Strickland, Ashley. “Mars mission astronauts could experience brain damage, study says”. CNN Wire 13 Oct. 2016

Conclusion

In over sixty years, NASA has accomplished many things sending people into space. Now, there are many groups trying to send astronauts to Mars. This is exciting for people that have not considered the risks and benefits. The risk of death to the astronauts and the very high costs to invent things still needed outweigh the benefits that would be achieved. With so many things on Earth that need to be fixed, sending people to Mars does not make sense.

A Manned mission to Mars- Is It Really Worth It ?

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