Tag: settlement
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Should we settle Mars, or is it a dumb idea for humans to live off world?
Mars is back on the agenda. During his address to a joint session of Congress in March, President Donald Trump said the United States “will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars.” What does this mean? Manifest destiny is the belief, which…
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Map of water ice on Mars shows where NASA (and SpaceX) are likely to send their first astronauts
The area of Mars outlined by the white box, in Arcadia Planitia, is considered a tempting target for human settlement due to the availability of water ice. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Graphic) A newly published survey pinpointing where Martian water ice is likely to lie close to the surface could serve as a roadmap for establishing…