5 reasons why people need to go to Mars

The task of bringing people to Mars in the future is expected to face many difficulties and cost hundreds of billions of dollars, but it is said to bring many benefits to mankind.

The reason humans choose Mars to land

1. Ensuring human survival

Getting people to live on many planets will ensure our existence for thousands of years, even millions of years from now . "People need to be a multi-planet," Business Insider quoted Elon Musk, head of SpaceX Space Exploration Technology Group.

Dinosaurs are a good example. They existed on Earth about 165 million years ago, but then disappeared completely because of a giant asteroid. What remains of dinosaurs is now only fossil relics.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is launched from Cape Canaveral base, USA.(Photo: AFP)

Mars is the ideal goal of humans because it has the right size, is similar to the Earth and has frozen water on the surface. Moreover, this is the best option available because Venus and Mercury are too hot, the Moon has no atmosphere to protect residents from meteor impact.

2. Discover life on Mars

To discover whether life exists on Mars, we need to dig down the surface of the planet, deeper than what the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ) perform. Nye, CEO of Planetary Society, said that instead of putting robots up there, people should set foot on the red planet because we can make discoveries 10,000 times faster than them.

3. Improve the quality of life on Earth

" Only by pushing humanity to the limit, down to the ocean floor and into the universe, will we create scientific and technological discoveries that can adapt and improve life on Earth , " said Dr. Alexander. Kumar told the BBC.

In the first three years on space, NASA's Hubble telescope captures blurry images. To overcome this phenomenon, astronomers develop a computer algorithm that allows extracting information from images better . This algorithm is used by a doctor when taking X-rays to detect breast cancer.

" Innovation in one area will stimulate revolutionary change in another," said Tyson, the StarTalk radio host. Similarly, the technology used in the task of bringing people to Mars has applications for many other areas such as medicine or agriculture.

People can perform discovery tasks many times faster than robots or self-propelled devices.(Photo: NASA)

4. Create a cushion for future generations

According to Tyson, another reason why we have to go to Mars is to inspire future space explorers. The desire to explore human space will create many advanced technological innovations that certainly benefit mankind in one way or another.

5. Demonstrate leadership in politics and economy

Buzz Aldrin (the second astronaut who set foot on the Moon) once told the US Senate's Space, Science and Competitiveness Committee that going to Mars is not only necessary for science. , but also for politics and economy.

" In my view, to prove America's lead in the rest of this century, there's no way to convince a commitment to presence on Mars , " Aldrin said.