Living on the Moon or Mars better? Science has got the answer!

If humans need to move to a place outside of Earth, would it be better to live in Mars, or the Moon?

Elon Musk wants people to live in Mars. NASA just wanted to send some astronauts to Red Planet to explore. And President Trump's administration has recently shown more interest in bringing people back to the Moon.

And this is the time to come up with an interesting debate: If people need to move to a place outside of Earth, would it be better to live in Mars, or the Moon?

The advantage of Mars

Mars may have more water than the Moon.

• Mars rotates at a fairly reasonable rate. A day there also lasts about 24 hours. One day on the Moon is 28 days on Earth, so it needs to adapt gradually. Because the date on Mars is quite short, the temperature difference between day and night is not very large, while the moon is very hot during the day and very cold at night. The difference in temperature between day and night in the moon can be up to 3,000 degrees Celsius.
• Mars has an atmosphere, though not very good because it is full of carbon dioxide. It would be great for plants but harmful to humans. The atmosphere allows the wind to blow, which helps to regulate the temperature difference between day and night, but creates a lot of dust around. Having the atmosphere is still better than not having the moon. So the Moon cannot protect you from being burned, and you will have to live in caves. In Mars you can live on the ground even if you can still be exposed to solar radiation.
• Mars may have more water than the Moon. There are only a few places where we can live and approach the water on the moon, while water can exist in the layer below the surface of the entire Mars. Although it is not a firm affirmation, this is a great possibility. Of course, Mars does not have much oxygen to breathe but so does the moon. But we can create oxygen from water. So it is easier to maintain life on Mars because of easier access to water. On the moon, one may have to live close to two poles so that there is no difference in temperature between day and night.
• Gravity on Mars is much larger on the moon. That keeps the atmosphere in place and helps us keep things on the ground, and also makes the skeleton stronger.
• Mars is not very hot even though it is red. And it is hypothesized that life is formed on this planet, then transported to Earth and proliferated. So, if you are interested in science, it is clear that Mars is the winner.

The advantage of the Moon

The moon is close to Earth and revolves around the Earth.

• The Moon is close to Earth and revolves around the Earth, so we don't have to leave the system around the Earth if we live on the Moon. This saves a lot of fuel (and money). We now have missiles capable of bringing a lot of things to the Moon. We also have missiles that put some things on Mars, but are very limited. People were talking about a mission to take Mars's specimens back, but NASA canceled them because it would cost up to $ 20 billion and we often took stones back. It's really hard to bring big things to Mars, while doing that with the Moon is much easier.
• It takes only 3 days to reach the Moon, while it takes 6 months to reach Mars, and you can only do it every 2 years. If you miss a 2-week launch window to reach Mars, you have to wait another 2 years. In these 2 weeks, we can go to the Moon and return. If you need to save people from the Moon, it will only take a few days, while on Mars it will be years. Also, if you want to talk to someone on the Moon, the delay is only a few seconds, while for Mars it is 4 - 24 minutes, depending on Mars on the sun side with Earth or on the side opposite.
• Because the Moon is much smaller than Mars, it is easier to put things down on the surface and into orbit. In fact, shipping from the Moon to Earth is very cheap. So if we mine on the Moon, we can easily bring minerals to Earth. If mining on Mars, it will cost a lot of money to return to Earth. Therefore, turning the Moon into colonies seems to bring more economic value.
• Do you still remember that Mars takes 6 months? It was on a tiny spaceship in immense space. If there is a certain event in the solar system that causes the radiation to rise significantly (which is very common), then you will die unless there is a very good layer of radiation protection on the ship. The road from Earth to the Moon is equally thorny, but it only takes 3 days to get there so avoiding the most likely events in the solar system will be much simpler.

In short, Mars is a good idea and can sustain better life, providing a better chance of scientific discovery, while the Moon is a more economically viable place for colonization. chemical. So Mars will continue to be a distant dream in the future unless there are financial and political changes.

If something unfortunate happens on Earth, and it no longer maintains life, Mars can be a better place to live because of the ability to find water, higher gravity and gas. book. While the Moon seems too harsh, it can only be considered a stepping stone to the future.