'Move' up ... Mars, how much will it cost you?

The 'total cost' for life on Mars within a year amounted to tens of billions of dollars.

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Mars is the most Earth-like planet in the Solar System. Whether past or present, the ability to survive life on the red planet is still extremely large.

Liquid water, which is often thought to be an indispensable condition for life to exist, once flowed on this planet.

The most recently published Mars observation images show that, on the cold surface of the red planet, there were traces of water currents. Remarkably, this phenomenon has been determined to occur only in the last 10 years.

Let's try out some calculations to see if people move to Mars to live there is 'feasible' .

"Heavenly" cost for a trip to Mars

If you intend to move from Earth to Mars to live, you will need to calculate all the costs for developing spaceships, scientific research, rockets .

The distance from Earth to the Martian surface is about 402 million kilometers. Based on the actual cost calculation of recent space probes, we can estimate the cost of a trip to the planet's red planet.

The cost of the project to launch the Curiosity expedition to Mars 'cost' is 2.5 billion USD.

Thus, according to estimates of the world's leading companies and space companies, the cost of bringing people to space is not small.

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) estimates about $ 100 billion. Space Exploration Technology Corporation (SpaceX) estimates $ 36 billion.

The cost of the journey to reach the red planet is so expensive, because with the money above on Earth, you can pay 'abundance' for trips around the world.

"Living standards" on Mars are also expensive

Decided to go to Mars, which means you have to prepare everything for living on it.

The first job is to prepare rooms, cabins for people to 'shelter', it's like building a house on Earth.

According to calculations, funding for a 120m ³ cabin on Mars is about 267 million USD (according to NASA), 150 million USD (according to SpaceX).

Besides the cost of accommodation, the cost of eating is not 'less competitive' . The amount of food and drink needed for an adult each day is estimated: 3.7 liters of water, 2 bottles of food (1200 - 1500 kcal).

According to NASA, the cost of transporting food and drink from Earth to Mars is about 42 million USD per year. SpaceX is estimated at about $ 13 million.

Those were initial cost estimates, and once settled and started life on Mars, people would have to start farming and look for water to live on.

However, the cost of ' ideas' is not small, if people decide to exploit Mars and cultivate, they will have to transport machinery and equipment for cultivation on it. The estimated cost is about 15.4 million USD (according to NASA) or 4.6 million USD (according to SpaceX).

Data transmission between Earth and Mars also needs to be maintained. According to calculations, 1 minute of phone calls costs 209.71 USD, sending an email about 75kb also consumes the same amount of money.

In particular, if someone wants to watch the 'Gangnam Style' video on Youtube, it will cost about 37 USD.

After inventorying all the necessary expenses, the 'total cost' provided by NASA is $ 121 billion, according to SpaceX of $ 48 billion for 15 people living on Mars within a year, each user A private rocket to go up.