Musk once said that 100,000 people would immigrate to Mars by 2035. Can his plan be realized?
Who is Musk? How could he boast so much?
Musk's full name is Elon Musk. Born on June 8, 1971 in Tshwane, the capital of South Africa, he has many titles such as entrepreneur and engineer, and has triple nationality of South Africa, Canada and the United States. Musk's father is an Anglo-Dutch, mechanical and electrical engineer, and his mother is a Canadian model, author and nutritionist. Musk's father and mother divorced when he was nine years old, and Musk lived with his father. At the age of ten, Musk had the first computer in his life. He used his savings to buy some programming books. At the age of twelve, he designed a Blaster space game, and finally paid $500. The price is sold. Later, Musk's life was all the way up, and the information about Musk can be found online, so I won't repeat it here. Let's talk about what Musk is doing now. Musk not only builds cars, but also researches brain-computer interfaces and robots, but also develops rockets and solar energy, and has achieved good results in every field. To be able to achieve such achievements in many fields at the same time is already a god-like figure in the eyes of many people (just a little problem with Tesla recently). It is such a godlike man who once boasted that he would immigrate 100,000 people to Mars in 2035. Do you believe it?
So what are the requirements for immigrating to Mars? We analyze it from three aspects.
The first thing to do is to solve the transportation problem to Mars. The shortest distance between Mars and the earth is 55 million kilometers. Why is the shortest distance? Because both Mars and Earth revolve around the sun, and their orbits are different, the distance between Earth and Mars is also close and far away. This closest distance is equivalent to 145 times the distance from the Moon to the Earth.As of 2020, the top speed of all rockets in the world is Mach 7 (one Mach is one speed of sound). You can calculate how long it will take to reach Mars at this speed. We can refer to the time when some previous Mars vehicles reached Mars. In 1965, the Mariner 4 spacecraft took 228 days to reach Mars, the 1969 Mariner VI spacecraft took 155 days, and the 1973 Mariner 7 spacecraft took 128 days. Four years later, Viking 1 took 304 days to reach Mars, and some vehicles after that basically took between 300 and 400 days. Why does the aircraft in the back take longer? This involves the change in the distance between Mars and Earth and the weight and fuel of rockets and vehicles. However, NASA recently issued an official statement saying that they have developed a faster aircraft, but this aircraft will not fly for the first time until 2033, and it is estimated that it may reach Mars in twenty or thirty days. Musk has not been idle, and has experienced several failures. This time, the spacecraft finally successfully landed on May 5, 2021. It is estimated that the transportation problem of colonizing Mars in the future can be solved.
The traffic problem is solved. Let's take a look at the current environment of Mars. Is such an environment suitable for human existence?
Mars is named Mars because it looks red because of its rich iron content. The diameter of Mars is 3,400 kilometers, which is about half the size of Earth; the time of a day on Mars is 24 hours and 37 minutes, and Mars revolves around the sun in 687 days. The gravity of Mars is one-third that of Earth, and the atmosphere of Mars is only 0.75% of that of Earth. The Martian atmosphere is 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% hydrogen, followed by a small amount of oxygen and carbon monoxide.The average temperature on Mars is minus 63 degrees Celsius, the daytime temperature can reach 30 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature at night is as low as minus 100 degrees Celsius. The temperature difference between day and night is too large. An environment like Mars is definitely not suitable for human survival. If we want to survive, we must change the environment.
The third problem is to modify the environment of Mars to suit human existence. We build the base first, and then expand from the base.
Step 1: Build a power station. Why build a power station as a first step? Because many constructions in the later period require machinery to complete, on Mars, due to the thin air and the lack of oxygen, fuel machinery must not be used, which is why Musk has been developing electric vehicles. Power stations can only be built using solar energy, and the raw materials can be transported from the earth.
Step 2: Build a base, in which there must be water, air, food, protection from cosmic radiation, and a suitable temperature.
Step 3: Create a steady stream of air to transform the entire Martian environment.
Whether it is necessary to build a base or transform the Martian environment, it is not an overnight process. It is a long process. Even if a base of 100,000 people is established, the difficulty is quite large. If it can be realized, Musk will be included in the history of mankind. , will also go down in the history of Mars. We look forward to this day. The
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