The development of human science and technology is very mysterious. It is possible that two disciplines or majors that have no overlap will overlap in application. For example, space exploration and artificial intelligence seem to be two directions, but perhaps in the future, art

The development of human science and technology is very mysterious. It is possible that two disciplines or majors that have no overlap will overlap in application. For example, universe exploration and artificial intelligence seem to be two directions, but perhaps in the future, artificial intelligence will affect human exploration of the universe to a great extent.

For example, conquering Mars may depend on the development of artificial intelligence.

1. The "gentleness" of Mars

For humans, Mars is the most "gentle" planet to humans besides the earth. Because Mars is the planet most similar to the Earth in terms of comprehensive conditions - whether it is gravity, rotation, revolution period, temperature and other issues. After all, compared with the environment of Venus, where the sky is full of sulfuric acid rain, and the world of Pluto that makes people feel like they are in an icy hell, Mars is undoubtedly much gentler.

Because Mars is the planet most similar to the earth, throughout the solar system, humans regard Mars and the moon as the objects of human conquest in the future. The reason why the moon is on the candidate list is because it is too close to the earth.

2, Artificial Intelligence and Mars Construction

Although the environment of Mars is relatively "friendly" to humans, even so, it is unrealistic for humans to live directly on Mars: because Mars's atmosphere is weak, it means that cosmic rays cannot be blocked; because Mars has no liquid water, the soil of Mars cannot directly produce Venusian agriculture. The most important thing is that Mars doesn't even have a magnetic field. All this means that if humans want to turn Mars into a second home and a colony, they will undoubtedly need to spend a lot of preliminary work. And this means that a lot of manpower needs to be invested to build a base on Mars and set up various equipment.

But there is no doubt that it is unrealistic for humans to send advance teams to live in the conditions on Mars. After all, if humans live on Mars, in the initial stage, they will inevitably need a continuous supply of various living materials from the earth. This huge expenditure is undoubtedly beyond the current financial resources of the earth.

But if artificial intelligence develops to a certain level: that is, if robots can independently judge how to work and how to choose labor, the situation will be very different.

First of all, after the robot arrives on Mars, the harsh environment of Mars will no longer be a problem for the robot: whether it is the impact of cosmic rays or the lack of oxygen and other issues, it does not matter to the robot. For robots, as long as there is sunlight and charging can be completed, they can work by themselves.

Secondly, on the basis that robots are highly intelligent and can work independently, construction robots can build underground cities on Mars - after all, the purpose of building Mars is to allow humans to live on Mars in the future, and combined with the environment of Mars, the underground city model is undoubtedly the most suitable. After all, cosmic rays can't hit Mars' subsurface. In this way, humans don’t have to worry about the strong winds on Mars, and can even study how to exploit Mars’ groundwater.

Even robots can carry out agricultural environment modification experiments on Mars to ensure that Mars-style agriculture can have a certain improvement before humans arrive on Mars.

Third, the cost issue. If humans directly act as the vanguard to transform Mars, the food consumed every day will undoubtedly be huge, and the safety costs will also be huge. As mentioned earlier, for robots, all they need is electrical energy—that is, solar charging. Therefore, from a cost perspective, sending robots to Mars for production and construction is also the optimal solution.

So, when will humans conquer Mars? This issue, on the one hand, depends on the development of human aerospace technology. On the other hand, the development of artificial intelligence is also very important. Moreover, if humans can conquer Mars through artificial intelligence, then conquering other planets - such as Venus, Mercury, and Pluto will be just around the corner.

After all, the earth is too small to be the only home for mankind.