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Could Mars support life

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Providing that the problems of travelling to Mars could be solved, would it be possible for man to live there? Mars does have an atmosphere, which provides some protection from solar and cosmic radiation, although it is much thinner than Earth's (about 0.7% of Earth's atmosphere). It seems there is water on Mars too, following recent observations by NASA's exploration robots. And a Martian day is very similar to Earths, (24 hours and 39 minutes), although a year is equivalent to about 1.88 Earth years.


However, conditions on the surface of Mars are much harsher than what we are used to on Earth. It is much colder for a start, with a mean surface temperature of -63°C, resulting in no un-frozen bodies of water. The atmospheric pressure on Mars is too low for humans to survive without pressure suits and Mars has no magnetosphere to deflect solar winds, (a stream of charged particles, i.e. a plasma, which are ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun). And the Martian atmosphere consists mainly (95%) of carbon dioxide. An unprotected human would lose consciousness in about 20 seconds and would not survive more than a minute or so on the surface of Mars.

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At this time no not really only to microrganisms

But terra formation could be a answer for it

By building factories to emit greenhouse gases that trap heat in the planet, then humans would be able to plant plants to produce oxygen to breath making mars a habitable planet

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Mars does not naturally have the ability to support life. It lacks oxygen in the ozone layer, flowing water, and dust storms often occur on the surface. But, if humans can create structures that can simulate Earth functions, like terrariums, we would be able to live on the surface.

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so hows life on mars u say we could live there Ive heard because there wonce was life there

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To our knowledge, Mars lacks sufficient water to support life, although some believe that microbial forms of life might exist.

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