The Earth is a nice place and you should be happy we have it!
No. The planet we are most likely to colonize is Mars.
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No. The planet we are most likely to colonize is Mars.
It is unlikely that Mars will ever be colonised by humans, since the journey to and from Mars would be long and frought with too many dangers. Also, Mars is too far from the Sun to have a good living temperature, and atmospheric conditions would be adverse.
there are currently 17 chinese colonies on mars, they have claimed the planet and wil not let anyone else on
It will be me and I will be famous. I am going to have this huge colony.....of bees. And I will be queen.
The talents needed to colonize a planet would depend upon which planet you are colonizing. Some are harder to colonize than others, and in any event, this is a very hypothetical question since we are not remotely capable of colonizing any planet at this time in human history. Mars would be the best bet, but we really are not prepared to make the kind of investment that would be needed to colonize Mars (although I understand that some people want to fund a trip to Mars as a reality TV program, something like Survivor Mars - it is doubtful that this could result in a self-sustaining colony, but who know). So let's say you are going to colonize Mars. This is not easy to do since Mars does not have a breathable atmosphere. It would require massive technological support to colonize a planet like Mars, and that in turn means that the talents you need lie in the field of science and technology. You have to be able to build and maintain very sophisticated machinery, and if you don't do that, you will run out of air and will die. It's a serious business.
Man will inevitably visit Mars someday, and in all likelihood, colonize it. But there are no plans for any kind of Mars mission at the moment that are anything beyond the "talk" stage.
by sending daniel griffiths who lives in llanelli wales UK
yes they should=)
There will never be a rush to colonize Mars as the place is very unattractive in most properties: no air, no water, no concentrated minerals, little heat, little exploitable energy. A colony on Mars would be heavily dependent on outside support and would (probably) never become self-sufficient. Colonists would be condemned to live in sealed containers for their entire life.
As soon as you begin a question with "Should ... ?", the answer becomes a matter of opinion. Different individuals may well have different answers, and no single answer is correct. In the opinion of this contributor, the answer is: Of course !