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Not practical to form colonies on Mars in less than one million years - III MIL, Dec 25, 2007. Monica Groover On 25 December, 2007, Monica Groover from California completes her interview with Dr. Raj Baldev, Cosmo Theorist from India, who views that it is not practical to form colonies on Mars in less than 1 million year. Monica Groover: Dr. Raj Baldev, Will you kindly explain why it is not possible for scientists to form a colony on Mars earlier than one million years. What are the reasons and risks involved? Why could Nature be so cruel to us not allowing to form colonies on Mars in a short time to settle over Mars similar to that on the Earth? Raj Baldev: “Monica Groover, it is hard for the people to bear that it is not practical to form colonies of people on Mars before a million years, even scientists differ from me. “The scientists think that my comments hurt the people since they hold their special fascination, attraction and attachment for Mars. I remember when India’s former President Abdul Kalam gave his views that man should settle on Mars in forty years. I was simply surprised?” Raj Baldev continued: “ In fact, Hostile Temperature and unreceptive atmosphere on Mars are big problems for NASA to establish a proper colony of people on Mars. Mars’ annual temperature is 55 degrees C --below zero- and has a very thin atmosphere. It was made mostly from the little amount of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon and traces of oxygen and water it has left. Dr. Raj Baldev continued: “People on the Earth have got a unique image of this planet and they do not to want to hear anything against their wishful thinking. Venus is considered as sister planet to the Earth and the idea was dropped to do anything over there since the conditions that exist over there are far too unlivable. People have accepted this reality about Venus. “But for Mars, there is no such fear in the mind of people so much attached they are, that even a slightest idea against it hits their dream. Lot of publicity has been made by media all over the world that NASA is doing everything even to establish a colony over there at a certain time in near future.” Dr. Raj Baldev continued: “our technology on the Earth is advancing day by day and by it is quite competent enough with future research to make man land on Mars and he can be made to stay there for a minimum period of one month or a longer period of one and a half year or still a longer as could be practical with our scientific equipment and new techniques. "Even it is possible to establish space station or a great workshop over there with hundreds of people working to help the projects as planned by NASA, in terms of research of knowing more about Mars, its closest characteristics necessary or human surivaval and how the temperture could be changed without taking any risk. “There are no two opinions about Mars that it holds all necessary elements needed for life to exist over there including Water, which the scientists believe is frozen at polar ice caps, there also exists Carbon and oxygen in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2) in addition to Nitrogen. "The scientists take a confirmed view that when the Earth was first formed, no oxygen had existed hereon. The Earth at that time looked like a deserted, an inhabitable planet. The atmosphere was purely made of carbon dioxide and nitrogen and remained as it is until photosynthetic bacteria developed on the Earth and produced sufficient oxygen to allow the development of animals," Dr. Raj Baldev said. "Similarly, the thin Mars atmosphere today is almost totally composed of carbon dioxide. Here is the composition of Mars' atmosphere: • 95.3 percent carbon dioxide "On the other hand, the Earth's atmosphere consists of 78.1 percent nitrogen, 20.9 percent oxygen, 0.9 percent argon and 0.1 percent carbon dioxide and other gases. "From this you can compare that any human visiting Mars shall have to carry a huge amount of oxygen and nitrogen in order to stay alive." Dr. Raj Baldev: The average surface temperature on Mars is an icy cold i.e minus 81 degrees Fahrenheit (-62.77 degrees Celsius) with extremes ranging from 75 degrees Fahrenheit (23.88 Celsius) to less than minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit (-73.33 Celsius). "On the contrary, the Earth's average surface temperature is about 58 degrees Fahrenheit (14.4 degrees Celsius). "However, Mars after the Earth is the only planet in our Solar System that can ultimately support life. So far time factor is concerned, it depends on scientists and their new technologies how fast they could succeed in transforming the dry, cold landscape of Mars into warm and make it livable." Dr. Raj Baldev said, "However, I still maintain how fast and how far the scientists may move to change the atmosphere of Mars, Nature has its own role to play, it plays safe and foolproof and I am confident it shall take roughly 1 million years to have life livable on Mars on the scale as on the Earth. One thiing is sure that it is possible just in 5-7 years to send a man on Mars and with proper research and friendly possilities, the touring of people from the Earth shall surely develop." Continued on Serial IV.
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