I am learning about Mars and about the challenges of living on Mars
Need
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Challenge
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Possible solution
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Oxygen
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1 percent on Mars
The atmosphere is 95 percent carbon dioxide
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Where a space suit
Nasa has a machine that splits carbon dioxide into monoxide
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Water
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A tiny amount flows on Mars’s surface it also doesn’t rain or have rivers and lakes on Mars. the water is ice that is on Mars
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You could look for water by drilling in the ground or the other option is to dig up the underground ice and melt it
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Food
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If settlers brought their own food it would have to last 26 months until the next rocket comes. A obvious solution is to grow plants but there’s no soil and it’s way cold.
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A warmer Mars would mean a better chance of life, growing plants and flowing water. Plants could grow without heaps of different equipment.
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Shelter
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Mars’s atmosphere is thinner than Earth so that means very little air. Without gas pressure pushing against us, the gas in our organs will swell up and stop our blood flowing.
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Any shelter built on mars would need to be pressurized and have airlocks. The first settlers could live in their landing module or live underground to stay away from radiation.
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