TED BATMAN COLLEGE / 10-B
Should Humans Colonise Other
Planets To Avoid Doomsday
Scenario On Earth?
Barış AKTAN
Colonising other planets are not as easy as you think. It requires
the widest budget, high number of resources and plenty of
time. Now almost all our people think as if it is a good idea.
There are many reasons why they think that way.
Many of the important people think that resources on earth
have decreased so, we need more resources to divert to the
earth and save humanity. Otherwise, we have polluted our air
and water too much that made our planet impossible to live in.
Are these good excuses?
Certainly, they are not. The first example is a total myth. The
current water resources on the earth are plenty, and almost
all of the world’s population can get clean water except Africa.
Even now the United Nations will have delivered clean water
around the world by 2050.
We are worried about our polluted air and oceans because it
would make our lives worse. However, below Mars’s surface
there is clean water ice. We cannot make our water more
polluted and more acidic than Mars, even if we nuke our own
oceans.
Finally, we can colonise other planets to get resources and
divert them to the earth. That would be very profitable without
any negative consequences. Abandoning the Earth and moving
to Mars can be overrated and useless. Instead, we should
discover more liveable planets than Mars and the Earth to live
on or protect the Earth.