TED ELAZIĞ COLLEGE / 8-A
Should We Colonize
the Other Planets?
Tuğrul ÇİÇEKÇİ - Emir KAYA
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According to a scientific articles,
Mars is the most habitable planet to
live on. For millions of years now, the
Earth has been our only home and yet
in a short time humanity should start
looking for new places where they can
survive. We have a beautiful planet
with enough resources, but soon these
resources will be finished due to some
reasons. So, should we colonize the
other planets?
Yes, we should. Why?
People must be a multiplanetary
species in order not to become
extinct. History showed us there’s no
guarantee of living on this planet. The
classic example of this is dinosaurs.
After living on Earth for 165 million
years, they became extinct by a giant
meteorite. Keeping mankind alive on
more than one planet can guarantee
the continuity of our species for
thousands or even millions of years.
Many scientists expected that we
will not be able to continue living on
our planet because of many reasons
such as natural disasters, the number
of populations, diseases and etc.
However, if we colonized other planets,
we could survive. It seems that Mars is
our destination, but on this red planet
we may face some difficulties. Mars
is not suitable for living because of
its atmosphere, so we have to build
radiation-resistant houses since Mars
has a terrible radiation level. Besides,
sending food and water to Mars is too
expensive and it will take a lot of time.
In addition, the distance between the
Earth and Mars is too long.
However, despite all the obstacles that
we may face, we have to colonize the
other planets especially Mars before
all of the resources in the world are
finished. We have a beautiful world.
Unless we protect our world, we need
to go to any other planet. Wishing a
good future for our world.