TED BODRUM COLLEGE / 8-A - 8-D
Should We Colonise Other Planets ?
Ada AKIN - Deniz AKIN
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Scientists have been researching life on Mars for some time . It ’ s said that humans will be leaving Earth and colonising another planet . This mission is being brought up to life . Scientists are testing the surface of Mars and collecting information about it . Mars is said to be much colder than Earth and it is said that there used to be water on it . Scientists are trying to find ways to make the red planet livable .
Starting a new life on a new planet which we aren ’ t very familiar with is quite a dangerous mission , but many think that it ’ s worth giving a shot . They say that Earth is not going to be livable in a few years ’ time because of global warming . Some say that doing so will be a good idea because Earth will not have enough room to live in .
However , we have mixed feelings about this mission of living on another planet . We think that leaving Earth permanently would be a bad idea . Instead , we think that half of the human population could stay on Earth while the other half could go to colonise Mars . The group staying on Earth could be healing our home and saving it from global warming trying to make it livable for the next generations , while the group on Mars could be living on the red planet and making it suitable to live in .
Mars should have its political government systems similar to Earth . The two planets should be alike , because if there is an emergency on either planet then humankind could immigrate to the other planet and continue its life there . That ’ s why we think that Mars and Earth should be similar to each other so that people can readjust easily .
Who knows , maybe this mission of going to Mars will be a success and the next generations of humans will view it differently than how we look at it now … Maybe we ’ ll even start living on other planets like Venus . Perhaps , humans will be resistant to different weather conditions and be able to inhabit other planets closer to the Sun . Who knows what the future holds for us .
Overall , we think that if we are going to colonise Mars then we should do it without taking risks . We should be very careful of everything we do because we don ’ t know what ’ s out there .