What If We Try And Colonize Mars?

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Published 2019-06-27
From the desire to go there, to the consequences if we do, join us as we ask the question of what happens if we try and colonize Mars?

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7. To Boldly Go
Before we break down all the pros and cons of colonizing a place like Mars, we need to start off with the obvious question. Why do we want to colonize Mars at all? I mean, isn't Earth good enough for us? That's honestly not the right way to think about this. It's not about Earth being "good enough" or "not good enough". It's more of a question of the future of humanity. As I'm sure you've noticed, humanity is growing, and we're slowly starting to overpopulate the planet. The more people that are on Earth, the more resources that are going to be consumed. The worlds' forests are being cut down at an accelerated rate, while the ozone and atmosphere is suffering because of our use of carbon emissions.

6. The Distance Problem
To answer that question, let's go ahead and ask the biggest problem/hurdle that is facing humanity when it comes to trying to colonize Mars (mars colony). Mainly...it's very far away. Now sure, when you look at a map of our solar system, you're going to see that Earth and Mars are "close together'. As Earth is the 3rd planet in the solar system while Mars is the 4th. So you'd think that they would be "close enough together" to make it a short trip, right? Wrong. You see, if you were to measure the distance between Earth and Mars, you'd find that they are 33.9 million miles apart. To put that into context for you, we could travel to the moon and back about 69 times to get to that distance. And as I'm sure you're aware, humanity has a hard enough time landing on the moon, so trying to go and reach a planet that is many, many, MANY times the distance away as the moon? Yeah, that's a problem.

5. We're Going To Need A Bigger Boat
I want you to think about what it means to colonize a planet. Technically speaking, colonization occurs when you grow something on the place you're setting down. But if we're thinking about it in the "big picture" sense.. So, if we're being fair and generous, let's say that we decide to try and colonize Mars with say...20-30 people.

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Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:17 Boldly Go
02:26 Distance
04:41 Bigger Boat
06:30 Colonize Mars
08:15 Spark of Inspiration
09:42 Emergency Situation

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All Comments (21)
  • @via_xxo
    3019: what if we went back to earth!?
  • @AneudiD78
    I heard about a handful of scientists, with cutting edge technology revealing antigravity propulsion which could get us to Mars in five days. 100 to 300 days to get to Mars is unexpectable.
  • @Muuip
    Exploration is one of humanity's greater purpose. Ideally other planets can be colonized in a way that help us improve what we already have, earth.
  • @greenw6584
    If it wasn't for Spacex I dont believe none of the other private space companies would have started up and we would still have NASA in the current state that its in now. Less so probably. And they would still be using the ULA to launch for almost a billion dollars per launch. Everyone needs to support SpaceX or we are never getting off this damn planet. Great video, keep the content coming. This all adds to the momentum to occupy space. Maybe produce some content that shows people how they can help the movement.
  • @antonnym214
    8:48 you say space shuttles got us to the moon and back several times. That's wrong. A space shuttle has never left Earth orbit. It was the Apollo program that took us to the moon six times.
  • @Vadapalli_Vivek
    can i know the source of where you collected all data please
  • We need to return to stable nation state democracies where the most successful cultures continue the progress of humanity without being bogged down by failed cultures.
  • @tonysa3914
    We need multiply colony's on mars under ground to protect from meters and a space ship for a base
  • Very interesting video as usual. In think we have the tendency to under evaluate the effect of the martian low gravity on human body and all living things. All we have on earth have not been built for martian gravity and the long term consequences on the very structure of leaving things will be of importance.
  • @Tarorc79
    We will go, we will fail, we will overcome, adapt and stand victorious ! -Humanity
  • @JHKanus
    Can one goes into the space by digging down the earth surface?
  • Several years ago I had a look at 3 factors: Speed, Distance and Duration of the human life (or time). Clearly, if we want to do anything serious in terms of space exploration, we won't get there with rocket science. If all the resources actualy waisted in rocket development were put toghether in search of a real space engine, we would probably be able to travel back and forth to Mars within a few days by the end of the next decade. One important question concerning Mars is whether or not it is possible for human beings to survive healthy with the low gravity on the planet. Same thing for the food, plants and animals we will need to grow to feed the colony. Good video, thanks for sharing.
  • @netshaman9918
    "And Mars does'nt have an atmosphere..." False, it have one but it is not breathable.
  • @davidsimons5764
    All these interesting videos on this site they are fun to watch
  • @honey4xi
    4:50 Bringing people to live on Mars is one of the hard works. Also, bringing good soils from Earth to Mars for growing produces are better than the soils on Mars since there's water there. South East Asian soils are the most soil fertility for growing green produces. How much soils are needed to bring to Mars for growing foods to feed the colonized population? What kinds of seeds or plants can grow well on Mars?
  • @josephakwa7718
    Let's first apply our mind to the very initial reason we want to colonise another planet (Mars) - the fact that we have overly populated planet earth and almost succeeded in destroying it. Why don't we try to fix that mess first even if we are able to colonise Mars. Let's just agree that humanity doesn't necessarily have right to do as we please with everything in the universe and around us. If we were a bit less selfcentered, the rest of creation would be at peace - we just don't know why things exist the way they are. We must agree we are such destructive creatures our ambitions need to be curtailed. As to how and who does the curtailment, let's apply of mind.
  • @Otis-Spunks
    A need for exploration is only one part of why historical expansions happened. The other part is war time strategic advancement, ships rose to prominence because they could move armies across bodies of water faster than on foot by land. The moon landing happened because it was a race between an enemy to higher ground (literally and metaphorically). A better way to describe why we make these leaps in technology is an innate desire for competition, be it against ourselves or others.
  • Nothing is Impossible it just take a little longer to Invent it. good video.
  • @davidtekaat246
    I have looked at a lot of videos about colonizing the moon & Mars. And I haven't found any with my same ideas. I think we should set up a moon colony on earth. We should have inflatable domes, which we cover with 3D printers with simulated moon mortar. The domes should be connected to each other by inflatable tunnels covered with simulated moon mortar. There should be living quarters, hydroponic green houses, gardens with garden soil for recreational gardening, a 5 acre pasture with one inch of garden soil and one inch of grass turf, a park with artificial turf and with small sections of real grass turf, and maybe even a very small zoo. All the domes will have plastic floors so no water is lost. Condensation forming on the ceilings will be drained into the water supply. All the domes will be blown up with compressed air from earth and will have a refresh system, which will refresh the air and maintain the air pressure. Humidity, Temperature will be maintained by humidifiers, heaters, fans and coolers. Light will be provided by multi-color LEDs, mostly white. Power will be supplied at first by solar power, and later by nuclear or fusion power. All water will be re-cycled, almost zero loss of water. There will be a bull, a cow, two sheep, and two goats, two chickens, two turkeys, two fish, and two rabbits. There will also be pets, two dogs, two cats, two bunnies, etc. (and maybe a small zoo) All of this will be set up by astronauts and robots before the colonist arrive. The first colonist will be 5 fathers and 5 mothers, and 90 babies. The parents will be good parents, gardeners, farmers, zoo keepers, teachers, etc.. During the first two years an exact duplicate facility will be built on the moon. When the babies are two years old, they will move to the moon and live on the moon. Or if it is proven that they will be too young to travel to the moon than the facility on earth will be added to, to accommodate 10 more parents and 90 more babies. The two year olds would move into the new addition. Every two years the facility will be either added to, or 100 people will move to the moon. This plan will allow the kids to grow up in the isolation of the colony, and will make it easier for them to live in the isolation of the colony on the moon. And will allow them to grow up on the moon and be better able to adjust to the lower gravity on the moon, although some artificial gravity maybe eventually provided. This artificial gravity will especially be good for the parents. The kids will have everything in the facility to keep them occupied and entertained. Also they could have some books, movies, games, etc., especially adapted for them, being careful not to give them anything that would make them feel isolated. After 20 years there could be 2000 people living on the moon, most of whom grew up on the moon. This program could be speeded up so in 20 years there could be 4000, 6000, or 8000 people living on the moon. This program could be simultaneously done to colonize Mars so we could have 2000 people on the Moon and Mars at the same time. For the moon we could send supplies every month, but for Mars we could only send supplies every 26 months. So I suggest we send 10, 20, or 30 rockets to Mars every 26 months all at the same time. We could have several refueling stations along the way to mars and orbiting mars so rockets could refuel along the way to mars and right before landing on mars so the empty rocket would have enough fuel to take off again, refuel in space and return to Earth. Eventually the colonist could grow trees, bamboo, and other plants for raw materials that could be used for making things. Eventually the moon and Mars could export minerals or small expensive items that were assembled on the moon or Mars, like jewelry, iphones, iwatches, etc. Or grown on the moon like caviar, marijuana, etc. What do you think ? :-)