Curious Kids: Can people colonize Mars?
- Written by Anita Sengupta, Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Astronautics, University of Southern California
References
- ^ Curious Kids (theconversation.com)
- ^ curiouskidsus@theconversation.com (theconversation.com)
- ^ first Martian will be a person (www.businessinsider.com)
- ^ humanity’s first extraterrestrial colony (origins.osu.edu)
- ^ the Curiosity Rover (mars.jpl.nasa.gov)
- ^ find out if the planet can sustain small lifeforms (mars.nasa.gov)
- ^ professor of astronautics (viterbi.usc.edu)
- ^ put the first humans on Mars by the 2030s (www.nasa.gov)
- ^ developed new rockets (mars.nasa.gov)
- ^ designed to be (cleantechnica.com)
- ^ more energy (www.nasa.gov)
- ^ efficient (www.nasa.gov)
- ^ CC BY-ND (creativecommons.org)
- ^ seven and nine months (www.universetoday.com)
- ^ fuel efficiency (www.space.com)
- ^ positive or negative charge (www.wisegeek.com)
- ^ behave like a magnet (sciencing.com)
- ^ static electricity (theconversation.com)
- ^ rub a balloon on your head (www.scientificamerican.com)
- ^ ion thruster (www.nasa.gov)
- ^ plasma and electromagnetic forces (futurism.com)
- ^ efficiently and quickly (theconversation.com)
- ^ have been used before (solarsystem.nasa.gov)
- ^ food, water, air and other equipment (www.space.com)
- ^ future human colonies will need (www.usatoday.com)
- ^ circle around the planet (solarsystem.nasa.gov)
- ^ International Space Station (www.nasa.gov)
- ^ orbits around the Earth (www.space.com)
- ^ entry capsule (ntrs.nasa.gov)
- ^ aerodynamic drag (www.grc.nasa.gov)
- ^ inflatable heat shield (www.nasa.gov)
- ^ retrorockets (education.jsc.nasa.gov)
- ^ after entering the planet’s atmosphere (www.britannica.com)
- ^ Mars has a thin atmosphere (www.space.com)
- ^ primarily of carbon dioxide (doi.org)
- ^ -81 degrees Fahrenheit (nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov)
- ^ surface radiation levels are higher (www.space.com)
- ^ able to sustain itself (www.nasa.gov)
- ^ underground water (www.planetary.org)
- ^ plants that can survive extreme cold (doi.org)
- ^ produce oxygen (www.livescience.com)
- ^ CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com (theconversation.com)
Authors: Anita Sengupta, Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Astronautics, University of Southern California
Read more http://theconversation.com/curious-kids-can-people-colonize-mars-122251