What Happens Once People Step On Mars?

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What will happen once people step on Mars? Join us today as we explore the possibilities of human survival on Mars and what would likely happen the moment we land on the Red Planet.

Before we begin, we need to answer a very important question;

Out of all the other 7 planets in the Solar System, why Mars?

The reason is Mars is the only planet that exists in the circumstellar habitable zone; a fancy name for planets that can support liquid water if they have sufficient atmospheric pressure.

Water is life. So planets that fall in this zone have the potential of supporting life. Unfortunately, the only other planet that falls in this zone is earth.

So we are stuck with Mars.

The first people to land on Mars will be scientists of various fields. They will be the best at what they do because their main goal will be terraforming Mars.

Many scientists have come up with the most bizarre ideas of Terraforming Mars. Some have suggested nuking the planet so that it develops its own atmosphere. While some have suggested building electromagnets to alter Mars altogether.

While these ideas might seem fancy and almost sci-fi, they are unfeasible. The process of terraforming Mars won't involve explosions and items from a Philip K. Dirk novel.

Instead, it is a fascinating deliberate process that has already begun here on Earth as you watch this video and we will explain it better if you stick around long enough.

For now, let us talk about the rocket that will send our colonizers to Mars.

Let's talk about Starship.

This SpaceX vessel is made up of two parts; the spacecraft and a huge booster rocket called the Super heavy. The spacecraft sits on the booster rockets and together they tower 120 meters high which is the size of a football field and taller than Saturn V, the rocket that sent astronauts to the Moon in 1969.

This means there is more than enough space for people and supplies that will be sent from earth. Starship can carry up to 100 people and it can also lift off a cargo of about 21 metric tonnes which is the equivalent of 5 African Elephants.

Now with everyone in the Starship

How will they take off from Earth and how will they land safely on Mars?

First, we would have to make sure Mars orbit and Earth's orbit are at their closest.

Starship is launched from Earth's surface using SpaceX's super heavy booster which is reusable. So they will separate from the Starship after the spacecraft has launched and return back to earth. Then Starship will enter the Earth's orbit and at the same time, a refuelling tanker will be launched to meet with Starship that will refuel it once more.

Once the Starship has been fully refueled, it will make its way back to Mars.

The trip to Mars will take 9 months and after its long treacherous journey, Starship will be faced with the most difficult part of its journey; landing on the red planet.

The atmosphere on Mars is equivalent to about 1% of Earth's at sea level so landing on its surface will be incredibly tricky.

Starship will have to enter Mars' atmosphere at a speed of 17, 000 mph which is 25 times the speed of sound and once it gets close enough, it will have to decelerate to reduce heat. Then it will perform a specific, first-of-its-kind maneuver in order to land on the Red planet's surface.

So, after landing on Mars, what comes next?

What will our first humans do when they get on the Red planet's surface?

The first priority is self-sustenance.