Chinanews, May 26, the popular science book "Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet" was published recently.
Based on the historical experience and development process of human exploration of Mars in the past, the book stands on the future node of the first human landing on Mars in the 2030s, showing various situations that humans will encounter when traveling to Mars.
"Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet" book cover.
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From the perspective of the future, this book spreads out the journey of mankind's exploration of Mars in the way of storytelling, as well as the construction of science and technology and psychology for exploring Mars, popularizing a large amount of knowledge about Mars and manned space technology, while discussing This has established the physical, ethical, environmental, and cultural feasibility of humans using Mars as their second home in the future.
In the future, human beings will take a big step on Mars, which means adapting to extreme environments such as gravitational conditions on Mars, which are about one-third of the Earth, an atmospheric environment with scarce oxygen, and high-intensity radiation from the sun.
So, who should the advance team choose?
How to reach Mars?
During the long and dangerous journey, what emotional and mental fluctuations will the astronauts face?
Can the existing extraterrestrial research experience provide a reference?
Reaching Mars is only the first step. The hard part is how to survive on Mars for a long time.
What are the necessary materials for living on Mars and establishing a base?
How to deal with the harsh fact that you cannot easily return to your home on the earth?
In the book, there are countless scientific researchers on the earth carrying out experimental calculations and structural design to simulate life on Mars in a vast and remote area.
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