They did this because this volcano resembled Mars, and they wanted to know and prepare to see if humans could live on Mars. These astronauts lived in the two-story High Seas Research Station, with two stories. It seemed like humans could live in something like that High Seas Research Station. However, I don’t want to go to a distant planet – here’s why.
Those astronauts may think people can survive on Mars, but they forget to think about what might or might not happen if they do something like this. The volcano Mauna Loa definitely did look like Mars, but it absolutely wasn’t going to act like Mars. Maybe Mars had some human-dangerous characteristics that they did not experience on the volcano. This situation applies to other planets we “can” live on as well. How do these astronauts know we will survive on different planets? We have no answer to that, and no proof of how we will survive.
Earth is a lot more preferable than other planets, in my opinion, since it has everything we need to live-simply. We can also have a larger and more sheltered habitat to live in, which is way better than living on other planets. If we want something, we can get anything very easily on Earth. A NASA astronaut said: “As future missions to Mars will have, for example, there’s freeze-dried food, this is beef. (Shows you a can of “beef”) You can see it’s basically kind of looks like dog food…” This makes me sure that people cannot survive so easily and happily on other planets.
Unlike other planets, living on Earth is safe. It is critical for our survival that we must choose the safest place to live. Earth is a much safer and better planet than any other one since it can provide us with an adequate amount of food, clean water, and oxygen that is suitable for us to breathe in. On the other hand, other planets like Mars have dust storms, meaning Mars is not capable of providing us with a lot of clean oxygen. Venus is a very dry and hot planet, so Venus is not able to give us an adequate supply of water to drink. All the other planets don’t have people, and without people, food can’t be planted or made.
Aside from Earth being safer than other planets, life on this planet is a lot simpler than life on the other planets. On other planets, it is hard to get things you want and need. But, on Earth, you have a cell phone and a car; you have markets, malls, and shops. Besides, you can spend time with your friends more easily.
Furthermore, Earth has a better temperature than all of the other planets. This is because Earth is towards the center of the planets that are all orbiting the sun, and the planets that are closer to the sun will be scorching hot, while the planets further from the sun will be bitterly cold. Since Earth is orbiting the sun in between these two kinds of planets, Earth will have a good, regulated temperature.
“Spreading out into space will have an even greater effect. It will completely change the future of the human race and maybe determine whether we have any future at all,” said Stephen Hawking. Going into space and living on different planets may definitely be the coolest thing in the world (according to some people who love to explore space). But, it is dangerous to go out in space when some planets can be hazardous, leading to atrocious circumstances.
At the moment, astronauts are still thinking about whether or not humans should live on other, distant planets. They are also leading us to trouble since I know that we can’t survive on other planets. We MUST stop them and let them know they are wrong because they need to think about the aftermath of this ridiculous idea.
Source: nasa.gov