Want To Explore Mars? Send Humans To The Moons Of Mars First: Phobos And Deimos
Humans to Mars. That’s the plan right? The problem is that sending humans down to the surface of Mars is one of the most complicated and ambitious goals that we can attempt. It’s a huge step to go from low Earth orbit, then lunar landings, and then all the way to Mars, a journey of hundreds of millions of kilometers and 2 years at the least.
But there are two places humans can go which are a stepping stone between Earth and Mars. Base camps that would let us gather our resources in relative safety before dropping down into that gravity well.
I’m talking about the moons of Mars: Phobos and Deimos.
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First, let me congratulate you on your presentation - grafx and crystal clear commentary deserve a mini oscar. Seems to me the big issue is deceleration. 1. How do you decelerate onto the moons? There is zero atmosphere to assist. 2. Given the larger payloads of manned missions, instead of shedding velocity in a vertical descent on mars, why don't we waste it 'horizontally' with maybe three? two? one circumnavigations in atmospheric, controlled descent (with s-turns) in the 'air'?
Tyler, I'm not a scientist by any stretch, but I've watched vids about outer space for ... a LONG time. My vote is that we colonize the moons of Mars FIRST. In fact, I see little reason to go down into that gravity well unless we decide to mine it. To heck with vainly trying to terraform it.
This may not be in you wheelhouse but I've been reading about disparities in measurements of the rate of expansion of the Universe. Maybe you could present a series on the methods used to make the estimates and the significance of those differences.