McDowell

5 Days In Mars

SAMUEL ISAI GARCIA CERDA

 Counting the days

Day 1-How is this compound

- Graphics

Day 2 How would it be to live there?

Day 3 Analytical data

Day 4 What Happened With Wonder

Day 5-The Earth View From Mars-Mars Seen From The

Earth
 Day 1

On the basis of data observed mainly

from the Martian orbit, it has been
deduced that the atmospheric
composition of the planet is
fundamentally: carbon dioxide in
95.3%, with 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6%
argon and traces molecular oxygen
(0.15%), carbon monoxide (0.07%)
and water vapor (0.03%)
1-Nucleus It is calculated that its nucleus
is
Similar to the Earth with a diameter
1,700 KM

2-Mantle The Mantle Maintains a

Diameter
About 5018 km

3-Cortex of About 80 Km
 Grooved of Craters Discarding Mount Olympus
A Huge Volcano Measures Circulate Between
The 25 Km of Height. Its Composed Atmosphere
In 95 percent of CO-2
And Although It Presents Polar Cassettes Are Formed
By Dry Ice
Its Average Temperature Circulates The 145- Degrees
 Day 2

The idea of finding life on Mars, or

arriving with humans and colonizing the
red planet has been present both in the
popular imagination and in the scientific
community itself. Space explorations on
Mars have gained prominence as there
are more and better technological tools,
but the truth is that life has not yet been
found on Mars and we are certainly far
from being able to colonize it.

To imagine what it would be like to live

on Mars, we must know what the
characteristics of the planet are, in
contrast to those of the Earth. This
comparison is important in order to think
about how life on Earth could adapt to
Martian life.
 The gravity of Mars is similar to that of Mercury,
about a third of Earth's gravity. The average
temperature on Earth is 290 degrees Kelvin,
which equals 16.85 degrees Celsius. On the
other hand, the average temperature on Mars is
210 degrees Kelvin, which equals -63.15º C. The
temperature variation on Mars is also very large,
it can go from -125º C near the poles, up to 20º C
at noon near the geographical equator.

On Mars one day lasts hardly one hour more

than on Earth. Our days are 23.94 hours while
the Martian days equals 24.63 Earth hours.
Regarding the years, a year on Earth lasts 365
days, while one on Mars lasts 687.

The characteristic reddish color of Mars

comes from the iron oxide that dominates
the surface, covered by huge geographical
features such as volcanoes and craters,
which are the product of strong impacts.
Mars has the largest volcano in the Solar
System, Mount Olympus, which rises 25
kilometers above the surface of the planet.
 The density of Mars is only 1% of the density
of the Earth, and its atmosphere is 100 times
thinner than the Earth's atmosphere. It is
composed mainly of carbon dioxide (more
than 95%), almost 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6% argon
and lower percentages of oxygen and carbon
monoxide.

Now that we have all the information we need, we can

imagine what life would be like on Mars. Let's start with the
climatic factors. The temperature on Mars is very different
from that on Earth, and this is mainly due to its distance from
the sun, although it also depends on its own atmospheric
characteristics.

Life as we know it here on Earth should go through a long

and complex evolutionary process before adapting to such
different temperatures. The only place on Mars where there
is a temperature similar to the average temperature of the
Earth is at its geographical equator, but only in the midday
environment.

Another element of the climate that must be taken into

account are the intense dust storms, the largest,
strongest and most durable of the entire Solar System.
The wind can reach 100 kilometers per hour, and the
storm lasts for months.

What do you think? Will it be possible to

colonize Mars sometime? What do you
think of the other planets?
 Day 3

Since the conquest of Mars began in 1960, more

than 40 missions have been launched to the red
planet that have provided valuable information
about the second most habitable world in the
solar system. The main operations are the
following:

1960. The first time that human beings sent a

rocket to Mars was on October 10, 1960, but a
failure in the launch put an end to the Soviet
mission Marsnik 1.

1964. The United States, immersed then in a

space race against the Soviet Union, was the first
to approach Mars. In 1964, after several failures
of both powers, the Mariner 4 mission reached
9,846 kilometers of the red planet and managed
to send to Earth 21 black and white photographs
of Mars.

In 1971 the USSR launched the expeditions Mars

2 and Mars 3. The first managed to orbit around
that planet and photograph it and the second
placed on its surface a device that worked for 20
seconds. Both captured 60 photographs.
 Day 4

The space robot Opportunity has

detected in the rocks that it has analyzed
traces of the erosion caused by water
waves, that the technicians of the
American space administration explain
by the action of the waves of a sea on
the seabed. In addition, it has detected
remains of chlorine and bromine in this
area, which makes them think that these
waters were rich in salt.

After a failed attempt, which was left with the

wheels hanging on the edge, the robot has
finally managed to climb the crater in which he
landed almost two months ago, and has begun
the exploration of a new landscape, leaving
behind the boiler . And before the eyes of the
scientists of the NASA a desert has appeared
torn by marks of erosion that in a few hours
they have turned into the bed of an ancient sea
of salty waters.

American scientists already knew that

Opportunity landed on January 25 on an area,
the Meridiani Planum, which was once covered
by water.
Day 5 The Last Day of Your
Trip