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Although Mars may seem colonizable, we would have to start all over again in terms of establishing life, which is extremely inefficient. This will most likely cost many lives as seen when Jamestown was attempted to be established. There may have been some sources of water found on Mars but that won't be enough for a living and growing population. Concerns about polluted water are also to be kept in mind when it comes to colonizing a new area. Not only are resources a major concern, moving to another planet to establish new life would be extremely more complicated than just moving to somewhere around Earth. Relying on the spaceships to bring food to Mars won't work because of how long the trip is to get to Mars. Two of the reasons that most new life establishments fail is because of disease and famine (lack of food). If growing crops on Mars is unsuccessful, then we basically don't have any hope for Mars colonization. Temperatures and atmospheres are also completely different which adds another problems we need to worry about. The colonists that moved to Jamestown didn't need to worry about not being able to breathe the air of a new planet but now we do.

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I don't think that we should colonize mars because of the harsh climate and lack of resources and even if we can it doesn't mean we should. And like Jamestown mars has a lack of resources and has some environmental issues that we are not adapted to. A major reason jamestown failed was because of the environmental issues that later on cause more problems like drought and starvation. Although I believe that we could find solutions for this and a way to grow crops on mars I do think that the building of a stable colony would be impracticable and take a very long time with almost no room for mistakes. And these are some reasons I believe we should not colonize mars.

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Hania Qureshi:
NASA!
I do not think we should colonize Mars, this is because that the environment is unsafe with the conditions on this planet. The temperature on mars is not good for humans, Earth's temperature is suitable for humans and mars would not be. Sometimes it can get really cold at Mars. The atmosphere is also way thinner than the atmosphere on Earth! Most of the air would be composed of carbon dioxide. So in all I think that Mars would not be a suitable place to colonize!

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The English settled in Jamestown to gain territory and settle there and they were successful. (America can gain/claim more territory on Mars)When they arrived there and settled they grew tobacco and they would sell it. (when we colonize mars we plant vegetables we can have a big farm of vegetables and fruits)They would sell the tobacco to other continents and grow their wealth by this source.  The tobacco shaped their development of the colony(when we have a farm of vegetables or fruit we can sell it to other countries on Earth or Mars and we can use that money to develop our settlement on Mars) 110 settlers arrived at Jamestown and 70 were dead by December however, they didn’t stop they kept sending more people to settled and eventually they overcame the disease and starvation( we will send people to mars and we’re going to send several missions and that is coming from me be with no doubt we’re going to send only one crew. Therefore more people will settle on mars and repopulate)

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Mars would not be a good place to colonize because there is no air or food. That means we would starve to death and we would not be able to breath. We would all die very fast. Mars will not be a good place to settle on.

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21st Century Colonization:

"Mars is the new world"

(The Case for Colonizing Mars, by Robert  Zubrin
From Ad Astra July/August 1996

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As stated in the article that Mars is the new world, we can infer they said this because it is the new age of exploration that resembles the discovery of America/colonization of America. This shows that the writer supports my claim because they believe we should explore more/colonize Mars in order to take advantage of the opportunity.

"Mars offers a rich economy with a great abundance of resources"

(The Case for Colonizing Mars, by Robert  Zubrin
From Ad Astra July/August 1996

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With all these resources that cost millions/billions in large amounts, it seems as if we should be taking advantage of this rich economy that can be produced to help mankind.

"Interplanetary commerce will benefit mankind"

(The Case for Colonizing Mars, by Robert  Zubrin
From Ad Astra July/August 1996

This was in the article provided)
Interplanetary commerce will allow the introduction of ideas, goods and resources that may be unavailable or prohibitively expensive from a native source. This will bring a new age of innovation/ideas that will help us advance in technology as well as a society.

“The true value of America back when the colonists were exploring it was actually a future home for a new branch of human civilization, one that as a combined result of its humanistic descendants and its frontier conditions was able to develop into the most powerful engine for human progress and economic growth the world has ever seen. -Every feature of Frontier American life that acted to create a practical can-do culture of innovating people will apply to Mars a hundred-fold.”

(The Case for Colonizing Mars, by Robert  Zubrin
From Ad Astra July/August 1996

This was in the article provided)

This quote from The Case for Colonizing Mars, by Robert Zubrin From Ad Astra July/August 1996 shows that the true value was never actually a logistical support base for West Indies sugar and spice trade, inland fur trade, or as a potential market for manufactured goods. The actual value had much more meaning behind it, which is shown in the quote. It’s amazing how great of a value colonizing America held to society as a whole and how much it changed the world. If Mars were to be explored/colonized like America, the results would apply a hundred fold, creating a new age of innovation.

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Jamestown: One of the reasons why the colonization of Jamestown failed was because of the lack of water source. Although people say that there is enough water on Mars, we do not know the exact amount. It can lead to conflict between people and it would become very hard to adjust to the climate and area. Also disease could also be a problem like it was a problem in the people of Jamestown. We do not know what kind of new diseases we could get in Mars and the effects to them. The lack of food was also one of the main reasons to the failure of Jamestown. There may be food in Mars, but probably not enough to live off of. That's some reasons why I think we shouldn't colonize Mars.

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I didn't finish all of the assignments yet, but I believe that we shouldn't colonize Mars for many reasons. I believe that the Jamestown was my strongest argument. In Jamestown, many colonists struggled to live there because lack of water, food, harsh weather, etc.

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Colonizing Mars will be a really difficult mission to complete. Approximately it takes around 7 months to get to mars from earth. So if we were able to send a human out there then it would take him around half a year. It will be really dangerous to survive up there. I don't think we have the technology to travel that far with a spaceship. Well although it can give us many benefits going to mars we still don't know how it is on mars and the weather. I personally think NASA should take a cow or animal to mars and put a camera around its neck to record all the events. Many people think it's easy to go to mars but it is extremely hard to send a human up to space because its so big.

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I don't think we should colonize mars. Although it has many resources, this can lead to some set backs that interfere with the environment. It can cause diseases, harsh weather/climate and even starvation. In Mars, the water might not be fresh and clean which can cause bacterial infections and even deaths resulting to diseases. Mars may not be a good place to settle in.

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Mars colonization Yes or No - Xiomy Quintanar

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Mars colonization Yes or No - Xiomy Quintanar

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My claim is we should not. colonizing mars is just a way to run away from the problems we created and we should instead focus on the actual issues like climate change and stuff etc...If people were to start to colonize it, there would be lots of risky things such as starvation. If there is no clean water, people would die. Jamestown wasn't at its best with starvation and no clean water, that would also kill more people. Many diseases would spread, people would die. This is my reason on why we should not colonize mars.

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Mars would not be a good place to colonize because of the cold weather, thin atmosphere, unbreathable air, no known natural plants/life, and unclean water. Much like with Jamestown, the colonists there didn't have pure (fresh) water to drink, so they died from thirst and diseases. The same thing could happen on Mars. Also, people would need to use technology to fill buildings with breathable air, and if something were to break in the system there would be no air left to breathe. Lastly, in Jamestown people were known to die for the cold winter months -- well on Mars it's always cold.

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Choose Yes or No and which section was your strongest point: Jamestown, 21st Century, Invasive Species, NASA

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Choose Yes or No and which section was your strongest point: Jamestown, 21st Century, Invasive Species, NASA

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Colonization from the perspective of Jamestown. Looking at Jamestown there are 4 reasons why it took a steep dive downhill in the beginning. One of which being the lack of water. On mars that would not be a problem. There is plenty of water in the form of ice but that's very easily fixed. Another reason Jamestown was so bad was a Lack of food  . Mars on the other hand will not have this problem. Send the astronaut with some seeds and they’ll  be set. One more reason was that in Jamestown the environment was very bad  . The worst Mars can do is some cold weather. The last reason was how prepared the people of Jamestown were and that was not very. We can fix that with the astronauts though we can tell and prepare them for what they are in for

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Jamestown - If people start to colonize Mars, there can be starvation, droughts, disease, and conflicts. This will cause many people to die and it will be exactly like repeating our history. There were many diseases that caused many colonists to die. On Mars, if there is not enough clean water, it will mean that there is a drought causing people to die. If there is not enough food, people cannot live making them die as well and if there are conflicts from things like food and other rules then war can break out in the middle of mars which can not be good. This shows that colonizing Mars is not a good idea.

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NASA - Colonization on Mars is not as simple as we thought- reasoning based on information from NASA suggests that the Red Planet is off limits for humans because of the harsh environmental conditions. The temperature on Mars is not good for humans since it can become really cold which can cause hypothermia in humans. The atmosphere on Mars is 100 times thinner than on Earth and the amount of air that does exist on Mars is primarily composed of carbon dioxide which does little to protect the surface from the Sun’s harmful rays. On Mars, the radiation is also a barrier when it comes to colonization because it doesn’t block as much radiation as Earth which is harmful. Motivation is also a contributing factor to preventing Mars colonization because people may not find living on Mars very appealing since it would be a step down compared to Earth. This would affect the total number of people colonizing Mars and will not motivate people to keep working on making Mars habitable.

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Jamestown: Though people may say that Mars may have sources of water, it’s extremely low and wouldn’t be possible to become a constant source of life. Much like how the colonists in Jamestown lived right next to a river, but even then there were many setbacks. The toxic soil from Mars could get into the water and create much death.
If growing food on Mars proves unstable and won’t work, then we can’t rely on ships constantly supplying the colony with food. Even when the colonists got resupplies, it wasn’t nearly enough and barely got a few of them to survive.
There is no rainfall on Mars. The closest thing to it is probably toxic radiation, if I’m being honest. It would end up being much worse than the Jamestown drought.
The winters would be detrimental to the health of humans, even with the proper technology, it’s freezing on Mars. Humans weren’t meant to live on a planet other than Earth. There are so many things that could go wrong with the food supply, weather,  and environmental affairs.