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NASA is planning on sending astronauts on mars by 2030. They would live on Mars and explore and try to find resources to use on Earth.

Some of the challenges of living on Mars would be there is no water, oxygen or food.  So they have to get creative to try to survive.

LIVING: You will live in a pod that is part of the spaceship that you took to get there. The pod helps protect you from the cold temperatures (-80F) and shelter you from dust storms. The pod has a gym, shower, bunk room, internet access, and a kitchen. It has an electric heater that keeps the bunk room warm where you sleep. The electricity comes from solar panels. Mars’ atmosphere is 95% carbon dioxide which is a problem for us because we breathe in oxygen.  The pod has tanks and hoses to pump oxygen in so that you can breathe in the bunker.
Your pod is part of a colony of researchers. They use inflatable hallways to connect all the pods and they use Martian bricks to solidify the hallways and pods. All these buildings make a colony. Eventually the colony has labs and other buildings. When you want to go out exploring you take a rover - it fits 2 people.

FOOD AND WATER: You will bring food and water from NASA with you when you go. When the water runs out you have a system that filters “
used water” aka sweat a pee back into drinkable water.  There will be a greenhouse in which Earth fruits and vegetables can live - the greenhouse protects from sand storms and cold temperatures.  They also have fish that were brought over from Earth that live in tanks.

JOURNEY: However the journey to mars was not easy, you had to train for many years. You learned many things including mechanical skills, and first aid skills. You also deal with physical training thus the gym in your pod.
 DRIMMER, STEPHANIE WARREN. "Life on MARS." National Geographic Kids, no. 455, Nov. 2015, p. 26. EBSCOhost, libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/authmaine.asp?url=https://search-ebscohost-com.ursus-proxy-10.ursus.maine.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN=110372123&site=ehost-]]> 2018-04-30 13:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/230193/gi0d0d7odb0l/wish/256510488