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by Joe Murray
A journey to Mars can be made relatively safely with acceptable hazards for the crew, but not by conventional means. After nearly a decade of research for my first novel, "Traj...read more
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Mankind's insatiable quest for knowledge and conquest has driven us above the clouds, where we once believed heaven was. We conquered the myth that the Earth was flat, that hea...read more
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Is space travel to the planet Mars too dangerous? At this time of humanity, it may be too dangerous for the human race NOT to pursue space travel to Mars. We humans are a com...read more
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Too dangerous for What exactly? 1. The Space Shuttle? No, We have sent machines to mars before that are still living there with No major problems. 2. The Animals that w...read more
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These types of questions are always asked by those that would rather imagine nothing than imagine the impossible. Living is dangerous. We need to learn to dream wildly again. As...read more
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by Ivan-ac
Is flying in an airplane too dangerous? Is sailing across an entire ocean, not knowing for sure what's on the other side too dangerous? Before it was done, many people would hav...read more
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by Darren 'Jay Bee' 8 'White Gold 17.5'
To travel to Mars: Using today's technologies that can trace energy elements from protons, and the traces of energy particles that are caused through reactions, going to mars on...read more
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Considering present day technology, it may be too dangerous, but that is not to say a concentrated effort to eliminate all the risks involved would make it any less dangerous. A...read more
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by Jowey Styxx
No, providing that we do not have an extinction event we will colonize the Solar System, including Mars. We have the technology to accomplish the mission, what we do not have i...read more
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by Ray Burke
Is Space Travel to the Planet Mars too Dangerous? Is it too dangerous to go to Mars? No, it is not. Some people cite the dangers of cosmic radiation, technical difficulties, ...read more
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The trip to mars becomes more feasible with each passing day. The question of radiation has been addressed by shielding an inner room of the craft with supplies. Ion propulsi...read more
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Consider this! By taking the negative option by merely doing nothing, we can be assured of a delivery of an Earth impacting comet or asteroid in a timely fashion. We have the me...read more
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by Odin Kyle
Space travel to Mars is not too dangerous to attempt. When one makes a determination of the risk of any significant endeavour it must be weighed against the gains. Exploration a...read more
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by David Kramer
A mission to Mars is certainly dangerous, but not as dangerous as not going to Mars. More people will die at birth, in car accidents, and from obesity this year than have ever d...read more
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by Tinghui Ng
Is space travel to the planet Mars too dangerous? Before answering this question, the most important issue here is to define "too dangerous". What do we mean by "too dangerou...read more
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If people want to go to Mars next month it would be too dangerous, yet if they don't develop tha capacity to go to Mars within a decade or two the collateral failure of human te...read more
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To my mind space travel is dangerous . It is dangerous in that people can die. However it is not too dangerous if all steps are taken to preserve life. If humans were over conce...read more
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Is Space Travel to the Planet Mars too Dangerous? How do you define "too dangerous"? Driving a race car, hang gliding, rock climbing, tight rope walking, sky diving. Are no...read more
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by dlmetz
Is space travel to Mars too dangerous? Too bad I can't do this with just one word although it would be no. Is there dangers? Yes! But isn't there dangers in all journeys? Ev...read more
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This question begs to be broken down into it's component parts. What I mean is that one could answer both ways. Right now, without the proper research, if we were to attempt t...read more
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by Gunter Chang
Of course travel to Mars, 150 million miles of hard vacuum and cosmic radiation away, is too dangerous and it will probably remain so for the foreseeable future. This question i...read more
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by Mark Daly
Yes, the dangers associated with travel to Mars far outweigh any benefit that may accrue from a manned mission. Until space travel to the Moon has been perfected I don't believe...read more
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The Cold War race to put a man on the moon inspired a generation to gaze upwards and ponder our place in the heavens. It was an outstanding technical achievement and the sight ...read more
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Take a Lunch Although there have been spectacular tragedies in space exploration programs, they have been used in a progressive learning curve that will ultimately result in...read more
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Space travel to Mars is still too dangerous. Science, especially applied science is not sufficiently developed to make a space craft safe enough for a Mars expedition. One of ...read more
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Human space travel to planet Mars will require huge payloads of material, merchandise, supplies, etc., that are larger than the unmanned spacecraft itself. The fact remains that...read more
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by Reiko Yukawa
As always when one asks a question, one must be sure one is asking the right question. Yes, space travel is dangerous in general, but that is not the whole picture. Unmanned mis...read more
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Space travel to Mars is undoubtedly feasible, but the cost-benefit ratio in all regards is far too high to justify continued investment. We should not just consider whether it ...read more
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While I think it's great that we landed a man on the Moon.I believe that unlike the Moon, Mars is a planet that is to dangerous for humans to travel to.The fact that the same S...read more
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A large percentage of adults over thirty-five, cannot easily tolerate some of the dizzying rides in amusement parks, much less an incredibly fast hundred and fifty million mile ...read more
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by Itay C.
Hollywood has produced numerous features about Mars, usually as the next colonization stop for humanity. But in truth, just surviving the trip to Mars can be challenging enough,...read more
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by Joseph Malek
To travel in space, outside the bounds of Earth, is nothing more than madness at this time. The technology of today clearly does not protect the people within our spacecraft. ...read more
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by Sammy Stein
Travel to Mars is undoubtedly and most definitely dangerous. I find it hard to get halfway along the Central Line without some hold up, train malfunction or pushy guy sticking h...read more
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If we're talking about unmanned probes and robotic cameras then the answer is no but if we were to send people on a mission to Mars then the answer would have to be yes, it is e...read more
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Is travel to the planet Mars too dangerous? Using the most modern technology available it would take almost 6 months to reach the red planet. There are many hazards and logistic...read more
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by Ravi Nayar
I am sure in the decades to come space travel to Mars and beyond would be common place. Applied technology would iron out most of the dangers in a short period of time. But what...read more
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After the "visit" to the Moon by the first humans of the Apollo spaceship in 1969, the following target for humans seems to be MARS, but the first walk of a man on its red s...read more
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It is dangerous in more than one respect. Of course the first thing we think about it that it's dangerous for the people who would make the trip. It's known that being in a spac...read more
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At the moment it might be too dangerous to travel to Mars, this is only my opinion. I don't think it's possible with our current technology; we have to ensure a reasonable amoun...read more
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We are all very curious about Mars. Why is it red? Was there ever water on the surface? Is there life on Mars? It would then make sense to send a manned space craft to Mars ...read more
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