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"The second man on the moon" Edwin Aldrin said that people who arrived at the Red Planet, will never return to Earth.

One-way ticket

Even under the most favorable relative position of two planets mission to Mars will take at least half a year. According to the astronaut Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, he has expressed during the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the landing Americans on the moon, there is no point to go this far in order to return quickly. It is incredibly wasteful. And the chances of that round trip flight goes well, small. Other business - one way.

Aldrin says: where an expedition reasonable so that people can immediately arrange a Mars base. And stay forever. How did the first settlers from the Old World to the New. Will volunteers willing to part with the land? Astronaut sure sure there are - many scientists now agree to go to such a sacrifice for the sake of science. Although the mission is unlikely to take place before the 2030 - 2040 period. - At the age of 30 they will be taken away, - says Aldrin. - If people do not change their decision, they can start after 5 years of training. And after 30 years, when they turn 65 and it's time to retire, who knows, maybe we will be able to bring them back. If you want to ...





Suicide is not

Aldrin recently supported the famous physicist and writer, professor at the University of Arizona (USA), Paul Davies.

 - I expounded the idea Buzz NASA conferences, discussions with colleagues in other countries - the response was always positive - says Davis. - Shortage of researchers willing to get a ticket to Mars one way, do not believe bylo.Po physics, the expedition was not to be suicidal. - Mars, with its protective atmosphere, affordable water and carbon dioxide and significant amounts of methane is one of the few places in the solar system capable of supporting human colony - he said. And Aldrin and Davis believe that Mars did have to send several expeditions to restock the very first. And if every flight at one end, they - reserves - can take much more than looking forward to being back. The cost of flights on estimates, can be reduced by 80 percent. - After one or two centuries, colonists will be able to move to self - predicts Professor. He adds that, in addition to its research and development functions, the Martian colony could become a "lifeboat" in the event of a global catastrophe on Earth.



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Colonists kill each other
Future Martians risk not live to retirement, even if they have just enough. A serious obstacle in the development of the Red Planet could be that there is no magnetic field, as usual in the world. And without the colonists threaten mental disorders. At least in animal experiments, scientists are faced with a similar phenomenon.

Simulated Martian conditions in the course of joint research conducted by specialists of the Research Institute of Biology and Biophysics of Tomsk State University and the Institute of Medical-Biological Problems (IBMP). The rats are almost completely isolated from the Earth's magnetic field. According to the leaders of the experiment Natalia Krivova and Kirill Trukhanov, "being on Mars," animals lost their social skills, constantly fought, lost memory. Russian scientists did not test the effect of a magnetic field on reproduction. But the work of their Japanese colleagues have shown that without it - the field - newts freaks are born until the creatures with two heads. If you believe the rumors, the absence of a magnetic field even members feel very close to the Earth expedition "Apollo 11" during the first visit to the moon. They say, if returned, Armstrong and Aldrin terribly quarreled. Just do not face each other beat. In short, nervously broke down. Almost like a rat in Russian experiments. It is possible that future Martians have to create a magnetic field is artificial - at least in the "homes". Otherwise, instead of pensioners over 30 years visitors will come to meet them two-headed offspring. MEANWHILE

According to the Red Planet have someone walking

Snapshot (PSP_008938_1750) was made June 22 last year, from a height of 275 kilometers - there is now an automatic probe MRO. In the lens of its high-resolution cameras got extensive area in the vicinity of the crater Gale. For scientists, it is interesting that here, perhaps, was an ancient lake. But now there is an ice desert, dotted with places of volcanic ash.

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