From the very beginning of its existence, a reasonable person gravitated to the knowledge of the world and its mysteries.And he wanted to gain knowledge, not only about those things, which are usually dealt not only those places where his life took place.He wanted to know more.
Probably from the moment when the person was made the first ascent of his head to the sky, and his interest dates back to the fact that there are outside its direct activities.After all, turning his gaze upward, and he saw a huge yellow sun and the moon, and a myriad of stars that stretched over the vast expanse of the heavens, among which was a very unusual star with a bright orange, even the fiery glow - the planet Mars.
Over time, a person became interested in things of universal scale.Are there extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrial civilizations, other races of intelligent beings?And today one of the most important and pressing issues was the question of whether there is life on Mars.Why there?In this small article we will do a brief overview of the information available on this subject.
inhabitants of ancient Egypt and Babylon, it was called the Red Star.Pythagoras offered to give her the name of Piraeus, meaning "fiery".The ancient Greeks called it Ares (Ares - Greek god of war).And as in Roman mythology was the god of war Mars, the planet and eventually came to be called.While in Russia to the XVIII century in everyday life were Greek names of the planets, and because Mars is called Areem or Harris.
Today was done a lot of space missions to Mars (successful or not), which allowed a lot to learn about it.Mars is the fourth from the Sun (after the Earth), the planet and our closest cosmic neighbor (along with Venus).The distance from the Sun - 228 million km.And on Earth - 55,760,000 km (when the position of the Earth is exactly between Mars and the Sun), and 401 million km (when the sun's position is exactly between Mars and Earth).Its diameter is equal to 6670 km, which is almost two times smaller than the diameter of the Earth.
atmosphere is 75% carbon dioxide, and the remaining 25% - carbon dioxide mixed with water vapor.It makes life on Mars, to put it mildly, unlikely.However, climatic conditions theoretically allow for the possibility of the existence on the surface of water in a liquid state.The water, as is known, the source of life.The atmospheric pressure at the planet 160 times below the earth.The air temperature during the day about +15 ° C, and at night drops to -80 ° C (at the poles to -143 ° C).The planet's surface is cold, desolate and dry.A sandstorm to black dwarf the sky for weeks and months.
Whatever it was Mars - the only one of all the planets, the most similar to Earth, and the most suitable for life.All new and new pictures of the Martian surface indicate that Mars was a time when water plays a significant role - were discovered formations resembling rivers and places where there might be lakes and even the sea.
Some scientists hypothesize about what life on Mars, but then there was a strong ecological catastrophe (the fall of giant meteorites) or even war (nuclear bomb), destroy all life on the planet.Theoretically, this can serve as evidence of a huge crater on the surface of Mars, stretching far into its depths
serious research in our time are subjected to Martian meteorites have been found in various parts of the world.The first information about them dates back to the year 1984 yet.And in 1996, it was reported found in one of the meteorites traces of the activity of biological organisms.Also it was found methane - a gas which can not itself long exist in the atmosphere, and hence it somehow highlighted.The source of it, of course, may be volcanoes Mars, but may be a bacterium.
official data is also the fact that the red planet made a lot of puzzling findings.For example, the Martian sphinx face, facing the sky, as well as a variety of holes and the correct form of education that can be pyramids.
In addition, evidence that the US authorities have evidence that Mars found life, may be the fact that many of the images taken during Mars expeditions were carefully hidden or even destroyed on the orders "from above".And in conversations with representatives of the government and various state structures was an explicit insincerity and desire to hide something.
But the greatest excitement now there is not even this around, and around an expedition to Mars.The company Mars One plans to send humans to Mars in order to prepare the ground for future colonization of a new planet.News stunning, but not pleased with the fact that this will be a one-way flight.Modern technologies allow to create a device on which people can get to Mars and land on its surface.But they do not allow the launch of the planet, to return back to Earth.There is an official statement that the company Mars One has already found sponsors and got the first money for the project.
Special details about irretrievable expedition is small.But we know that it will be attended by 4 persons, and has already begun the selection of volunteers (though in permanent mission, their incredible number and continue to emerge).Start of the expedition is planned for 2023.If that happens, the people on the red planet will land in 2027.Throughout his later life they will spend in the Martian settlement, previously built for them by robots, rimmed earlier.
in July 2015 is already planned to complete the selection of applicants for flight.There will be 24 next 7 years the team of 4 people will be preparing for the mission.
At the same time, NASA plans to send the first interplanetary expedition to Mars even further - to the asteroid belt.On this expedition, there is practically no information at all.But we know that the flight will last longer flight to Mars (over four years).And the members of the expedition will be able to return to Earth.
In conclusion, it is worth noting that the exact answer to the question of whether there is life on Mars now can not give one.Are ongoing disputes.There are all new data.Delivers new theories and hypotheses.But one thing is for sure: Mars - a planet where life is possible.Let us hope that further study of this question in the relatively near future will be able to give us a reliable answer.Who knows, perhaps our closest cosmic neighbors - it Martians ?!
