The Martian, Facts about Mars: Part 1

          Mars is one of the 2 main places people think about when they hear "space colonization", The other one being the Moon. It is a very interesting place filled with several things a lot of people probably didn't know about it. So let's get right into it with five fun facts about Mars, that I hope you don't already know:

• First, Mare has about as much landmass as the Earth. Think about it, the Earth is much bigger than Mars, Mars has only 15% Earth's volume and 10% of Earth's total mass, but the Earth is made up of two-thirds water, so the amount of land that we can live on is much less than you would think for a planet as big as Earth.
• As of September 2014, there have been 40 missions sent to Mars, with only 18 being successful. Many of them failed because they were sent before space travel was at its peak and moon expeditions were risky, which meant Mars missions at that time would have been a lot harder than it is today with our new technologies
• A year on Mars is 300 days longer than it is here on Earth. Mars is much further away from the sun, which means it must travel a much longer orbit, and this isn't even including the speed at which it orbits at, which is also slower than Earth's.
• Mars has 62.5% less gravity than Earth. It you want to go on a diet, I would recommend going to mars because it will make you feel a lot lighter. Not only that, but basketball would be a breeze and the hoop would have to be made two to 3 times higher. This also was believed to cause a problem for plants due to some of their short roots, but it was simulated and it did not end up being a problem after all.
• The temperature on Mars ranges from -284 degrees F (-140 degrees C) to 86 degrees F (30 degrees C). This is due to the fact that it is further away from the sun, but due to its similar tilt, it has different seasons that all very in temperature greatly. Not only that, but the seasons are twice as long because the year is twice as long, so there are a lot of unpleasant days on Mars. However, I am sure that by the time we start colonizing Mars there will be an AC and a heater strong enough to make those climates more hospitable, Also, the temperature will naturally increase if we colonize because the atmosphere will increase in density and trap in some heat.

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