Mars is again on the agenda.
Throughout his deal with to a joint session of Congress in March, President Donald Trump stated the USA “will pursue our Manifest Future into the celebrities, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars.”
What does this imply? Manifest future is the assumption, which was significantly widespread in 1800s America, that US settlers have been destined to broaden westward throughout North America. Equally, then, the Trump administration believes it’s the manifest future of People to settle Mars. And he needs his administration to take steps towards engaging in that purpose.
Ought to the US Prioritize Settling Mars?
However ought to we actually do that?
I not too long ago participated in a debate with Shannon Stirone, a distinguished science author, on this subject. The controversy was sponsored by Open to Debate, and professionally moderated by Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan. Spoiler alert: I argued in favor of settlement. I hope you discovered as a lot as I did.