Jongjin Park
Terrasforming is the Korean word for globalization, which means planetary transformation. It is to create the same temperature and atmosphere as Earth on a planet or satellite other than Earth so that humans can migrate and live there. You might think it is an absurd story like a science fiction novel, but it is said that it is almost possible if you have enough resources with current science and technology.
Astrophysicist Dr Michio Kaku has decided that moving to Mars is the future, not our choice. In addition, many scientists have warned that population explosions, environmental disasters and resource scarcity could force them to establish themselves elsewhere on Earth in the near future.
About 500 years ago, when a new continent was discovered, Europeans migrated to the new continent for various reasons. It was not an easy journey as I had to sail for two months on a yacht. Even after a difficult voyage, many people died due to the unfamiliar environment, diseases, and the resistance of the natives. And today we intend to relocate again. This time away from Earth, Mars is a new colony.
Mars is currently the 0th priority for humans to leave Earth. Thus, globalization refers to the planetary transformation of Mars. Mars has a rotation period of just over 24 hours and has almost the same seasons as Earth is tilted 25 degrees compared to Earth, which is tilted 23.5 degrees.
But there is a problem. It takes three days to reach the moon, but it takes seven months each way to Mars, even using a high-tech rocket. That doesn’t mean it isn’t still a place to go wild.
The history of human exploration of Mars began in 1960 with the Soviet Mars probe Sputnik. In 1976, the United States landed the Vikings on Mars, sent a rover from just before the 21st century, and recently sent a drone helicopter to the Perseverance rover, successfully operating it. China, a latecomer, also managed to land the Kowloon rover.
The first step in globalization is warming the surface of Mars. When the temperature is raised above the freezing point using the greenhouse effect, dry ice and ice melt and liquid water exists. This is because water is an absolutely essential element for the phenomena of life.
The next step is to change the atmosphere. Plants such as green algae are used to increase oxygen in the atmosphere through photosynthesis. However, the problem is that Mars has no magnetic field, so it is exposed to radiation from the sun. Currently, a method of placing a magnetic generator between the Sun and Mars is being studied.
Another problem is the weak gravity, which is only 40% of Earth’s. When gravity is weak, the structure of the human body changes. Muscles and bones that do not need to support much weight will weaken, and the human figure will change over the generations. In conclusion, the migration to Mars is still at the level of science fiction.
New York and New Hampshire were created by people from York and Hampshire in England who came to the United States. We are thinking of the name ‘New Chicago’ for the city that we living in Chicago will make by moving to Mars in the future. Less than a hundred years after the absurd story of going to the moon using a giant cannon in Jules Verne’s novel ‘Earth to the Moon’ came out, here we are riding a rocket and setting foot on the moon. (Author)
Jongjin Park
