Human landing on Mars

[Xiao li]

Launch a lander carrying robots and rocket parts. The robot will assemble the rocket and use Martian resources to provide energy. It will be launched into a transfer orbit to meet with the manned lander launched from Earth and land on Mars. After the lander takes off, it will dock with the rocket and return to Earth.

 

[rustythebailiff]

Agreed. A lot of questions can be answered before sending a human crew. Can plants grow in the Martian regolith? Is there water and can it be obtained in sufficient quantities? Can we build habitats using regolith? And many others.
It's a shame the NERVA project was cancelled. We could have had nuclear engines in the 1980s and been travelling to Mars decades ago.

 

[Rob77]

Launch a lander carrying robots and rocket parts. The robot will assemble the rocket and use Martian resources to provide energy. It will be launched into a transfer orbit to meet with the manned lander launched from Earth and land on Mars. After the lander takes off, it will dock with the rocket and return to Earth.

While this sounds like an ideal plan, realistically our technology in robotics is still too far away to do all those tasks you mentioned. We would be able to land humans a lot sooner before we can achieve all that. IMHO - the MARS mission will most likely play out just like the movie "the Martian", where several unmanned Starships are sent ahead with fuel, resources etc.

 

[Warnerirene400]

Well, I think that putting humans on Mars ( its seems all rock, is good ) is it safe for the galaxy? The whole idea of putting humans and making it habitable is a good thing but my concern that once we make it as green as we can, would that alter the orbiting g and time that Mars and Earth makes around the sun? We are on survival mode once we get to Mars and less reliance of the scientist is the objective, but time is going to be effected? Also why haven't they implanted a stationary greenhouse moxie on Mars? The rovers are constantly moving.

 

[Warnerirene400]

Then the stationary moxie can be there for some time and then grow with other parts, ( the robot moxie could open another component once the development is made, then once the development of lets say a leaf with the mars conditions and with science. The objective is to get the moxie as green as possible with Mars conditions. The planet is all rock and see if the atmosphere would be altered?

 

[Warnerirene400]

Also would the greenhouse help and counteract any form of collision towards Earth? Mars would have water and more green and wouldn't that slow things down. Making Mars larger and gravity would be altered as well. I mean honestly making Mars greener wouldn't it intake any form of greenness from Earth and try to thrive. Would someone want to live on a space station if a collision does occur long term? That greenness is good but wouldn't it alter the orbit and make things slower. The planet wouldn't it drop?

 

[Harry Costas]

Mars will never hold an Atmosphere for Human life or animals.