• Question: Would humans ever get to live on the other planets? 🪐

    Asked by Daniela to Canice, Anthony, Olga, Madhumidha, Connor, Aruna on 4 Mar 2020. This question was also asked by jazz021ace, nine021ace.
    • Photo: Anthony Newell

      Anthony Newell answered on 4 Mar 2020:

      It’s possible but there are lots of things we need to get better at. Getting people there safely is the first problem, then we need to either make or bring our own oxygen to breathe and water to grow food. Keeping them safe while they’re there is another problem, radiation from the sun and outer space and storms and a harsh environment with no breathable air make it especially difficult to live on other planets. It may not happen for another few decades.

    • Photo: Aruna Chandrasekar

      Aruna Chandrasekar answered on 9 Mar 2020:

      Maybe, however we need to work out how far away the planet is, and how we can repopulate the planet there?

      Due to such logistical issues, chances are, a few specialist astronauts would travel to the other planet with frozen human embryos which would then be used to repopulate the planet rather than transport the current people to another planet.

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