How will we travel transportation wise around the planet Mars?
We will need to take plenty of supplies. We need to protect from the cold (it gets to 100 below zero at night), from solar radiation, from low pressure and a lack of oxygen. The weather is windy and cold and it even snows at the poles. A trip to Mars will take about 9 months one way! Plans for a mission to Mars call for a three year mission – 9 months there, 9 months back and the rest of time on the surface. We will likely take a jeep-type vehicle for getting around on the surface. As for the question of life – we still don’t know if any exists now or in the past on Mars. We are looking for small algae type life – not people!
