What will be the history of the colonization of Mars and the Moon in the next 500 years?
more possible for us to go there. The ‘history’ of the colonization of Mars and the Moon are up for grabs. There are currently two main theories of thought on this. NASA wants to take 20 years to build moon bases, and go from there. Then their is Mars Direct. This theory, created by Robert Zubrin and David Baker around 1990, have a system of sending habs, and supplies to Mars first, then send people. After several ‘trips’, there should be many habitats and supply ships there. The money saver, which is MUCH less then the NASA plan, uses old technology to create fuel ON Mars using what’s available. There are many web sites on Mars Direct, Wikipedia has good detail. So to answer your question. If we use the NASA plan, it will be expensive and take decades to get going. NASA wants to study radiation, and most of all, how people will react to two years of being isolated. They want to study weightlessness o
