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I think the first humans to go to the red planet will actually orbit and not touch down. They will stay in orbit and either pilot robots on the ground or study
by astrowilliam 11y ago
I think the first humans to go to the red planet will actually orbit and not touch down. They will stay in orbit and either pilot robots on the ground or study what happens to the body during long space flight. This will help future space faring people that visit Mars and beyond.
- eljimmy 11y agoI don't know about that. I think that would be a pretty big waste of time and resources. We're already controlling robots on Mars from Earth and anything they would be wanting to test on the body could be done in Earth's orbit. I'm also fairly certain they're already quite knowledgeable regarding the effects of weak gravity on the human body.
- chrisabrams 11y agoYes, but the lag time between Mars orbit and Mars surface is far less than Earth surface and Mars surface.