![]() However, we now know that there are also chemical processes involved that damage the heart. This process could be combated with intensive training, as practiced by today’s astronauts, who sit on an ergometer for four hours a day. ![]() If you get into a spaceship at the age of 40, you land nine months later on Mars as a physical geriatric? Our muscles and bone structure deteriorate without pressure. Nine months without gravity would have disastrous effects on our body. At the present time it’s expected to take nine months. First of all, it would fall down on the costs: a colony on Mars would cost around 500 billion dollars. It’s theoretically conceivable for us to send a manned spaceship to Mars in the next 100 years, but in practical terms it’s impossible. That depends on the time horizon we’re talking about. What would you say today: is travel to Mars science now, or still fiction? Mr Robinson, 30 years ago you wrote the “Mars Trilogy”, a science fiction series about colonising Mars that won popularity all over the world. ![]() Science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson talks about the merits or otherwise of our plans and explains why Earth stands to benefit if we even just think about colonising Mars. Even today, organisations are vying with each other to set dates for the first settlements on Mars, the Dutch foundation Mars One being one example. The future of mobility extends far beyond the planet Earth. ![]()
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