Mars-journey that is only part of the risk of death?
October 1, 20242 Mins Read
Humans will travel to Mars at the risk of death. As NASA Senior Scientist Chris McKee says, 'The journey to Mars is a big deal. There will be risks in that.' What are the biggest risks? Death is never a laughing matter. Yet people joke about the crazy activities of scientists.

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There is also a joke about Elon Musk. Musk says he wants people to go to Mars soon. But as the first person he does not want to go! The reason is nothing but fear of death. Musk himself has admitted it. He said about this ambitious project of SpaceX, 'The risk of death will be very high. There is no way to avoid it.'

But any initial move is crazy. There will be a risk of death. Before conquering Everest, 13 explorers died while climbing this mountain. NASA's spacecraft is destroyed before reaching the moon. At a similar risk, humans once conquered the South Pole. Today, with the same risk, people will migrate to Mangalpan.

As NASA Senior Scientist Chris McKee says, 'The journey to Mars is a big deal. There will be risks. We will try our best to ensure safety. Yet everyone understands that risk of death is part of this journey.'

How can astronauts die on such a journey? What are the biggest risks? Which accidents are the most dangerous? Musk says, Navojana will add to the head of the biggest rocket made by man. And any rocket must be detonated during launch—a controlled explosion. No matter what kind of experiment is done, the slightest misstep can kill astronauts.

NASA's Space Shuttle, for example, carried 833 astronauts on various space missions between 1981 and 2011. 14 astronauts died despite this security. The two tragic accidents in which they died were both important. One of these, the Challenger crash, was solved by American physicist Richard Feynman. He pointed out that this terrible accident was caused by a small rubber defect.

The space shuttle accident rate was 1.6 percent. And the accident rate of the Apollo program was much higher—about 9 percent! SpaceX will use an entirely new type of rocket, more complex and untested for longer journeys. That means, it will increase the risk even more.