Friday, July 25, 2008

Lucy Cheng: Mars


Nowadays, some countries invest a lot of money to research different kinds of delivering methods to sent people to Mars. They will cheer even for each tiny step of progress. People want to go to Mars not only for satisfying their curiosity but also for realizing their political and economical purposes.

Curiosity is the natural instinct of human beings which sends people to space. In the development of the history of science, each accomplishment was the result of curiosity. Before Galileo’s theory about the planets traveling around the Sun, people always wanted to know where the earth is located in the universe. They even assumed that the earth was the center of the universe. People also puzzled where they come from. Then Darwin’s theory gave them an answer that all life evolved from lower life forms and humans evolved from monkeys. People’s exploring is also the result of curiosity. To find out what earth looked like, brave navigators like Columbus and Magellan, explored by sailing 500 years ago. Their traveling testified that the Earth was sphere.

Another and deeper reason of visiting Mars is to realize some countries political and economical ambitions. The most powerful countries want to decide what happens on Mars. What they do on Earth is the most powerful testimony. Some countries have always acted as international policeman on Earth. They like to be involved in other countries affairs and want to control everything that happens on Earth. Furthermore, they also want to get economical benefits from visiting Mars. Now on earth, energy resources are becoming less and less. The war of robbing energy will be the war of future. What’s more, maybe they can get some other expensive and useful mineral substances. If they can find energy resources or expensive and useful mineral substances from exploring outer space, that will help them to keep their powerful international positions.

In conclusion, visiting Mars is a significant action in human beings’ developing history. Maybe someday, Mars will be a peaceful and harmonic planet that people can live on.

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