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The possibility ofunfettered migration tothe Red Planet is not only far outof the reach ofmankind's current technological sophistication, butit would be a grim and vacuous existence even if we managed topitch our tents there, according toDr. Johann-Dietrich Worner, the director-general ofthe ESA. <\/p>\n
Dr. Worner has urged people toturn away fromHollywood-induced fantasies such asthe box office hit The Martian, starring Matt Damon ofwhat it would be liketo live onthe desolate planet and recognize that, infact, colonizing Mars would be a far harsher reality. <\/p>\n
\"Colonization is the wrong word,\" Dr. Worner told the British Times newspaper ata UK Space conference inthe city ofManchester. <\/p>\n
\"Would you liketo stay ina place where half ofthe month it's dark and half ofthe month there's sun? That is the Moon. No. To stay fortwo weeks indarkness, that's not a nice life.\" <\/p>\n
\"Mars is the same. If you go toMars the light situation is a bit better, butyou cannot go outsidefor a small walk. Always you have tobe sheltered and covered, butyou cannot even bring your dog tothe next tree. The Martian was nice, butMars is not nice,\" intoned Dr. Worner. <\/p>\n
He said that while visiting Mars might be an opinion onthe table, aswith the Moon, living there is another matter all together. <\/p>\n
\"Humans will fly toMars, forsure. But colonization that always sounds tome asthough we should leave the Earth. And I hope that we will not leave the Earth inthe next thee billion years, butthat humans will find a way tosecure life onEarth,\" he warned. <\/p>\n
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This NASA handout image, released on June 13, 2008 shows the Robotic Arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander with a sample of martian soil as it prepares to move to the spacecraft's microscope station. <\/p>\n
He also battered away the esteemed scientists Stephen Hawking's comments that life onEarth is only sustainable forthe next 100 years and that we must find another habitable planet bysaying: <\/p>\n
\"You will hardly find a better place.\" <\/p>\n
The business magnate Elon Musk has proposed landing a colony onMars forunder US$200,000 per passenger, butit seems people likeDr. Worner are more concerned aboutwhat may come afterhumanity arrives. <\/p>\n
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