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Name: Mark MaoPresentation Date: Sep.30，2016Article TitleElon Musk lays out SpaceX’s incredible plan for colonizing MarsArticle Link (URL) I am going to read this part of the articleSpaceX successfully tested its Raptor interplanetary drive prototype this week, but that was only a hint of what SpaceX has planned. On Tuesday, founder Elon Musk took the stage at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) to explain how SpaceX plans to make humanity a multi-planetary species. There are still some unanswered questions. But by focusing on fuel efficiency and reusable rocket design, Musk says he believes almost anyone will be able to go to the Red Planet and build a new society.While Mars is smaller than the Earth, it still has enough gravity for people to live and work in a similar way to how they do on Earth. The mineral wealth on Mars is also greater than what you’d find on the moon. In addition, Mars has an atmosphere, although it’s very thin.By increasing the temperature of Mars, Musk says the atmosphere could be thickened and enriched with oxygen. We already know there’s plenty of frozen water on Mars, so increasing the temperature could result in liquid oceans. The carbon dioxide atmosphere Mars currently has could easily be compressed to grow plant life as well. Taken together, that makes Mars feasible for a self-sufficient human colony.Musk says that the Interplanetary Transport System will take 100 to 200 people to Mars at a time, and the journey could take as little as 80 to 90 days. SpaceX plans to start launching to Mars in the next year or two with Falcon 9 Heavy rockets and Dragon 2 landers. This will serve as the first phase of testing for the colonization efforts. The Interplanetary Transport System should begin orbital testing around 2020, and SpaceX wants to send it on test flights to Mars in the early 2020s.There’s still a lot that could go wrong. But colonizing Mars has never felt so real.What does the video show? (Optional. 3 min max) (From 0:55-4:05)The video is about The Interplanetary Transport System. It also shows how spaceships travel to Mars and how ships land on Mars. Refueling of spaceship in orbit is also possible.I think the most important part of this article is…One of the most important parts of this article is that why Mars is a good choice for human colonization. The article explains how this plan could work. The Interplanetary Transport System is also important because it describes how spaceships travel to Mars. The article tells us how Musk overcomes the challenges and problems as well. This could affect my everyday life by…This might affect my life but I’m not sure because the plan hasn’t started yet. In the future, I might have a chance to travel to Mars by a spaceship. I wish I could live on Mars one day.This could affect society by…This could affect society because people might be sent to Mars in the future, and it can reduce the population on the Earth. Also, people might build another society on Mars. When the Earth is not able for people to live, we can have another choice to live on Mars. ................
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