MAVEN Mars Probe: Will Research Done On Planet Prove Humans Can Inhabit Mars By 2030?

All the sci-fi films that claimed humans would be soon living on Mars just might prove to be true. The MAVEN Mars probe is set to enter Mars' orbit by September 21. The findings in Mars would help prove that humans might be able to inhabit the planet as soon as the year 2030.

MAVEN Mars probe, wherein MAVEN stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, is a space probe operated by NASA. The MAVEN Mars probe id designed to study and research the atmosphere of Mars while in orbit. Additional missions of the space probe include finding out the reasons behind the loss of carbon dioxide in the surface of the planet causing the warm planet to become cool and dry instead.

Findings done by the MAVEN Mars probe hopes to pave human visits in the future. Rough estimates claim research done on the Red Planet could prove that humans just might inhabit it as early as the year 2030. According to NASA's update on Wednesday, the MAVEN Mars probe has already travelled 711 million kilometres and is almost at the orbit of Mars.

Once the space probe starts manoeuvring around the orbit of Mars, tests will be done for six weeks. Much of the space probe's' mission include circling 6,000 kilometres above the surface of the Red planet. At a distance of 125 kilometres, five dips will be done to read various levels of the atmosphere.

"The MAVEN science mission focuses on answering questions about what happened to the water and carbon dioxide present in the Mars system several billion years ago," stated MAVEN principal investigator, Bruce Jakosky of Colorado University-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.

In a year, the research and findings done on the Red Planet by the MAVEN Mars probe could just prove humans might be taking a trip or even living in Mars by 2030.