If Mars was inhabitable

Chris Pagliaro

English

Alt-History

4/12/19

Alt History Final Paper

Topic: What if Mars was habitable for human life

In this alternative timeline, Earth is heating up, literally. The year is 2050 and due to climate change, pollution and population overcrowding, the Earth’s equator and the surrounding areas have become too hot to inhabit, and the tips of the Earth’s axis, Antarctica and the North Pole, have been completely melted away. Earth is experiencing a major increase in heat index that are soaring into dangerous levels. Winter weather is extinct and the coldest place in the world now is Siberia which at its coldest is only 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Mankind thought Earth would last forever but because of the way the human race has treated this planet people are dying due to heat exhaustion, dehydration and inhalation diseases due to air pollution. The human race is running out of time on Earth and it is way too late to make any kind of significant changes to save it. Earth needs a miracle to save its human race.

Luckily a guy named Neil Armstrong came along, and without even knowing he saved mankind. In 1969 America was ready to launch to the moon and on their quest up to the moon, they accidently detoured and landed on Mars due to some miscalculation. When Armstrong walked out on this undiscovered planet his helmet was knocked off by the wind and he survived because he was able to breathe on Mars. This discovery changed the human race forever. Countries began to send scientists up to Mars to study it’s inhabitants and to garner enough information to deem Mars capable enough to live on. Earth slowly began building a civilization up on Mars and slowly but surely mass amounts of Earth’s population were being sent up to Mars to begin new life there.

Detailed Timeline of Events:

In the year 1969 Neil Armstrong accidently landed on Mars and not the Moon. His helmet was knocked off and he realized he could breathe. This discovery took the entire world by storm.

After this major discovery the US along with other countries sent scientist and researchers to discover the landscape of Mars, how it works and if civilization can survive. They were up there looking to see if human life, along with life of many of our plants, animals are many other things were compatible with the conditions on Mars. They spent years studying and gaining as much information as they could on the planet.

After 10 long years of them living on Mars they learned all they could about the planet and deemed it compatible with human life. Which got the world back on Earth prepared for a potential move to Mars.

During this time, Earth began to see drastic changes in its temperature changes and air and trash pollutions. Oceans and lands across the planet were covered in trash and the ice caps began to melt by the 1980s which began to draw some concerns for humanity.

In 1980, the US sent resources, animals, plants and all natural resources to create a living and functional world on Mars. World’s strongest most powerful leaders came together to work to make the move to Mars. They brought the brightest scientist, engineers and NASA workers together to build huge carriers that could send a mass number of people to Mars quickly and safely. Each ship could hold up to a million people and it only took 1 week to travel to Mars.

In 1990, Mars was slowly but surely coming along, getting ready for humans. There were the beginnings of farmland, houses, developments, buildings and full cities on Mars. After just 10 years of building there was enough living up on Mars for nearly 1 million people. The first group of civilians were sent up to Mars in 1990.

By the new millennium, Mars population has sky rocketed. Population on Mars rapidly grew to almost a billion people by the year 2000, life was booming on Mars. New life and a second chance at maintaining a planet. Mars was a peaceful planet run by democratic leaders divided up into states. No war, no conflict just everybody living in harmony.

While Mars was thriving, Earth continued to deteriorate through the early 2000s. Antarctica and the North Pole were almost gone. Temperatures rapidly rising and pollutions rates at an all-time high. As the equator became too hot handle, populations had to move farther out towards the axis which created issues of overcrowding certain areas. Earth has become a hot mess and those still on the planet are just waiting for their turn up to Mars.

By 2030 half of Earth’s original population has taken to Mars as their new home. Present day 2050, only 1 billion people remain on Earth, it is thought that by 2090 there will not be a soul left on Earth and Mars will be the new planet for mankind.

https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/ALT_HIST/vSARVBcNQW---Map of Earth 2050