Ma hope o ke aʻo ʻana iā Mars no nā makahiki he nui, ua ʻae nā ʻepekema aia kahi manawa kūpono e hoʻololi ai kahi hopena asteroid a i ʻole comet i ka hopena o ka Red Planet. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka Honua, piha ʻo Mars i nā lua pele, ʻaʻohe mea e kahaha ai no ke kūlana maikaʻi ʻole o Mars i kā mākou ʻōnaehana lā, e pili pono ana i ke kāʻei asteroid.
A ʻo kahi hopena, hoʻomau mau ʻia ʻo Mars e nā asteroids, a ʻokoʻa ka Honua, nele ʻo Mars i ka mahina nui aʻe e pale aku iā ia mai nā asteroids e hiki mai ana.
Ke nānā nei i ka hala o ka manawa, ʻike mākou ua pili ka pōhaku ākea i ka Honua i ka wā i hala, a ʻo kekahi o kēlā mau hopena i hoʻololi paha i ka papa o kā mākou moʻolelo honua.
ʻO ka lua pele ʻo Chicxulub, aia ma ka peninsula ʻo Yucatan o Mekiko (e ʻike i ke kiʻi ma luna aʻe), ʻo ia kekahi o nā laʻana maikaʻi loa a mākou i ʻike ai, a manaʻo kekahi poʻe loea ʻo ia ke kumu nui o ka make ʻana o ka dinosaur.
Hiki paha i kekahi mea like ke hana ma Mars ke hana ʻia kekahi mea like ma ka Honua? Ma Mars, ua ʻike mākou i kahi lua pele hopena maikaʻi i ka wahi Lyot ma kahi o 125 mau mile ke anawaena.
ʻO ka nui o kēia lua pele e hōʻike ana i ka ikaika o ka hopena, a ʻo ia nō paha kekahi o nā kumu nui a Mars i kēia manawa he "wao nahele."
Hiki i ka hopena o kēia komete ke hōʻino i ka ʻōnaehana planet o Mars. He hanana pōpilikia loa ia e pili ana i ka hoʻololi o ke aniau o ka honua. Hiki paha ke ola o Mars ma mua o ka nalowale ʻana o ke ea?
ʻOiai nā lāhui i kapa ʻia ʻo Mars "home" i kēia manawa ua pau. Inā ʻo ia ka hihia, ma hea i hele nā Martians? Hana lākou i mea ola? Ua hoʻokele paha lākou e holo i mua o ka pōpilikia? Pili anei ʻo Mars i ka Honua i kekahi ʻano? ʻO kēia wale nō kekahi o nā nīnau he nui e pono e pane ʻia.
ʻO Viking ua hōʻea au i kāna pahuhopu, Mars, ma Iulai 20, 1976, ma hope o ka holo heʻumi mahina mai ka Honua. ʻO nā kiʻi paʻi a Viking aʻu i hoʻi ai i ka Honua he mea kupaianaha ia, a ua hōʻike kekahi o lākou ʻaʻole like ʻole ʻo Mars me ka Honua.
ʻO kekahi mau ʻāpana ma Mars, e like me Death Valley, ua like me nā wahi o ka Honua. Ma hope o ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻokolohua like ʻole i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke ola ma Mars, ua lilo ka moʻolelo o Viking I i mea hoihoi loa. ʻO Viking ua hoʻihoʻi wau i nā hopena kontroversial.
Ua hana ʻo Kauka Gil Levin i kekahi o nā hoʻokolohua probe Viking, a he hōʻike maʻalahi “maʻalahi” ia. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i nā microorganism, e like me ʻoe a me aʻu a me nā mea āpau āpau, e hanu a laila hemo i ke kalapona kalapona.
Ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo NASA i kahi laʻana o ka lepo Martian a waiho iā ia i loko o kahi ipu liʻiliʻi, i nānā ʻia no hoʻokahi pule no nā hōʻailona o "nā huʻa" i loko o ka paipu, a laila ua kū kekahi mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia ma hope o ʻehiku mau lā.
Wahi a nā kūlana NASA, maikaʻi ka hoʻāʻo no ke ola ma Mars ma muli o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā "huʻa" i loko o ka ipu ʻo Viking I. ʻO nā hoʻāʻo ʻē aʻe me nā pae hoʻohālikelike like ʻole i hoʻi maikaʻi ʻole, akā hoʻi hoʻokahi hōʻike i hoʻi maikaʻi no ke ola.
Ua koho ʻo NASA e akahele i kēia hihia, e ʻōlelo ana, "ʻAʻohe hōʻoia o ke ola ma Mars." Wahi a kekahi poʻe ʻepekema, he ʻano like ko Mars i ka lewa e like me ka Honua, akā ua luku ʻia he 65 miliona mau makahiki i hala.
Ke hoʻohui nei i kēia kumumanaʻo, aia kekahi manaʻo i ka wā i hala aku nei ua holo paha ka lāhui i noho ma mua ma Mars i ka Honua e ʻimi nei i kahi puʻuhonua palekana. No laila, kūpono paha mākou i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he "Martians" a mākou e ʻimi nei?
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mau ʻepekema ua loaʻa iā lākou nā hōʻike ikaika o nā kahunapule i nalowale ma Mars, a ua ʻike paha lākou i kahi hōʻailona nuklea i ka lewa Martian e kūlike me ka Honua ma hope o kahi hoʻokolohua nukelea.
Wahi a nā kānaka ʻepekema, hiki ke loaʻa nā hōʻike o Xenon-129 i nā nui ma Mars, a ʻo ke kaʻina ʻike wale nō i hana ʻia ʻo Xenon-129 kahi pahū nukelea. ʻO kēia wale nō kahi laʻana o ka like o Mars a me ka Honua? A i ʻole hōʻoia paha ia ma kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa loa ʻo Mars?
