Martin had so many questions to ask this man, he did not know where to begin with.
"So... what's your story old man?" Martin wanted to know more about this man before he revealed anything about himself.
The city was now quite some distance behind them. The road was moving under them at fast pace.
Professor Norman Spencer began to narrate his story "I am.. Well I was a Senior Scientist at NASA.Over the years I've participated in a variety of important research and projects with NASA.The quest for the colonization of Mars was the most difficult task I or my group ever faced. To cut things short, we started the process of creating Superhumans who could live on Mars in place of normal humans.It was known as Project 209.We manipulated human genes, created embryos and implanted them in human surrogates. These superhumans grow much faster than humans. Over a period of many years we developed a near-perfect model of Superhumans for space exploration.
"And the Government allowed for it?" Martin asked with raised eyebrows.
"Hell! It was a Government project Martin! These Superhumans were adapted for a possible life on Mars, and would face no problems living there. Unlike normal humans, they hardly need any assistance. They could be exposed to the extreme conditions and yet lead a normal life. Just think of it. Normal human being exposed to the atmosphere on Mars will not last five minutes. That is because the atmospheric pressure on Mars' surface is the same as that found thirty five kilometers above earth.
Mars' atmosphere is too thin for humans to survive, let alone breathe. That means a human being will simply explode if he steps into Mars' atmosphere without any protection. Whereas the Superhumans we created could survive up to an hour in the Martian atmosphere without protection. Provided they have oxygen to breathe. So there is no need of any heavy and clumsy space suit. Just an oxygen mask will be enough.
"What would happen to them after an hour on Mars?" Martin queried.
Norman gave a faint smile-"They would collapse because their blood pressure would then be too low to sustain body functions." and continued.
"In addition to this, it was planned that these super humans, if the experiment became a success,would be used to explore the depths of space that a human could not live to see. We could reach into the far frontiers of the Solar system and beyond. With the Superhumans, We could colonize in decades what we ourselves cannot think of doing for centuries.
Martin nodded his head in agreement. The advantages were fantastic indeed.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow...)
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