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We Are the Martians: Will Humans Become a New Species on the Red Planet?

By M. Christian
August 10, 2018
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Humanity’s evolution could take an astonishing new path.

While it might sound like a needlessly melodramatic opening, it is nevertheless a real possibility: the human race could become extinct. Unless, that is, we find a way to colonize other worlds.

Key to our future is unlocking the science behind off-planet procreation. But merging sperm and egg—let along carrying a fetus to term—can be challenging enough on Earth, let alone in an extraterrestrial environment.

Getting ourselves to Mars

But researchers aren’t about to give up. In fact, a team of scientists from Brazil, Poland, and the United States have authored a paper—which has been published in Futures—outlining the problems, and possible solutions, regarding human reproduction on Mars.

Quoted by The Sun, they spell out these challenges by saying: “Unfortunately, such an endeavour comes with titanic challenges in various disciplines, from space travel technology to medical, biological, social and ethical challenges.”

One proposed solutions may not just lead to our first off-world colony, but also the creation of an entirely new species of human.

Mars 101

But first: Why Mars? The answer is that while the red planet is far from ideal for human inhabitants, it does have a lot going for it such as close proximity to Earth and a nearly breathable atmosphere.

One way to make it suitable for human beings is through terraforming, which is modifying a world to make it more human-friendly. In fact, there are already some hypothetical plans being tossed around on how to do this on Mars, including dropping ice-laden comets onto the surface to thicken the atmosphere as well as supplying it with much-needed water.

But one of the largest hurdles is that Mars lacks a substantial magnetosphere which, on Earth, acts as a shield against solar and cosmic radiation. This exposure means Martian colonists would likely develop different types of cancer.

Naturally, this is also a major challenge to reproduction. But here’s where things get interesting: instead of trying to change an entire planet why not change the humans living on it?

The new Martians

Putting on our thought-experiment helmets, it might be possible to create a new species of human that wouldn’t just survive on Mars but actually thrive there. The science is still a long way away, but it’s still interesting to hypothesize.

To begin our new Martians would need bigger lung along with bigger chests to house them in order process the thin atmosphere. Their bones, as well, would have to be modified to cope with the lower gravity. Most important, they’d need some means of protection against the high levels of radiation—especially when it comes to their sex organs.

Perhaps our Martians might have their genitals tucked deeper into their body cavities, with extra organic shielding as protection? Their skin, too, might have to be thicker; with higher amounts of melanin.

As pregnancy can lower immune levels, our Martians would have to be biologically rebuilt to compensate: maybe being equipped with a secondary immune system that would kick in when necessary.

Welcome, Martians!

But this is all just engineering. Agreed, it’s changing the entire genetic structure of the human race to the point where we’d be creating a new branch of humanity, but it’s still engineering.

An even bigger challenge might be a social one: as this new form of human leaves its home behind how will those left on Earth react?

On one side, we could be looking at a new form of intolerance and bigotry: lines drawn in the sand between what is and what isn’t human.

But, if human society has grown socially as well as technologically by this point, this could be a moment when mankind truly expands: in acceptance of differences—and then out to the stars.

Image sources: Kevin Gill, Sam Amil, European Space Agency, Erwin Soo

M. Christian

M.Christian (they/them) loves nothing better than exploring the intersections of sex and technology—and speculating on the future of both. A highly regarded erotica writer they have six novels,12 collections, 100+ short stories, and 25 anthologies as an editor to their name. Their non-fiction regularly appears in many sites, but they're most proud of being a regular contributor to Future of Sex.

Of their erotic fiction, Tristan Taormino said that “M.Christian is a literary stylist of the highest caliber: smart, funny, frightening, sexy—there's nothing [they] can't write about… and brilliantly.”

Reflecting their unique ability to sympathetically and convincingly write for a range of genders and sexual orientations, their stories have appeared in multiple editions of Best American Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, The Mammoth Books of Erotica, and others. Their collection of gay erotic fiction, Dirty Words, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

While a majority of their stories have been collected into books like Dirty Words, their fondness for combining sex and science fiction is clearly evident in collections that include Rude Mechanicals, Technorotica, Better Than The Real Thing, Skin Effect Effect, Bachelor Machine, and Hard Drive: The Best Sci-Fi Erotica of M.Christian.

As a novelist, M.Christian’s versatility is on full display with Running Dry, The Very Bloody Marys, Brushes, Painted Doll; and the somewhat controversial queer BDSM/horror/thrillers Finger's Breadth, and Me2.

M.Christian has worked on the industry’s production side as an Associate Publisher for Renaissance E Books and as a Publisher for Digital Parchment Services. The latter dedicated to celebrating the works of science-fiction legends such as William Rotsler, Jerome Bixby, Jody Scott, Arthur Byron Cover, Ernest Hogan, and James Van Hise.

Covering topics like BDSM safety, sexual education, senior sexuality concerns, queer and gender issues, plus reviewing a variety of sex tech products, M.Christian’s non-fiction has appeared on sites like Kinkly, Tickle.Life, Sexpert, Queer Majority, Sex for Every Body, and—of course—their ongoing work for Future of Sex.

If there’s anything M.Christian enjoys more than writing, it’s teaching. A featured presenter, sometimes with their friend Ralph Greco Jr, at national sex and BDSM events, they have lectured on kink play (with an emphasis on safety), polyamory, boosting sexual creativity, and erotica writing--for beginners or those wanting to go pro.

M.Christian is a cohost on two popular sex-education podcasts: Love’s Outer Limits with Dr. Amy Marsh and Licking Non-Vanilla with Ralph Greco, Jr.

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