| Tango01 | 15 Sep 2016 9:20 p.m. PST |
"The 2015 blockbuster, The Martian, starring Matt Damon as an astronaut who gets left behind on the planet Mars, dramatized what a future might look like for humans on the Red Planet (hopefully, we don't have to farm potatoes using our own fecal matter by then).
One Los Angeles–based company, Mars City Design, isn't waiting around for science fiction to become fact. The brainchild of Vera Mulyani, who dreamed of becoming the first architect to tackle Mars, her firm has already taken steps towards designing the blueprint for sustainable cities on Mars…"
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Armand |
| Mako11 | 15 Sep 2016 9:27 p.m. PST |
I doubt it. Perhaps some structures above ground, like greenhouses, but I suspect most will be built underground instead, for protection, and to make construction materials stretch further. |
 piper909  | 15 Sep 2016 10:54 p.m. PST |
Humans want to go to Mars and destroy or vandalize all existing rare and unique Martian geological formations for their Facebook videos. |
| Aldroud | 15 Sep 2016 11:24 p.m. PST |
Either habitation will be under ground or under bladders of water. Radiation ain't a joke. |
| skippy0001 | 16 Sep 2016 5:16 a.m. PST |
Just before a Helium 1000 airship raid. |
| Ghostrunner | 16 Sep 2016 6:47 a.m. PST |
I don't think we'll be able to really predict what a Martian City will look like until we have some idea WHY we are building a city there in the first place. Don't get me wrong – I really hope I get to see it someday, and wish we started this 20 years ago. But, if we are going to put a million people on Mars, what are they all going to be doing? A moonbase might be viable to mine resources and send back to Earth, or build satellites. But what is the exploitable resource on Mars that makes the trip and the city worthwhile? |
| Frederick | 16 Sep 2016 9:27 a.m. PST |
Diggin' up Martian fossils Plus a great place to put political malcontents After all, look at what happened in Australia- what could possible go wrong? |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 16 Sep 2016 9:35 a.m. PST |
Racial survival from asteroids. Refugees from oppression on Earth. Claustrophobia – too many people on Earth. All the old reasons plus the asteroid thing – not a lot different to the past. Sure there's something on Mars that will sell, and think how long it took early settlers to get to the Americas. |
| Coelacanth1938 | 16 Sep 2016 10:28 a.m. PST |
Our best bet would be to build our Martian cities inside the huge tubes that are known to exist underneath the surface. |
| Tango01 | 16 Sep 2016 10:57 a.m. PST |
What about a Domo…? (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Mako11 | 16 Sep 2016 11:22 a.m. PST |
Yep, definitely underground to avoid the radiation, temperature extremes, micrometeorites, and to hide from aliens. Land, and the closest Earth-like environment we have in our solar system. Given all the random asteroid near misses in the last month, and/or years, might be a good idea to have a backup plan, just in case, even if the environment is pretty harsh, assuming we want mankind to survive, of course. Given a lot of events here, in the last 100 years, or so, some may wish to flip a coin on that decision. |
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