People may one day live on Mars in these NASA-approved, 3D-printed homes—take a look inside

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People may one day live on Mars in these NASA-approved, 3D-printed homes—take a look inside (via CNBCMakeIt)

Inside, the habitats have four levels inside, connected by spiral staircases.A ground-floor level would include a sealed hatch for entering and exiting the pod in space suits, as well as laboratories for astronauts to conduct tests and other work. Other levels would include a kitchen, a garden for growing plant-life, a level for exercising and other recreational activities, and four "sleepy pods" — private living quarters with a bed and desk.

that can vary between 70 degrees Fahrenheit and minus-100 degrees in the same day. The agency describes its pods as offering a "tiny bubble of Earth on a distant world.""Each level has at least 1 window, which, together, cover the full 360 degree panorama. Indirect natural light from the large water-filled skylight and intermittent windows floods the interior while still keeping the crew safe from harmful solar and cosmic radiation," according to AI SpaceFactory.

The pods would be manufactured using "an innovative mixture of basalt fiber extracted from Martian rock and renewable bioplastic processed from plants grown on Mars," AI SpaceFactory says onHumans may still be several years away from even transporting people to Mars (SpaceX's Elon Musk has

 

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MakeIt The two known groups of methane-consuming bacteria live in either the absence of oxygen (anaerobic methanotrophs) or exploit oxygen from the atmosphere (aerobic methanotrophs). ... The oxygen is then used to metabolize methane to produce water and carbon dioxide.

MakeIt 3 methane appears to be present and is suspected as coming from inside those caves, it could provide a food source for genetically modified moss to convert the gas into oxygen! Get taraforming!

MakeIt I want one, but “Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids “...... Elton John

MakeIt No way! Mars is full of massive caves! That probably have water. Humans will live in those networks of tunnels. 1- protection from radiation2-protection from space rocks not stoped by an atmosphere

MakeIt This picture reminds me of rlg’s one city or something something project

MakeIt soon I hope? I mean, I'll go.

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