Living on Mars will take enormous work, but urban planner Justin Hollander is already on the case in this guide to settling the Red Planet
8 February 2023
Despite the huge challenges, Earth’s richer countries are making real plans to colonise Mars JPL/NASA/STScI
SPACE travel holds a mystique for humanity that few other areas of exploration do, and, beyond the moon, Mars is seen as the next step.
The Red Planet has come to signify opportunity in our era of polycrises. In fact, Mars has become a fixation for many, including space entrepreneur and Twitter owner Elon Musk. His vision of the future includes sending SpaceX rockets full of colonisers …
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