Building Homes on Mars

MIT studies how future inhabitants of Mars can not only survive, but live a good life.

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June 23, 2004, 1:00 PM PDT

"If you have the heart of a homesteader and can endure a seven-month journey inside a container the size of a minivan, perhaps you will be among the first settlers of one of humanity's next frontiers: Mars."

"You may even find a comfy home -- made with locally produced red brick, metal and fiberglass -- waiting for you on the red planet, thanks to scientists and engineers, many of them from MIT, who are looking into the challenges of building homes on Mars."

Thanks to Adam Weiss

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