Thinking of Moving Your Lab to a Place With More, ah, Space?

When humans are able to walk spacesuit-less as true Martians, what will their habitats and environments look like?

Courtesy of BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group

So, you’re thinking of moving — to, say, another planet? Then you might want to know about the emerging field of Space Architecture for places like, say, Mars. Would you like an indoor garden, maybe one that’s connected to outdoor walking paths?

James Green, former director of the planetary science division at NASA, stated last month in an interview with the New York Times that he and his colleagues have been researching technology that would alter a planet’s atmosphere to create conditions more conducive to human inhabitation. Mars was the first planet in question. 

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