If humans are to live on Mars they will need a stable supply of food. Earth plants are not suited to the Mars climate but we can engineer plants that are.

Humans have the rockets to get to Mars. But do we have the political technology to govern?

The first people to live on Mars have already been born. Learn more what it'll take to colonize the red planet.

In 1961, Nasa commissioned Goodyear Tyres to dream up an inflatable space station. Since then, space-chitects have been planning how we can live, grow soybeans and have holidays in space

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The idea of humanity moving to Mars isnt just silly. Its harmful

How your protagonist's plans to depart from the planet can make a little more sense.

Cold, bathed in radiation and far from Earth, living on Mars would strain our mental and bodily limits. The prospect for a long-term settlement is bleak

Imagine the year is 2187 and Mars has become a bustling hub of activity. Humans have been living on the red planet for over a century, and the once-barren landscape is now dotted with cities and towns!