Human mission to Mars
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The idea of sending humans to Mars has been the subject of aerospace engineering and scientific studies since the late 1940s as part of the broader exploration of Mars. Long-term proposals have includ
Concept for a Mars base, with ice home, pressurized rover, and Mars suits, 2016
Three views of Mars, Hubble Space Telescope, 1997
Inserts depict observation and analysis to find a safe landing site.
Artistic vision of spacecraft providing artificial gravity by spinning (see also Centrifugal force)
Colonization of Mars
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The colonization of Mars is the proposed process of establishing permanent human settlements on the planet Mars. While most colonization concepts focus on settling, colonization is a broader ethical c
A rendering of the Interplanetary Transport System approaching Mars, a concept colony ship of the in-development SpaceX Mars Colonization Program
An expedition-style crewed mission would operate on the surface, but for limited amounts of time.
Dust is one concern for Mars missions.
Artist's conception of the process of terraforming Mars as discussed in some works of science fiction