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    Researchers have pioneered an out-of-this-world technique to build an extraterrestrial synthetic community on Mars
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    Researchers have pioneered an out-of-this-world technique to build an extraterrestrial synthetic community on Mars

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    1. KrimsunB on

      The problem with using living organisms as mortar is that now you have to feed your mortar.

    2. iqisoverrated on

      I don’t get this obsession with building *above ground* structures on Mars. Radiation is an issue. The atmosphere is thin so it doesn’t provide reliable protection from meteorites like the atmosphere on Earth does.

      Here on Earth a meteorite crashing through your roof is a nuisance at worst (provided it doesn’t hit anyone directly). In a pressurized/necessarily airtight environment on Mars it’s a disaster for anyone in the entire structure wherever it hits.

      Put a couple meters of soil between yourself and the surface. Dig down. Problem solved.

      Digging has the added bonus that you can generate virtually infinite living space in any geometry you desire without needing any ‘building material’ …and all that with just shipping one drill to Mars.

    5. Are_you_blind_sir on

      We can do a long term terraforming project but we cannot do terraforming if you have human habitations on the surface