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Building the Martian City

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After mankind took a step on the moon ,  it has never looked back, now it has even greater goals of settling down on a new planet which is Mars.   The root of the challenge to get there is that the scale of a trip to Mars is extremely large and complex. The challenges are formidable. For example, almost two-thirds of Mars missions have experienced some failure or mishap. Mars is about 150 times further from Earth than the Moon. That might not sound like a lot, but think about what that means when it comes to added power. More fuel will  mean  more weight. More weight means larger capsules and larger rockets. These challenges alone place a trip to Mars on a different scale from merely "hopping" to the Moon. The carriage of food and supplies is also a question of the hour.    The next challenge is to make a sustainable living area in the harsh conditions the planet possesses now ,  which will require advanced civil engineering technology and 3d printing ...