Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Builders in a Strange Land

Builders in a Strange Land

If you have the heart of a homesteader and can endure a seven-month journey inside a container the size of a minivan, perhaps you will be among the first settlers of one of humanity's next frontiers: Mars.
You may even find a comfy home -- made with locally produced red brick, metal and fiberglass -- waiting for you on the red planet, thanks to scientists and engineers, many of them from MIT, who are looking into the challenges of building homes on Mars.

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