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GREENHOUSE BIOSPHERE
Researchers are experimenting
with airtight biosphere bubbles
like this one built near Tucson,
Arizona. This huge glass and
steel greenhouse was meant to
create a self-sustaining natural
environment. Inside, the
inhabitants tried to grow food,
raise animals, and produce
oxygen. NASA has
commissioned university
research for biosphere designs
that would work on Mars.

TERRAFORMING SURVEY TEAM
This painting shows Martian colonists examining a gully
where new life-forms are beginning to grow thanks to
years of planetary engineering. The atmospheric pressure
has increased, since they are wearing only light clothing
and masks rather than the pressure suits with helmets that
would be needed today.

BLUE-GREEN MARS FROM PHOBOS
No longer the Red Planet, Mars has taken on the
blue and green hues of water and vegetation.
This artist’s view from Phobos shows the
North Polar region and the Tharsis
volcanoes. Phobos has its own human
residents, perhaps busy mining
valuable minerals that are of
use to the thriving Martian
towns and cities.