Science – If humans land on Mars by 2037 as NASA hopes, they'll need cities modeled on ones that already exist in extreme climates on Earth. Here are six high-tech (and a few low-tech) cities that would have a passing shot at survival in the Martian climate.
there is a small company in new england that builds prefab housing materials which can be connected in a way similar to legos. so you import a stack of walls, windows, doors,etc and then assemble them in the floor plan you desire. want a new addition? take a section out of the wall and connect a new room.
http://www.scrapbookscrapbook.com/DAC-ART/modul...
this concept would provide perfect colonization structures. now all we need is a way to survive off world for an extended period of time.
Colonizing at best is probably still a couple hundred years away due to the expense. For a colony to survive permanently it will have to be self sustained. This means the whole works from food and water to manufacturing and ultimately population reproduction. This is quite a task when you think about it. You can't just live off the land like the first settlers in America.
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What is not talked about is the fact that a closed ecological system would be needed. That is not yet attainable. It has been tried and it failed.
A closed system would be ideal, but it is not necessary. Martian colonies could be nearly closed systems whose remaining needs are supplied from Earth or from mining Mars or nearby asteroids. Assuming of course, that the kinks in large scale closed eco systems aren't worked out within a quarter of a century. Small scale systems are already sold as novelty items.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosphere_(science)
And I thought having to drive 100 miles to the grocery store was bad.