A Fun Time Lapse Video -- From NASA -- [For Some Distant Day, Around 2050]: On Building A Human Habitat On Mars...

Many here know that I am firmly of the opinion that NASA / JPL has progressed its capabilities with largely autonomous lander packages. . . that we as a planet have scant need to put humans on Barsoom -- except for the dubious "wow!" factor of it all. The radiation risks in transit, and on return, are. . . overwhelming -- in a word.

And our next gen [nearly 100% robotic] 'choppers and rovers can do it all at about one-fiftieth of the cost (financial and human).

All that said, there will come a day -- when we solve the radiation shielding problem -- when we might find a human Mars excursion to be a sensible (perhaps even exhilarating) risk to take -- like around the year 2050. The below is in anticipation of that far off day. We may even "three-dee print our hab" -- up there. Cool! See below:

. . .Construction is complete on a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot habitat that will simulate the challenges of a mission to Mars at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The habitat will be home to four intrepid crew members for a one-year Crew Health and Performance Analog, or CHAPEA, mission. . . .

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