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==Mars habitats==  
 
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The [[environmental conditions]] on [[Mars]] do not allow human beings to live without technical equipment, not even for a minute. While people on [[Earth]] can live from the nature's air, water, etc. this is not an option on Mars. So, the people's '''habitat''' is an artificial environment inside of [[building]]s, [[rover]]s and [[space suit]]s.  
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The [[environmental conditions]] on [[Mars]] are hostile for humans without life support systems; examples of the factors which make the surface of Mars uninhabitable include the thin, oxygen-poor atmosphere, the lack of easily available liquid water and the extremely cold climate. The '''habitat''' of any human visitor to Mars would have to be set of self-contained artificial environments such as [[building]]s, [[rover]]s and [[space suit]]s.  
  
Ideas of [[terraforming]] intend to make the whole surface of Mars habitable.  
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[[Terraforming]] has be suggested as a way of making the whole surface of Mars habitable.  
  
 
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Revision as of 13:19, 16 November 2007

Definition

A habitat is an environment in which an organism, or group of organisms live in symbiosis.

Mars habitats

The environmental conditions on Mars are hostile for humans without life support systems; examples of the factors which make the surface of Mars uninhabitable include the thin, oxygen-poor atmosphere, the lack of easily available liquid water and the extremely cold climate. The habitat of any human visitor to Mars would have to be set of self-contained artificial environments such as buildings, rovers and space suits.

Terraforming has be suggested as a way of making the whole surface of Mars habitable.