The Colony

Social structure of the first colony on Mars.

The idea of ​​the social structure of the first colony on Mars consists of five culturally distinct villages, which, together, will form an interdependent city.

Villages will be built simultaneously around the crater rim. They will allow villagers to interact through an interconnected network of tunnels and eventually pool resources to build a university, park, hospital and other social facilities on the crater center.

Lots of energy and heavy equipment will allow residents to take advantage of the natural geomorphology of Mars and the tunnel inside the crater rim to create a vast habitable space that is easily pressurized and shielded from radiation. All tunnels would be interconnected to facilitate the access in the sleeves.

The concept assumes that the vast majority of edibles will be produced on-site. Offerings range from various mixtures of hydroponic/aquaponic/aeroponic farming, insect husbandry, small animal husbandry, and breeding viable species of small fish, energy sources are based on the use of nuclear energy, supported by various additional energy sources such as solar, wind, possibly geothermal, etc.

After decades and increasing wealth and capacity, the townspeople may decide to cover the entire crater with a dome and flood its basin with water and forest.

Our first colony on mars is being developed inspired by the amazing work of Anastacia Volyk .

Based on research by G. Lordos and A. Lordos 'Star City: Designing a Settlement on Mars' - MIT.