What Would Be Man's First Home Looks Like On Mars? National Geographic Reveals

First Posted: Oct 31, 2016 05:30 AM EDT

The National Geographic has created a man's home that looks like an igloo on the planet Mars. This is part of their research for a new miniseries on Mars.

Daily Mail reports that the home is currently set and will be built in London. The materials they are going to use are materials that can be possibly found on Mars. The home is conceptualized with consultation with Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers and Stephen Petranek, who is the author of "How Well Live On Mars and a consultant on the new show. This will be uncovered by the National Geographic on November 10, 2016.

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The show home is constructed by Cardiff company Wild Creations. It is a dome-like structure unearthed from the Martian soil with recycled spacecraft parts. These include a double air-locked entrance that could protect the settlers from atmosphere and freezing temperatures of the planet Mars.

Standard Media reports on the exterior and interior of the show home. A side of it will be transparent wherein visitors could view the Mars life inside. An underground area has sleeping quarters, food supplies, scientific equipment and tunnels that are linked to other habitats. There is also a small exhibition in the home showcasing facts about the future on planet Mars and the prospect of becoming a multi-planetary species.

The thickness of the walls will be around 10 feet thick. This is designed for protection against the Mars environment with temperatures as low as minus seventy degrees Celsius. It can also withstand thin atmosphere, cosmic radiation and micrometeorite impacts.

The show home is thought to be in Valles Marineris. It is a 4,000 km long, 100 km wide system of canyons that runs along the equator of Mars. Another plot of the show includes developing the first Mars colony known as Olympus Town. This will be in the foothills of Olympus Mons, which is the planet's tallest mountain.