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Here's what NASA's first human habitat on Mars could look like

Could this bulky brown bunker be our very first home on Mars?
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A sneak peek at the innovations that will change our everyday lives in the future.

Feast your eyes on the 158-square-meter 3D printed structure that could pave the way for the first human habitat on Mars.

The Mars Dune Alpha, a construction collaboration between Bjarke Ingels Group and robotics company ICON, will be used by NASA to test what everyday life on Mars would be like inside such a structure.

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