Six Earth Cities That Will Provide Blueprints for Martian Settlers

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3-29-2008 12:42 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5814bdfd-e5f1-4ff8-804e-a34e5352d1d4/26EF78AB-F0EE-4141-95F0-B159D085E301/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers" href="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers" style="font-size: 11px;">io9.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/C8A5A3BB-8060-475C-8418-F847C198EDF2" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"> If humans land <A href="http://rawstory.com/news/afp/NASA_aims_to_put_man_on_Mars_by_203_09242007.html">on Mars by 2037 as NASA hopes</A>, they'll need cities modeled on ones that already exist in extreme climates on Earth.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers">Here are six high-tech (and a few low-tech) cities that would have a passing shot at survival in the Martian climate.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><STRONG>Black Rock City</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers">the barren playa of Black Rock Desert in Nevada,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers">is like a beta test for instant colonies</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/91F643C0-D42F-4003-9371-9C657464C0BF" alt="smallbm.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><STRONG>Anarctica</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"> Already there is an international program devoted to <A href="http://www.marsonearth.org/">simulating life on Mars in the arctic region</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/0FCFFB5A-666C-44DE-89BE-EC24CB027381" alt="smallantarcticahouse.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/376F90B8-1F33-41C4-B2F4-1CE28A23B329" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><STRONG>Dubai</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"> A vast city that grew out of a harsh desert climate over the past two decades,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/F7E57743-8877-486F-9769-F102062686A6" alt="smalldubai.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/4DA80240-7536-45A3-851D-3483600735CC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><STRONG>Las Vegas</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers">Much of Vegas is already under a dome, in the sense that most action on the strip takes place in vast, climate-controlled casino-malls.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/C99962B1-F3C5-4DFC-A114-970CD74F7F37" alt="smallvegas.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/2E783551-BD52-4E71-BC53-4AF88B0AA471" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><STRONG>Nunavut</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers">Canada is an excellent analog for Mars. Cold and dry</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/5DB959D0-0662-479C-8E4A-8F96E0F8E0AB" alt="smallnunavut.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/A1EF8BB5-60B4-490F-BF19-6AD8A462D4BE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><STRONG>Pueblos of North America and Mexico</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers">a pueblo alone wouldn't work as a Martian colony, but pueblo-style dwellings with atmospheric controls, low to the ground and interconnected, made from thick Martian clay, might be just the ticket for a Martian city.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/0DA1945C-BAED-4D95-8B6B-1ABEB0E7852B" alt="smallpueblo.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/372746/six-earth-cities-that-will-provide-blueprints-for-martian-settlers"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/D64559E3-F654-4CBA-809E-BA64478380E3" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/26EF78AB-F0EE-4141-95F0-B159D085E301/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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3-29-2008 3:59 AM
merrie
A pueblo-style ranch would be comfortable.
3-29-2008 5:17 AM
syncopath
merrie - pop .... -))
3-29-2008 5:25 AM
mugofcoffee
Mm...intrstg..
3-29-2008 5:41 AM
alanocu
io9 mainly writes on science fiction topics - they often twist the possibilities into potential realities; I don't care too much for science fiction, but I really enjoy this weblog.
3-29-2008 5:47 AM