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My Martian City

Simmons Buntin | Fri, May 30th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: tucson, simmons buntin, building, architecture, pennsylvania, arizona, ecocity, planets, martian, mars, future city, colonization, space travel, arcology | 1

All the recent Phoenix Mars Lander hullabaloo has got me thinking about what the first Earth-built city on Mars would look like. Who would get the opportunity to plan that city, and would we find the amenities that make Earth’s best urban spaces also make for the best cities on the Red Planet?

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