New plans for a human colony on Mars have been unveiled by European architecture studio ABIBOO, with designs based on scientific research from The Mars Society and the SONet network.

Plans include utilizing the resources on Mars to manufacture steel, as well as other material required for constructing an enclosed human and agricultural habitat borrowed in the side of a large mesa on the Red Planet.

The new city would still include homes, offices, and green spaces. Ideally construction would begin circa 2050 and would last approximately 50 years. Watch:

Euro News reports…

With plans for the first ‘Martian sustainable city’ ready to go, it’s now just a question of time before humans live on Mars.

The new design overall contains five cities – the capital is called Nüwa. The vertical city has homes, offices and green spaces, all built into the side of a cliff to protect inhabitants from atmospheric pressure and radiation.

The oxygen is largely produced by plants, food is 90 per cent plant-based and the energy comes from solar panels.

Life on Mars

Mars is half the size of Earth. But how would we get there? Every two years there are a couple of weeks when the planet is the closest to Earth, so the trip would only take six months to get there.

However, the circumstances on the Red Planet are far from friendly. The atmospheric pressure is not suitable for humans and the radiation is lethal on the surface without any shelter.

According to the architecture company's analysis, construction could start as early as 2054 and it could be built by 2100 – when the first community would start living there.

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