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10 | | -Robert Zubrin once proposed four phases in the economics of Mars colonization. Each represents a new progressive stage of increased human activities toward building a human civilization on Mars. |
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| 10 | +{{< figure src="/images/colonizingmars2.jpg" caption="Terraforming Mars is not for faint of heart. Image credit: Stefan Morrell. Sources: Christopher McKay, NASA Ames Research Center; James Graham, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Robert Zubrin, Mars Society; Margarita Marinova, California Institute of Technology" >}} |
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| 12 | +Robert Zubrin once proposed four distinct phases in colonizing Mars. |
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| 14 | +Each represents a new progressive stage of increased human activities toward building a human civilization on Mars. |
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12 | 16 | {{< figure src="/images/marsyear135.gif" caption="Image from MarsOne" >}} |
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14 | | -## EXPLORATION |
| 18 | +## PHASE 1 : EXPLORATION |
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16 | 20 | Orbital survey of Mars, telescopic and robotic survey, precursor sample return, scientific investigations, human flyby/EVA/landing/return; |
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18 | 22 | {{< figure src="/images/analysis.jpg" caption="Image credit: Mashable.com, 2013" >}} |
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21 | | -## BASE BUILDING |
| 25 | +## PHASE 2 : BASE BUILDING |
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23 | 27 | Semi-permanent laboratory/habitat modules, crew rotations, water/ice recovery, in-situ fuel production, outpost maintenance/sustainment; |
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25 | 29 | {{< figure src="/images/habcutout.jpg" caption="Cutaway of a proposed 4-person Habitat Module. Image: Ian Warpole, Scientific American" >}} |
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27 | | -## SETTLEMENT |
| 31 | +## PHASE 3 : SETTLEMENT |
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29 | 33 | Colony expansion, food and resources supply chain, terrestrial exploitation, economic viability, industrial production, infrastructure redundancy; |
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31 | 35 | {{< figure src="/images/construction2.jpg" caption="Image from Outerplaces.com and Mars-One.com" >}} |
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33 | | -## TERRAFORMING |
| 37 | +## PHASE 4 : TERRAFORMING |
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35 | 39 | Altering global climate, large scale geo-engineering, permanently transforming human surface activities. |
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37 | | -Currently, mars-sim focuses primarily in offering a simulation engine showcasing human activities in the aforementioned phase 1 and some phase 2 and a little bit of phase 3. Below are the five core features of mars-sim: |
| 41 | +## CONCLUSION |
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39 | | -{{< figure src="/images/colonizingmars2.jpg" caption="Terraforming Mars is not for faint of heart. Image credit: Stefan Morrell. Sources: Christopher McKay, NASA Ames Research Center; James Graham, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Robert Zubrin, Mars Society; Margarita Marinova, California Institute of Technology" >}} |
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| 43 | +Currently, mars-sim focuses primarily in offering a simulation engine showcasing human activities. It depicts a little bit of phase 1 and is primarily about establishing phase 2 and moving onto phase 3. |
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| 45 | +Below are the five core features of mars-sim: |
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