But if this sci-fi dream were to ever become reality, what would it be like to actually live on Mars?

In 1965, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft completed the first Martian flyby, and six years later, the Soviet Union’s Mars 3 lander became the first spacecraft to land softly on Mars. Since then, there have been numerous successful missions to the Red Planet, including the deployment of four Mars rovers — the now-defunct Sojourner and Spirit, and the still-active Opportunity and Curiosity — and NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which produced a map of the entire planet. [How Living on Mars Would Be Challenging

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