Mars colony

Red planet outpost

A Mars colony is a proposed permanent human settlement on the planet Mars.

The term appears in discussions of space exploration, futurism, and science fiction, ranging from serious engineering proposals to speculative scenarios about humanity's future as a multiplanetary species.

Elon Musk has made establishing a Mars colony central to SpaceX's mission.

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Opposites
celestial body location

Mars colonyEarth

Our world

lunar base · space station

terrestrial vs. extraterrestrial

Mars colonyhome planet

One's world of origin

Earth · terra firma · ancient civilization

expansion vs. abandonment of space

Mars colonyisolationism

Policy avoiding foreign alliances

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