Mars base by Alfie Rodriguez

Picture of the Day 8/1/15 - "Space Comand Base Station" on Mars by Mexican 3D artist Alfie Rodriguez.

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Martian base concept by Janek Kozicki & Joanna Kozicka

Polish engineers/architects Janek Kozicki & Joanna Kozicka has long been working for an architectural design proposal for a Martian base after NASA (or SpaceX) will land humans on Mars for the 1st time. They call it a stage 2 and stage 3 Martian bases (stage 1 - 1st landing base; stage 2 - a small permanent Martian base; stage 3 - small Martian settlement; stage 4 - Martian cities).

Stage 2 Martian base by Janek Kozicki [PDF of the concept here]

Mars trucks by Bryan Versteeg

Picture of the Day 3/1/15 - Mars exploration vehicles by Bryan Versteeg. More of his space concept art here.

Mars quotes

Mars is the only known planet inhabited solely by robots.

/ Space Exploration (FB page)

Hope that fact will change soon!

Wanderers - a vision of our expansion into the Solar System

"Wanderers" is a short film by Erik Wernquist depicting "a vision of humanity's expansion into the Solar System, based on scientific ideas and concepts of what our future in space might look like, if it ever happens. The locations depicted in the film are digital recreations of actual places in the Solar System, built from real photos and map data where available." In background of the stunning visuals you can hear the words and voice of Carl Sagan - the famous inspirator of space colonization.

All the scenes seen in film are explained here.

Mars base - Acheron labs - concept by William Bennett

The Acheron labs (a reference to one of the bases from Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy) concept by William Bennett. More of his concept art here. Click to view in full resolution:

Mars base by Douglas Shrock

Picture of the Day 26/7/14 - Mars base by American sci-fi artist Douglas Shrock (Shrox). More of his Mars art here.

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Entering Mars atmosphere by Manchu

Picture of the Day 15/6/14 - Mars habitat module entering Mars atmosphere with Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) by French sci-fi artist Manchu (Philippe Bouchet).

Mars colony by Cody Rapley

Picture of the Day 10/5/14 - Mars colony by photographer and designer Cody Rapley from New Zealand.

Setting up a Mars base by Pat Rawlings

Picture of the Day 8/5/14 - Setting up a Mars base (1998) by space illustrator Pat Rawlings.

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