Four wacky Mars home designs Nasa is eyeing for Red Planet colony – from 3D-printed ‘hives’ to cosy mushroom houses

NASA considering a number of designs for its future Mars colonists, from 3D-printed habitats to structures grown from mushrooms.

To combat dangerous surface-level radiation on the Red Planet, Nasa and its partners have to get creative about where exactly future colonists will live.

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Beehives

These 3D-printed domes, from architecture studio AI Space Factory, resemble beehives.