First Humans to Colonise Red Planet will Live in Luxury, Experts Say

Published November 8th, 2018 - 08:00 GMT
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The first humans to colonise the red planet will be living in luxury on the barren wasteland, experts claim.

Martian mansions will feature gyms, spas and the best views overlooking the rouge landscape.

A slice of the high-end real estate market on Mars is expected to cost around £2.5 million ($3.3 million).

Experts create designs for three homes on our galactic neighbour to mark the launch of National Geographic's second series of MARS.

Mars expert Stephen Petranek and Professor David Dinges, an expert on human behaviour from the University of Pennsylvania, suggest settlers will live in opulence.

The first home is targeted at young professionals and is an apartment that features a garden, tinted windows and a water filled skylight.

The estimated cost for this outlandish piece of real estate would be in the region of £350,000 ($460,000).

A step up the property ladder would be a family home that comes complete with garage, conservatory-style veranda and private garden for approximately £650,000 ($855,000).

 

Atop the martian property mountain sits a proposed £2.5 million ($3.3 million) mansion which comes complete with a private garden, gym, spa, car-port and a games room.

An accompanying survey of 2,000 people asked people about the prospect of living on Mars.

The National Geographic survey found that ten per cent of people would happily move to Mars in the opportunity arose tomorrow.

A further 15 per cent found that buying property on the red planet is more appealing than it is on Earth.

Mr Petranek said: 'Ultimately, living on Mars must seem more appealing and psychologically inviting than living on Earth or not enough people will want to make a new life there.

'As we make these predictions now, we can only wonder what designs we will actually adopt as hundreds of thousands of people eventually move to the Red Planet.'

 

This article has been adapted from its original source.

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