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Re:Huge Mars Colony Eyed by SpaceX Founder Elon Musk by stcredzero on Friday November 23, 2012 @07:58PM (#4824209)
> You know that Mars atmosphere don't capture oxygen right?

How is this relevant to growing in pressurized domes?

Re:Huge Mars Colony Eyed by SpaceX Founder Elon Musk by hazov on Friday November 23, 2012 @09:03PM (#4824310)
It's not, but a huge pressurized dome would be pretty much expensive, I do not think a colony on Mars would be able to produce more than subsistence level for the pioneers.
Re:Huge Mars Colony Eyed by SpaceX Founder Elon Musk by stcredzero on Friday November 23, 2012 @09:44PM (#4824375)
There has already been consideration of producing polymers on Mars from the atmosphere. Agricultural domes would not have to be reliable as living spaces, so these could be built cheaply as inflatable structures. So mars could build its own greenhouses.