Mars One Habitat Concept By Bryan Versteeg Shows How We Could Live On The Red Planet

This Is How Living On Mars Might Look Like
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We're still not quite sure how to get to, land on or get off Mars just yet, but that hasn't stopped a Canadian designer envisaging what our Red Planet homes could look like.

Bryan Versteeg has a 20-year career in the graphics industry and in 2011 founded a website specifically to "focus on the conceptual visualisation for space exploration".

And this is one of the results...

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Mars One Habitat
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A space station is shown in this undated handout artist's rendering. Kalpana space station, which the artist says is his update of the space station in "2001- A Space Odyssey." Bryan Versteeg hasn't stopped drawing ever since he got his first crayons and left marks all over the walls as a child - all the while dreaming of someday living in space. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Bryan Versteeg/ spacehabs.com)
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A Martian space habitat is shown in this undated handout artist's rendering. Artist Bryan Versteeg started working on the Martian space habitat after he was approached by the founders of the Mars One Foundation, which is planning a one-way mission to the red planet. (credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Bryan Versteeg/ spacehabs.com)
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A space station is shown in this undated handout artist's rendering. Kalpana space station, which the artist says is his update of the space station in "2001- A Space Odyssey." Bryan Versteeg hasn't stopped drawing ever since he got his first crayons and left marks all over the walls as a child - all the while dreaming of someday living in space. He still remembers that sketch books and drawing pencils were the predominant gifts on his fifth and sixth birthdays. So began the career of the 38-year-old Calgary space artist who's becoming known for his futuristic out-of-this-world illustrations. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Bryan Versteeg/ spacehabs.com)
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A Martian space habitat is shown in this undated handout artist's rendering. Artist Bryan Versteeg started working on the Martian space habitat after he was approached by the founders of the Mars One Foundation, which is planning a one-way mission to the red planet. (credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Bryan Versteeg/ spacehabs.com)
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A space station is shown in this undated handout artist's rendering. Kalpana space station, which the artist says is his update of the space station in "2001- A Space Odyssey." Bryan Versteeg hasn't stopped drawing ever since he got his first crayons and left marks all over the walls as a child - all the while dreaming of someday living in space. He still remembers that sketch books and drawing pencils were the predominant gifts on his fifth and sixth birthdays. So began the career of the 38-year-old Calgary space artist who's becoming known for his futuristic out-of-this-world illustrations. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Bryan Versteeg/ spacehabs.com)
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Space concept artist Bryan Versteeg at work at his home studio in Calgary, Alberta on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Versteeg hasn't stopped drawing ever since he got his first crayons and left marks all over the walls as a child - all the while dreaming of someday living in space. He still remembers that sketch books and drawing pencils were the predominant gifts on his fifth and sixth birthdays. So began the career of the 38-year-old Calgary space artist who's becoming known for his futuristic out-of-this-world illustrations. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal)
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Space concept artist Bryan Versteeg at work at his home studio in Calgary, Alberta on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Versteeg hasn't stopped drawing ever since he got his first crayons and left marks all over the walls as a child - all the while dreaming of someday living in space. He still remembers that sketch books and drawing pencils were the predominant gifts on his fifth and sixth birthdays. So began the career of the 38-year-old Calgary space artist who's becoming known for his futuristic out-of-this-world illustrations. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal)
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Check out photos from the Red Planet, as taken by NASA's Curiosity Rover.
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This Aug. 9, 2011 image provided by NASA shows a view from the Mars Rover Opportunity from the Western rim of the Endeavour Crater. (credit:AP)
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This undated image provided by NASA shows the Mars rover Opportunity looking back at an outcrop where it spent the Martian winter in 2012. (credit:AP)
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This image provided by NASA shows a rock that the NASA Mars rover Opportunity examined in 2012. (credit:AP)
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This image provided by NASA shows a shadow self-portrait taken by NASAs Opportunity rover on the Martian surface. (credit:AP)
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This image provided by NASA shows a panoramic view from NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity of "Solander Point." (credit:AP)
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This image provided by NASA shows the late-afternoon shadow cast by the Mars rover Opportunity at Endeavour Crater. The six-wheel rover landed on Mars in January 2004 and is still going strong. (AP Photo/NASA) (credit:AP)
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Handout photo issued by NASA Wednesday 21 January 2004 of a image mosaic taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. (credit:PA)
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Nasa undated computer generated image of what the it's Spirit rover would look like on the surface of Mars. (credit:PA)
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This magnified image taken by the Mars Rover Opportunity shows evidence of past flowing water. (credit:Getty Images)
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This magnified image taken by the Mars Rover Opportunity shows evidence of past flowing water. (credit:Getty Images)

The Mars One project is seeking to launch a one-way mission to the planet. Despite the certainty of never seeing Earth again, over 100,000 people signed up to die in space.

Speaking to the Canadian Press, he said: "I've always been seeking out the future of engineering. It's a great way to look into the future.

He adds on the Mars One website: "I'm extremely excited about this project. I have always worked in the architectural field, but my passion is with design for space missions.

"Mars One struck me as technically feasible and financially sound. I am proud to be a part of this exciting company."