Video: NASA's Journey to Mars

In recent months NASA has released some exciting videos visualizing its "Journey to Mars". What is more important - they represent a conceptual shift from Apollo's style approach [every expedition to it's own location] to a more longsighted approach - every expedition to the same one location. At the workshop in October, 2015 NASA officials revealed that "human exploration of Mars is not planned as a single mission, but a series of three to five expeditions, each with a crew of four to six, lasting about 500 Martian days each. All would land in the same exploration zone, or EZ. The plan includes the construction of a surface field station to be located in the center of the exploration." It means that NASA's "Journey to Mars" mission concept has become more friendly to a goal of a permanent human colony on Mars.

NASA's base on Mars after a few decades:

Astronauts on Phobos by Ron Miller

Picture of the Day 12/2/16 - Astronauts on Phobos by sci-fi illustrator and writer Ron Miller. More of his Mars art here.

Mars base by Manchu

Picture of the Day 3/2/16 - Mars base with dome over a chasm near Ascraeus Mons by French sci-fi artist Manchu (Philippe Bouchet).

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Concept art for The Martian movie

The official Facebook page of The Martian has posted some concept art pictures for the movie. Here they are (click for original resolution):

Mars base by Bryan Versteeg

Picture of the Day 30/12/15 - Mars base with inflatable sections partially buried in sand by Bryan Versteeg.
More of his space concept art here.

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Concept art for The Martian by Oleg Zherebin

Picture of the Day 30/10/2015 - Mark Watney, his rover and the Sojourner rover as a concept art for The Martian by Oleg Zherebin. More of his art here.

Mars base illustrations for National Geographic Kids Magazine

Mondolithic Studios has made some pretty impressive illustrations of a human Martian base for National Geographic Kids Magazine (November 2015). Click to view in full resolution:

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Mars hotel by Bob Eggleton

Picture of the Day 11/10/2015 - "Mars hotel" by fantasy and sci-fi artist Bob Eggleton.

Concept art for The Martian by Artur Sadlos

Picture of the Day 6/10/2015 - Sandstorm over a Mars base as a concept art for The Martian by Artur Sadlos.

Quotes from The Martian

Some of the most memorable quotes from the latest sci-fi blockbuster The Martian (click to view in full resolution):

Everywhere I go, I’m the first. Step outside the rover - First guy ever to be there! Climb a hill - First guy to climb that hill!

Once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially 'colonised' it.