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Interesting.
In the frozen reaches of Whittier, Alaska, a single 14-story building stands as humanity's most compelling real-world preview of life in a permanent Mars colony.
Begich Towers, a repurposed Cold War barracks, houses nearly an entire town of 250-300 residents who voluntarily spend months confined indoors, shielded from relentless blizzards, sub-zero temperatures, and a landscape that can turn apocalyptic without warning.
Here, daily life unfolds entirely under one roof: school, grocery store, church, clinic, police station, and homes all interconnected, with the outside world accessible only through a single tunnel that closes at night.
Imagine humanity's first permanent Mars colony: a tight-knit group living indefinitely in a single, self-contained habitat amid a deadly environment. Begich Towers in Whittier, Alaska, is the closest thing Earth has to that future. Read along…
In the frozen reaches of Whittier, Alaska, a single 14-story building stands as humanity's most compelling real-world preview of life in a permanent Mars colony.
Begich Towers, a repurposed Cold War barracks, houses nearly an entire town of 250-300 residents who voluntarily spend months confined indoors, shielded from relentless blizzards, sub-zero temperatures, and a landscape that can turn apocalyptic without warning.
Here, daily life unfolds entirely under one roof: school, grocery store, church, clinic, police station, and homes all interconnected, with the outside world accessible only through a single tunnel that closes at night.
Imagine humanity's first permanent Mars colony: a tight-knit group living indefinitely in a single, self-contained habitat amid a deadly environment. Begich Towers in Whittier, Alaska, is the closest thing Earth has to that future. Read along…
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