How will man live on  Mars?  According to the March 1953 issue of Popular Science, it would be rather charming inflatable bubbles.  Devised by Alfred William Moffett of MIT, the complex is powered by inflatable rubber solar panels providing enough electricity to support 33 men for a 430 day stay.

How all that plastic is going to hold up against the hard UV rays of the Mars is questionable, but, gosh, it is decorative.  It's the Googie school of space engineering.

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