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It can also make leather-like materials and building blocks for a Martian house.

One day, Mars might become a home to humans. But first, there’s the cinematic, sci-fi challenge of making the Red Planet suitable for life. There’s a problem, though: The typical person can’t get to ...

For decades, science fiction writers from Andy Weir to Ray Bradbury have vividly imagined what it would be like if humans were to step foot on the surface of Mars. Perhaps most famously, it was ...