India has taken the first step towards colonizing Mars
https://universemagazine.com/en/simulating-mars-conditions-an-astronaut-spent-three-weeks-alone-in-the-hab-1-facility/
Could the egg-shaped Hab-1 structure be a future home for Indian astronauts in space? It is the Indian Space Research Organization’s (Isro) first-ever analog mission to simulate space conditions to prepare for real missions. Hab-1 recently completed a three-week test in the mountainous state of Ladakh.
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