A team of friends in Poland who happen to be architects, roboticists and makers decided to do something cosmic: they created InnSpace, a project literally out of this world. And by the way, they decided to apply their creative talents to the Mars Colony Prize Competition commissioned by the Mars Society last year. Their entry called Ideacity, a Mars settlement of the near future, won 5th prize.
To ensure the colony was designed with a diverse range of viewpoints, the team interviewed 167 experts from various backgrounds. They asked pertinent questions on political issues, services delivered from Earth and social aspects that would affect the design and organization of the colony. The results helped them to improve the concept, but they also found that technology will not completely replace human beings.
