This Is How Your House On Mars Will Look Like!

National Geographic's new TV series called "Mars," which is going to air from this Sunday, aims to show how humans would adapt to the Martian life. In preparation for the series, the Royal Observatory in London is hosting a Martian show home that has been constructed with materials that are nearest to those that are available on the Red Planet.

RT @marekkukula: Mars on Earth! Mars Home is at @ROGAstronomers until 16/11 #MakeMarsHome https://t.co/yc4Dx7UfZk pic.twitter.com/9fQiuKjfpM

— Nat Geo UK (@NatGeoChannelUK) November 10, 2016

The model home will be displayed at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich till next Wednesday. "This is what we imagine will by a typical house, so to speak, on Mars in about the year 2037," said Stephen Petranek, author of "How We'll Live on Mars," according to Mail Online. Cardiff-based company Wild Creations constructed the prototype based on a dome-like design with recycled spacecraft parts such as a double air locked entrance that would help in protecting the early human inhabitants on the planet from its freezing temperatures and severe atmospheric conditions. The model home includes an underground area, beneath a trap door, where there is an arrangement to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen with the specific machines. Incidentally, 95 percent of the Red Planet's atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide.

Head to the Royal Observatory Greenwich tomorrow from 10am to see the world’s first Mars Show Home @ROGAstronomers #MakeMarsHome pic.twitter.com/CzHRkOMN2V — Nat Geo UK (@NatGeoChannelUK) November 9, 2016

The basement of the pod includes heaters and provision for more beds. The house also comprises of a small cooking area, fitted with a microwave to help in cooking. A computer and a bed will also fit into the pod-shaped home. Moreover, the house includes a platform with pots of plants to facilitate in-house food growing by its inhabitant/s.

The first ever Mars Show Home has just been unveiled at the Royal Observatory Greenwich @ROGAstronomers #MakeMarsHome Sunday 9pm pic.twitter.com/K1yR0dhpdF

— Nat Geo UK (@NatGeoChannelUK) November 10, 2016

According to Petranek, the reason for constructing and showcasing such an abode is not to satisfy curiosity but rather due to necessity because eventually there is a "100 per cent chance an extinction event will affect the Earth, and is almost certain to wipe out humans -- whether it is an asteroid a mile long or an unbeatable virus." Therefore, humans have to gradually become a multi-planetary species to avoid extinction, a viewpoint that is also shared by tech billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is currently working on a project to land humans on Mars by 2025. For now, we do not know the exact timeline when humans will actually start to settle on Mars. However, you can see how your house on Mars will look like, if you do plan to move to the Red Planet.

RT .@tomonewsus: Space igloo built for Mars shows how humans could #MakeMarsHome pic.twitter.com/7Ce5t4L2H7 — Nat Geo UK (@NatGeoChannelUK) November 7, 2016