Life on Mars

Several days later, on the South Pole of Mars.

The rovers were dragging what seemed to be a drilling device behind them as they advanced through the snow-coated ground.

Trailing further behind the rovers were five scientists fully clad in protective suits. They chatted amiably as they followed after the rover. In the background, a dome-shaped structure had been erected.

The height and circumference of this new structure were larger than the Ares spacecraft. It was built using numerous slabs of steel plates. Each steel plate had identical measurements so they were easily replaceable if any damaged section was detected.

The collection of more than thousands of steel plate building blocks came together to form the shape of a steel dome structure. The topmost section of the structure was substituted with glass instead to give the dome a transparent crown.