Real World Interplanetary colonization plans

this thread is a repository of links, and information on Real World colonization plans, and discussion about such.<br /><br />Like the <br />Mars Direct Plan<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Direct<br /><br />The Mars Society has published <b>Mars Analog Research Station Program</b> (MARS)<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Analogue_Research_Station_Programme<br /><br />Domes as a starting habitat<br />http://www.redcolony.com/art.php?id=0112060<br /><br />Using bacteria<br />http://www.redcolony.com/art.php?id=0107190<br /><br />