All cards · October 31, 2026 · from the year 2076
The next expedition is staying for dinner.
A guest kitchen on Mars · 2076 (50 years ahead) · Space habitation · Gouache cutaway, brick red and ultramarine
Why this card
NASA reports that four crew members are finishing more than a year in a simulated Mars mission intended to help prepare for long stays on the Moon and Mars. The imagined next steps are dependable habitats and experience living together, eventually allowing separate research crews to visit one another rather than remain isolated. Fifty years leaves room for that difficult development; the picture imagines its everyday reward as an extra place at dinner, not a guaranteed destination.