Congratulations, you've taken the seven-month-long journey and have landed on Mars. And it turns out, you're the first person. Better start getting the human colonization efforts prepared.

Will you ever make it back to Earth? How will you gather resources for survival? And will this happen one day?

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Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXR46TrbA8&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJNsV9FFeNAKl2ySsHj8GZO
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