# Suggested Reading *The AADZ recommends certain literature and historical documentation made prior to the colonization project. These may not entirely accurate to the current Ad Astra Unlimited's schematics or plans, but are helpful in understanding the history and the whys of colonizing Mars.* ### **Mars Colonies: Plans for Settling the Red Planet** ![](/files/sIMhFyFU2nNEbX8DpOkn) *Back in the Fall of 2018, The Mars Society offered a prize for the best design and description of a 1000 person colony on Mars. One hundred teams from around the world responded with their proposals, the book presents 22 of the plans judged to be the best to address all these requirements in a comprehensive way.* {% embed url="" %} Amazon Link provided by the AADZ. {% endembed %} ### Mars City States: New Societies for a New World ![](/files/pxIzB2EGOADhU3h3TkmI) *What will we create on Mars? -- This was a question posed decades ago back in early 2020 to the Mars Society, and they sponsored the Mars City State Design Competition: Design a city state for 1 million people on Mars. The designs had to take into account all aspects of the city: its technical basis, its economic foundation, its social and political system, and its architectural aesthetics. If a city is to succeed and grow, it will need to be a place that people would want to move to. How can such a city be created on Mars?* *Such a city exists off of that basis on Mars, the renowned Waterloo City.* {% embed url="" %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.milliononmars.com/playerguide/first-steps-on-mars/suggested-reading.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.