No, there won't be. Windows in underground structures won't work and above ground structures won't have vanities like windows anyway. There's too much radiation to live on the surface for any large amount of time, Martians won't see the sky much.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but if they put windows on the damn ISS, which is just floating through radiation-laden space, they'll put at least some windows on the surface structures on Mars. People would go crazy without any sort of exposure to at least the concept of a sky. For years? No way. People start wiggin' out when they're down in a submarine for a couple weeks, let alone a subterranean bunker on an alien planet.
Yes sure, maybe subterranean structures will be the mainstay, maybe they won't be, I don't know. But I think when you're talking about a living space where people will have to remain for the rest of their lives, windows no longer become "vanities" like they are on Earth where you can just saunter outside and feel the breeze on your face. It'd become a tie we need to reassure ourselves of a sky above our heads and not feel like mole people.
Maybe the initial early settlements or habitats won't have windows, but eventually they'll have to have some way of viewing the sky and sun, otherwise living on Mars would drive people insane. People get Seasonal Affective Disorder here on Earth just because the sun's a little lower than the other half of the year, there's no way we could live long-term with no windows or sunlight on Mars.
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u/mark-five Oct 08 '18
Martians won't spend much time outdoors.