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Mars gets a lot of meteors tho. Look at this pic, there are thousands of impact sites everywhere. How would a glass dome deal with this? I guess it could be build out of relatively small triangles and need some trusses in front of the glass for protection.
Then there are the issues of dust and temperature differences between the exterior and the interior of such a dome. Because of the dust, it would be dirty as fuck really fast. How will it be cleaned? Will you waste water on Mars to clean your windows? If you want a comfortable temperature, you will need at least 18°C inside. 20-22°C would be better. What happens if you get a cold night of -120°C outside? Those windows would be fogged up as FUCK.

Idk, maybe I'm missing something but I can't see glass domes as being a good solution.

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