Mars Initiatives to Send People to Mars:
Mars One: http://www.mars-one.com/
Mars Society: http://www.marssociety.org/home
Mars Foundation: http://marshome.org/
The Mars Initiative: http://www.marsinitiative.org/
Space X Founder Elon Muck Explain Mass Transit to Mars: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/mars-colony-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-settlement_n_2190847.html
Settlement Concepts:
MarsPedia: http://www.marspedia.org/index.php?title=Settlement
Hillside Settlement: http://www.marshome.org/images2/thumbnails.php?album=90
Mars Colonization: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Mars
Mars Desert Research Station: http://mdrs.marssociety.org/
Explore Mars Now: http://www.exploremarsnow.org/
Mars Station Room Ideas: http://daveperlof9.wix.com/mars-2#!habitats/c70k
3-D Templates for "Pods":
Area Formulas:
Some surface area formulas: http://www.basic-mathematics.com/surface-area-formula.html
Area & surface area formulas: http://math2.org/math/geometry/areasvols.htm
Regular polygon area formulas: http://www.mathwords.com/a/area_regular_polygon.htm