Discovery

== Introduction ==
Discovery is a Martian city located in Alba Mons on Mars. It is one of the main cities of Mars and the location of the Alba Spaceport, one of the busiest spaceports on Mars. It was named for the Discovery space shuttle.
== History ==
=== Planning ===
The Mars Terraformation Committee (MTC) authorized the first city on Mars to be built on Alba Mons, a mountain range on mars roughly the size of the United States. A few blueprints were published for the city, which all included major highway routes, which had already been planned, to go through the city. It was also broken up into districts and was given room for things like spaceports and train routes. 
It was broken up into 5 districts, the Central District, the Discovery Metroplexian District, the Urban Discovery District, the Canal District. and the Discovery Natural District. For the Metroplexian district they designated high-rise buildings for it and wide roads, whilst the Urban District they designated more low-residential buildings. The canal district was designated for commercial use with boat canals cutting through the district, hence the name. The central district was going to house only governmental buildings, but soon residential buildings were allowed there too. For the Natural district they wanted no buildings and set aside the land for natural parks instead. 
=== Settlement ===
Discovery was first settled in 2071 shortly after algae and bacteria were crashed on Mars to help heat the surface. It started out as a few Martian Domiciles surrounding an unpaved area. The city at the time wasn't even a square mile in area. The first permanent resident of Discovery was miner Zarah Zawar, who moved to Mars to undertake a mining job in the nearby Ares Mines. Most of the people there were scientists not moving there permanently.
=== Development ===
After Mars was fully terraformed, the city government started building the central district, setting up a few governmental buildings including the Alba Spaceport. They then started work on the Metroplexian district which was finished in a few years. They then started work on the Canal District, they imported water from other places for the canals. They then worked on the urban district, and finally, the natural district.
== Climate ==
The climate could be described simply as cold, with somewhat dry summers. During the winters, it snows almost everyday, with a lot of rain. In the summer, it is known to still rain, and on rare occasions, snow.
== Appearances ==
* None
Category:Cities
Category:Cities of Alba Mons, Tharsis, Mars
Category:Places
Category:2071 establishments