Attitudes toward Mars

>
> For instance, I remember that in the movie "Total Recall", there is a
> Martian city enveloped by a highly irregular polyhedral glassy structure,

That is even worse than a dome ! Practically impossible to analyse.

> but
> anyway the characters refer to this structure as a "dome". Also, the
> Biosphere II is made of glass pyramids and roofs, but sometimes I have heard

Biosphere II was not pressurized. In fact they had a huge inflatable
structure
called "The Lung" to absorb the thermal changes in gas volume to make
sure
there was no pressure differential compared to the outside..

Cheers,
CR.