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To Arrive, Survive & Thrive!

Our M ission:To design, fund, build and operate the f irst

permanent settlement on Mars, opening the new frontier !

A Project of the non-profi t Mars FoundationTMThe Mars Homestead Project

Partial list of design team:

April AndreasMars Cookbook

James BurkWebmaster

Frank CrossmanPolymers & Glass

Robert DyckRefining, Space Suits

Damon EllenderMetals, Gas Plant

Gary FisherWaste Treatment

Inka HublitzAgricultureWilliam Johns, MDPsychology

Mark Homnick - Mgr

K. ManjunathaIT / IC / Comm

Joe PalaiaElectrical, Nuclear

Georgi Petrov - Architecture

Richard Sylvan, MD. - Medical

Presented by:

Bruce [email protected]

(781)944-7027


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Outline

Pat Rawlings, Inevitable Descent

We need your help!

Task Forces

Prototype Projects

R&D & Outreach Center

Future Directions

Conclusion

Initial Destination Mars

How do we get from vision to reality?

A vision for Martian settlement

Comparing this world and the next

Resources to build a new home


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Asteroids can support Trillions of people someday

But, Start with Mars, reasons:

1. Water for Food

2. Carbon for Food

3. N2, nutrients for Food

4.a. Carbonfor Polymers

4.b. Water for industrial processing

4.c. Atmosphere, replenish air leaks, cooling

4.d. Dirt, raw materials, Si, Fe, Al, SiO, O2,

4.c. 24.6 hour day

4.d. .

Learn: Interplanetary travel,

Life support,Bootstrap Manufacturing,

Mars settlement will open up the solar system to

humanity and life


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How do we get from Visionto Reality?

Feasibility study Prototype Projects

Research & Outreach

Center

Change Mindset

Mars Mission

Permanent Mars

Settlement

Settle Luna, Asteroids


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Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright

Vision - The Hillside Base

Built largely from local materials

~90% self-sufficiency by mass

Industrial capabilities enable settlement of the frontier


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Comparing this World, and the Next

Mars Earth

Dist. to Sun 225 million km 150 million km

Diameter 6,786 km 12,756 km

Tilt of Axis 25 degrees 23.5 degrees

Length of Year 687 Earth Days 365.25 Days

Length of Day 24 hours 37 minutes 24 hoursGravity 3/8 G 1 G

Temperature Range -127 C to 17 C -88 C to 58 C

Atmospheric Pressure 7 mb (ave) 1013 mb (ave)

Atmosphere Gases 95% CO2 78% N2, 21% O2

Number of Moons 2 (Phobos & Deimos) 1 (Luna)

Polar Ice Caps Water Ice & Dry Ice (CO2) Water Ice

Largest CanyonValles Marineris -

width of continental USThe Grand Canyon

Highest PointOlympus Mons - tallest known

volcano. 27km above Mars average.

Mount Everest. 8.848 km

above sea level.

Lowest Point Hellas Basin, 4km below Mars average.Mariana Trench

11.022 km deep.


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Selected Location:Candor Chasma

Valles Marineris

69.95W x 6.36S x -4.4km


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Possible locations

for landing zonesthat dont overfly

the settlement

Settlement Location


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Settlement Construction Staging PlanPhase1

Completely Robotic. No humans on site.

Timeframe : First 2 years.

Objectives : Deploy first nuke, well drilling equipment, gas plant.

Establish water well and initial gas reserve.

Phase 2

4 People on Site

Timeframe : Second 2 years.

Objectives : Deploy and setup mining / refining / manufacturing equipment. MRM production runs. Produce material needed for settlement construction.

Phase 3

8 People on Site

Timeframe : Third 2 years.

Objectives : Continued MRM as needed. Settlement shell construction. No

settlement electrical loads yet. Construct shell around agriculture, manufacturing& nuke BOPs.

Phase 4

12 People on Site

Timeframe : Fourth 2 years.

Objectives : Finalized settlement construction. Commissioning. All settlement loadscoming online.


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Temporary Habitats



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Standardized Modules



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Lower Level

Graphic by Georgi Petrov.Copyright


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B-B Cross Section Thru Greenhouse and Kitchen

Regolith Overburden

holds internal air pressure


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Lower Level



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Upper Level



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100m

First Permanent Settlement for 12 People

Build Phase 1



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100m

Settlement Expansion to 36 People

Build Phase 2

Build Phase 3



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What do we have to work with?

What you bring from Earth

Local Resources (Atmosphere, Water & Soil)

Humans & robots working synergistically

Resources to build a new home


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Resources we bring from Earth

Robots, automation systems

People

Temp. living quarters

Life Support & dry food

Power System Nuclear Reactors, backup solar

Electrical distribution components

Construction Equipment

Mining, Excavation, Hauling Equipment

Refining Equipment

Manufacturing Equipment

Gases, chemicals, metals, plastics, ceramics, masonry, glass

Other high-tech / low mass / or items to manufacture items

Equipment & material scavenged from Descent Craft

Control systems, wiring, actuators, sensors, metal, parachutes, etc.

250 metric tons of Cargo / Habitat / People


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Technologies /

Building Materials


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Martian Atmosphere


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Use of Atmospheric Gases

95.3% carbon dioxide (CO2)

2.7% nitrogen (N2)

1.6% argon (Ar)

0.15% oxygen (O2)

0.03% water vapor (H2O)

Atmospheric Composition

Oxygen

Habitat buffer gases (N2/Ar mix)

Methane (CH4) & H2 Fuel

Longer Chain Hydrocarbons

Plastics (including epoxy)

Output Products of Gas Plant

Pressure: 5-7mbar


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Gas Liquefaction and Storage

Process Flow Diagram-Mars Air Separation and CompressionWednesday, January 19, 2005

PrimaryCompression

20 Bar

CO2 Storage

Ar Storage

S

cr

ub

LIN Storage

Air

CO2(l or s) CO2

Storage

Atmosphere Air CoolingSecondary

Compression

50 Bar

N2/Ar21

stStage

CoolingN2/Ar2

2nd

StageCooling

(Optional0

N2

Ar2(l)

N2(l) N2

S

c

ru

b

Ar

Sabatier

Processes

N2

Ar

N2

Usage

Ar2

Usage

CO2(ll)

CO2(l )

CO2(lr)

1 2 3 4 5


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Martian Water

By R.S. Murray


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Greenhouse Water Use

Graphics by Georgi Petrov.

Copyright 2005


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Fig 2 - EPU Flow Diagram

WRS Potable

Water Tanks

3 @

10,000 L

WRS

Outflow Storage

Tank

10,000 L

Nutrient Tank

8,000 L

Irrigation

Water

Tank

8,000 L

AquacultureTanks 4 @

2,000 L

Tank #5

Algal turf scrubber250 L

Tank #3

Trickling

Filter

Tank #2

Trickling Filter

Reservoir

3,000 L

Tank #4

Turf ScrubberReservoir

1,500 L

Tank #7

Aerobic

3,000 L

Tank #9

Ozone/UV

Column

200 L

Tank #6

Aerobic

3,000 L

Tank #1

WRS Inflow

Gray

Water Tank

10,000 L

Tank #8

Clarifier

3,000 L

5 micron

filter

Potable Water Uses:

Laundry

CleaningFood Preparation

Drinking

Shower,

Etc.

Ozone Generator

Injector

GREENHOUSE

Condenser/RO + Makeup WaterTo Condenser/RO

Sludge to CS

Spent Sand to CS

P1

P2

P3

P8

P4

P5P6

P7

COMPOST SYS

Filter

Thru

Compost

WRS - Waste Recycling System, (portion of system)


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Martian Soil


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Glass Process

Floated on Tin, Pilkington Process, 2mx4m float tray, made from localbrick, covered to protect from dust

Cooled using CO2 in Lehr, 2mx2m, made from local brick. Rollers

imported. Cut into 1m x 1mx5mm glass panels for transport and further cutting.

Located Outdoors

Cooling Lehr

2mx2mx1m (built

from local Bricks,Refractory)

200K

200kg/day

Glass Supply(Molten)

1200-1400C200kg/day

Float Bath (Pilkington Process)

Required a 20mm layer of

Sn(.16m3(1166kg))

2mx4mx1m (built from local Bricks,Refractory)

1200-1400C

200kg/day

Diamond Glass

Cutter

1m2 (200kg)

18 cuts/day

CoolingCO2

2.5

kW

Transport and

Storage

Stacked on

Trailer andMoved by Rover

18 1mx1mx5mm

panes per day

1kWPowerRequirement

HeatingMethane/O2

??kW


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Drawing the Glass Fiber

Next steps:

Pulling fibers from the melt

drawing them down from 1 mm to

10.0E-6 m, a reduction ratio of 100

Organosilane coatings are applied toprotect the filament surfaces and

also to promote better wetting and

bonding between the glass filaments

and the thermosetting resin during

the filament winding process.

taking them up as a single strand on

the forming winder or to fiberchopper


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Filament winding the pressure vessel modules

A Filament Winder is

like a lathe with a long

cutting arm

that adds material

(fiber and resin)

instead of removing

material

The composites

filament winding area

may have to be ~30 m

high to accommodate

vertical winding of

Homestead modules

A large crane is

required to support the

mass and to maneuver

it from vertical to

horizontal


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Aliphatic Organic Synthesis Sequence*

CH2=CH2

2.CO2 + CO

H2

1.methanol

To cumene 6.

CH3OH

ethene

To ethylbenzene 4.

HOCH2CH=CH2propene

MTO

CH3CH2CH=CH2+

CH3CH=CHCH3

1 and 2-butenes

H2 CH3CH2CH2CH3

butane

H2O, H2SO4

CH3CH2CHOHCH3

2-butanol

maleic anhydride

CH3CH2COCH3Cu

2-butanone, MEK

HOOCOOCOOH

CH3 CH2CH3

CH3CH2 CH3

MEKPO dimer

H2S

2O

8

Cl2CH2ClCH=CH2

3-chloropropene

Cl2, H2OCH2-CHCH2Cl

Oepichlorohydrin

To polyethylene 1.

Ag

3a.

CH2-CH2O

oxirane

H2O HOCH2CH2OH

ethylene glycol3b.

5a. 5b.

7a.

8a. 8b. 8c.

HOCH2CHOHCH2OH

glycerol

H2O2ClCH2CHOHCH2Cl

glycerol dichlorohydrin4a. 4b. CaO

CO CH3COOH

Acetic acid9.

CaO

CH3CH=CH22-propenol

HCl

HOAc4c.

6.

As solvent for polyethylene 1.As co-reactant for LDPE

CO, O2 CH3OCOOCH3Dimethyl CarbonateCuCl, 130oC, 2000kPa

7/2O2, 400 - 480oC0.3 - 0.4 Mpa

CH=CH

O=C C=O

O

* Patent Pending

Chemical Synthesis (example)


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Polyethylene Part Manufacture

Extrusion product lines are compact

Polyethylene can be synthesized in three steps: (1) methane to (2) ethylene to (3) polyethylene pellets orflake.

As a thermoplastic it can be remelted and re-extruded as sheet, piping, bottles. Extrusion machines and

dies are complex and will need to be imported from Earth initially.

PE is limited to use at low temperatures due to creep/viscoelastic deformation.

It is chemically resistant to the point of being difficult to bond to other parts except by welding or by

mechanical joining.

Chemical Synthesis (example)

To Gravel StorageORE BENEFICIATION


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O2 42.5%

Si 20%

Fe 15%

Mg 5%

Al 5%

Ca 4%

Na 3%

S 2%

P 1%

Cl 0.8%

K 0.6%

Ti 0.6%

Mn 0.3%

Cr 0.2%

Crusher

(6-30mm

size)

Hydraulic

Mass

Classification

NaOH &

KOH

Prod/Stor

(~75kg)

Raw Ore(4000kg dry per

batch each hour)

FrontEnd

Loader

Fines


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Requirements

Steel Processing 400kg/day 1500K

Aluminum Processing 25kg/day 1000K

Glass Processing 200kg/day 1200K-1400K

Manufactured Products as needed for

construction(i.e. Structural, wire,)

Dual use or Flexible equipment used where

possible


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Tubing Mill-Formers

Rolls strips into a tube

and welds.

Tubing out can be rolled

or cut in lengths.

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Overview of Nuclear Reactor Design

Fuel PinsControl Drums

Concept developed by MIT Nuclear Engineering Dept.

(Presented at Mars Society Convention 2004) 400kWe, 2MWth

25 year EFPL (Effective Full Power Lifetime)

CO2 coolant, insensitive to leaks or ingress

Shielded by Martian soil, rocks and water

Hexagonal block type core

(slow thermal transients, large thermal inertia)

Epithermal spectrum

Dimensions L=160cm, D=40cm

Mass 3800 kg Fuel 20% enriched UO2 dispersed in BeO

20% efficient Brayton cycle energy

conversion, both open and closed

cycles possible.

MRM El t i l E D d


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LoadHandled by Division

(ie Owner)

Space Category

(Where Load Is)

Space Description

(Where Load Is)

Max

Power

Con-

sumption

[kW]

Cyclic?

Utili-

zation

Facto

r

Equi-

valent

Continou

s Load

Value

[kW]

Dryer/Pump Mining / Refining TF Refining Ore Beneficiation 1.00 No 1.00 1.0

Crusher Mining / Refining TF Refining Ore Beneficiation 5.00 Yes 0.33 1.7

Front End Loader Mining / Refining TF Refining Ore Beneficiation 0.00 Yes 0.00 0.0

NAOH/HCL Mining / Refining TF Refining Ore Beneficiation 140.00 Yes 0.67 93.8

Dryer / Pump Units Mining / Refining TF Refining Lime Refining 1.00 Yes 0.33 0.3

Grinder Mining / Refining TF Refining Lime Refining 2.00 Yes 0.33 0.7

Kiln Mining / Refining TF Refining Lime Refining 0.00 Yes 0.00 0.0

All Elements - Steel Mining / Refining TF Refining Steel Refining 0.00 Yes 0.00 0.0Dryer / Pump Mining / Refining TF Refining Glass / Brick / Ceramic 1.00 Yes 0.33 0.3

Brickmaking Mining / Refining TF Refining Glass / Brick / Ceramic 2.00 Yes 0.33 0.7

Brick / Ceramic Furnace Mining / Refining TF Refining Glass / Brick / Ceramic 0.00 Yes 0.00 0.0

Glass Furnace Mining / Refining TF Refining Glass / Brick / Ceramic 0.00 Yes 0.00 0.0

Dryers / Pumps Mining / Refining TF Refining AluminumRefining 2.00 Yes 0.33 0.7

Grinding Mining / Refining TF Refining AluminumRefining 2.00 Yes 0.33 0.7

Remaining Processes Mining / Refining TF Refining AluminumRefining 160.00 Yes 0.33 52.8

All ElementsMining / Refining TF

RefiningAlternate Water

Evaporator 1.00 No 1.00 1.0

All Elements (SWAG) Mining / Refining TF RefiningPlastics / Polymers

Refining171.30 Yes 0.33 56.5

All Elements (SWAG) Mining / Refining TF Refining Fiberglass (Resin) 171.30 Yes 0.33 56.5

All Elements (SWAG) Manufacturing TF ManufacturingBamboo Manufacturing

Equip10.00 Yes 0.33 3.3

All Elements (SWAG) Manufacturing TF ManufacturingMetals Manufacturing

Equipment20.00 Yes 0.33 6.6

All Elements (SWAG) Manufacturing TF Manufacturing

Plastics Manufacturing

Equipment 20.00 Yes 0.33 6.6

MRM Electrical Energy Demand

EquivalentContiousPoer:


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MRM Thermal Energy Demand

kWthHigh QHeat

2,351Daytime Load(for 8 hours):

6Manufacturing -Materials 1ManufacturingFiberglassResin Production

20Manufacturing -Materials 1ManufacturingPlastics Refining

280AluminumRefining AreaExterior AreasRemaining Processes -Alum

220AluminumRefining AreaExterior AreasDryer / Pumps -Alum

400Glass, Brick, Ceramic AreaExterior AreasBrick / Ceramic Furnace

270Glass, Brick, Ceramic AreaExterior AreasDryer / Pump -Brick

200Steel Refining AreaExterior AreasAll Elements -Steel

250Lime Refining AreaExterior AreasKiln -Lime

220Lime Refining AreaExterior AreasDryer / Pump Units -Lime

485Ore Beneficiation AreaExterior AreasDryer / Pump -Ore Ben

Max Power[kWth]

Space DescriptionSpace CategoryLoad

Loads are during operation (ie8 hours during the day, each day).

Primary Coolant Loads (IE High Quality Heat 1100 deg C)

kWthHigh QHeat

2,351Daytime Load(for 8 hours):

6Manufacturing -Materials 1ManufacturingFiberglassResin Production

20Manufacturing -Materials 1ManufacturingPlastics Refining

280AluminumRefining AreaExterior AreasRemaining Processes -Alum

220AluminumRefining AreaExterior AreasDryer / Pumps -Alum

400Glass, Brick, Ceramic AreaExterior AreasBrick / Ceramic Furnace

270Glass, Brick, Ceramic AreaExterior AreasDryer / Pump -Brick

200Steel Refining AreaExterior AreasAll Elements -Steel

250Lime Refining AreaExterior AreasKiln -Lime

220Lime Refining AreaExterior AreasDryer / Pump Units -Lime

485Ore Beneficiation AreaExterior AreasDryer / Pump -Ore Ben

Max Power[kWth]

Space DescriptionSpace CategoryLoad

Loads are during operation (ie8 hours during the day, each day).

Primary Coolant Loads (IE High Quality Heat 1100 deg C)

Energy Distribution Grid


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Energy Distribution Grid

Typical Round Trip Mission Plan


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Typical Round Trip Mission Plan(NASA Design Reference Mission (DRM)

Hab & Crew Ascent+Fuel+Power Earth Return

3 Crews of 6 = 18 people,

1.5 years on surface,

3 + 3 + 3 + 1 spare = 10 craft,

+ 10 fuel = 20 heavy launches

Mars Homestead Plan


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Mars Homestead Plan

Hab & Crew Ascent+Fuel+Power Earth Return

Result:

for the same 250 T of payload, we get a

Permanent Base for 12 ( 24, 36, 48 )Same launch cost as 3 Round Trips for 3 x 6 = 18 people

Do Not sent (most) return craft / Do send refining & manufacturing

Extra Manuf. Equip.

Prototype Projects


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Portable power supplies Mars Cookbook

\ \ \ AAA / / /

< Explosives >

/ / / VVV\ \ \ \

Furniture Manufacture Kitchen equipment

Inflatable structures

Masonry structure (foam?)

Table top process demos

Miniature plastics moulding Miniature machine shop

equipment

Recycle spacecraft hardware

Small projects sui table for local groups, students, university classes.

Design or select equipment for:

Outfit a Single ModuleGreenhouse Experiments

Prototype Projects

Clothing from parachutes Felt & paper manufacture

Metal Refining

Surface Vehicles

Robotic assistants

Flexible chemical equipment Gas separation equipment

Fiberglass winding

Brick laying robots

Small Robot Projects


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Conclusion of

Hillside Base

description

Presented by:


(781)944-7027

The Mars Homestead Project


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[email protected]

Bruce Mackenzie

April AndreasMars Cookbook

James BurkWebmaster

Frank CrossmanPolymers & Glass

Robert DyckRefining, Space Suits

Damon EllenderMetals, Gas Plant

Gary FisherWaste Treatment

Mark Homnick - Mgr

Inka HublitzAgriculture

William Johns, MD - Psychology

K. ManjunathaIT / IC / Comm

Joe PalaiaElectrical, Nuclear

Georgi Petrov - Architecture

Richard Sylvan, MD. - Medical

A Project of the non-profi t Mars FoundationTMThe Mars Homestead Project

Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright 2005 Mars Foundation.

You could live here!

Help us make it happen!

M H t d


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Mars Homestead

Future Directions

AndFrank Crossman

Damon Ellender

Gary Fisher

Georgi Petrov

Presented by:


(781)944-7027

Ne t Steps for Mars Fo ndation


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Mars Homestead project:Mars Settlement Reference PlanRefine Design / Hillside / Any Site

As Available:

Safe Haven / Passive Thermal Control

Novel Technologies

Contests

Prototype Projects, ie,

Brick / Agriculture / fiberglass

Economize Staging Sequence

Design Mockup Mars Homestead

Next Steps for Mars Foundation

TBDMajor Project

Triple Launch

Demo Site for Contests/Technologies

Economic models, finance Settlement

Fun Designs:

Children, Hands-On / Museum

Outlying Mars HomesteadsTruck Stop / Pony Express

City design

Internship, admin help, editor, webmaster, graphic artist


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Mars Settlement Reference Plan

Chapter format on web, andOptional book format

Document current work (Hillside Base 1)

Continue to later work

Future Directions


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Future Directions

Refine / Economize Deployment:

Not Site Specific, no hillside required

Start with fewer construction materials to delay transportation costs:

perhaps fiberglass, ceramics, sintered regolith (brick)

Add additional construction materials as base develops:

Plastics, steel aluminum, pressboard, paper

Use for non-life critical construction, only, at first

Greenhouse tanks, trays,

Interior partitions, furnishings

Trailers,Construct Habitat

pressure shells, later

Future Directions


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-Greenhouse Outside Modules

-Kitchen & Workshops Inner Modules

-Emergency Living Quarters

-Low Power in Emergency

-Radiation Shielding

-Side Lit with Mirrors

-Convective Cooled

-Curtains to Retain Heat

Safe Haven / Passive Thermal Control


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Safe Haven /

Passive Thermal Control

P i t S it


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Private Suites

More detailed design of the private suites.

Currently the plans and 3D don't quite matchup. They need to be

studied in more detailed to make sure that wehave a viable design.

I'm attaching a couple of images that you can

use for your slides. Cheers

Georgi

Future Directions


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Future Directions

Novel TechnologiesInvestigate new technologies, or

ones not cost effective on Earth

Example:

Iron Carbonyl Process:

- Use CO to extract Iron, high pressure liquid, ~ 200

C-Deposit directly into a mold to leave solid Iron

(James B.)

F t Di ti


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Future Directions

Contests

- Proposal to refine specific materials with COTS equipment

Brick, Fiberglass , Polyethylene, Al,

- Breadboard to make specific materials

- Demo minimal mass of equipment needed

- Demo increasing strength of finished material

- Construct a finished object

given X kg of equipment, make a pressurized pipe

NASA Centenial Challenge, administer

(Gary F.)

Prototype Projects


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Portable power supplies Mars Cookbook

\ \ \ AAA / / /

< Explosives >

/ / / VVV\ \ \ \

Furniture Manufacture Kitchen equipment

Inflatable structures

Masonry structure (foam?)

Table top process demos

Miniature plastics moulding Miniature machine shop

equipment

Recycle spacecraft hardware

Small projects sui table for local groups, students, university classes.

Design or select equipment for:

Outfit a Single ModuleGreenhouse Experiments

Prototype Projects

Clothing from parachutes Felt & paper manufacture

Metal Refining

Surface Vehicles

Robotic assistants

Flexible chemical equipment Gas separation equipment

Fiberglass winding

Brick laying robots

Small Robot Projects


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Manufacture of Brick Barrel Vaults-Use of Robotics to manufacture brick barrel vaults

Assumptions

Possible MethodsBasic Design

Kinematic Design

Work Flow Analysis

Recommendation

Agricultural Conceptsresearch for construction methods,

crop selection, crop efficiencies,

facility management systems.

Insulated and Temp ControlledSolar and Opaque Greenhouses

Complete Mass balance and Energy Balance Calcs

Crop Efficiency versus Ph 1 programming estimates

Modular to allow for concurrent experimentation

Dar al Islam school, Abiqui, New Mexico


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Funding / In Kind Support

Large and small

Contact us to help

Triple Launch


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Triple LaunchSend 3 Crews,

To improve chance of success,

Lessen chance of programabandoment

(Gary)

O tl i M H t d


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Outlying Mars Homesteads

First Settlement grows to be Manufacturing Center

New Arrivals land at spaceport (St. Louis)

Outfit yourself with Supplies &Rover (Conestoga Wagon)

Travel to site of your new home/farm/mine/outpost,

Set up home and tools of your trade.

Pony Express RoutesEstablish travel routes on Mars between settlements,

Set up truck stops (wayside lodges) along the route,Travelers stop for meals, stretching, lodging, provided by Inn

keeper and family.

Frequent emergency shelters, double as automated farms

Future Directions


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Economics: large-scale commercial settlement

Business model of full settlement of the Red Planet.

Passenger tickets paid in Earth dollars,

spacecraft maintained by Mars,

fuel from in-space resources.

This provides profit to Earth investors

without bringing a physical product back.

-a fully reusable Earth-orbit-to-Mars-orbit transport

- ship, the size of an ocean passenger ship

- permanent Mars shuttle; Mars surface to Mars orbit and back

- an Earth shuttle: surface to LEO, the only part paid by Earth money

-city on Mars to receive new arrivals, and- provide equipment and provisions for new settlers.

-A "company town" built by the same corporation that operates

- the ship, and populated mostly by it's employees.

(Rob D.)

Full-Scale Mars Prototype/Research Center:


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Uses:

A site to integrate research equipment.

Research on processing food with minimal equipment

Research on building techniques, using local Martian

materials

Research on (semi-closed) biological life support,

Open to the Public

Contests (rover run-offs, construction, etc.)

School tours, special programs, children's camp, privateevents

'Living History' community (Plymouth, Sturbridge)

Apply lessons learned to Earth ecology.

A research facility studying future permanent Mars Settlement.

Publicly demonstrates the feasibility and advantages of living beyond the Earth.

Goals:1. Research feasibility of early, low-cost, permanent settlement of space (starting with Mars).

2. Publicity, Education, Public Involvement; especially children.

M a r s R e s e a r c h & O u t r e a c h C e n t e r , ' V a l le y ' la y o u t


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Out f i t t ing Shop(Gif t Shop) /Ex it

Set t lement

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