01 Welcome to Mars
02 First Permanent Sபைடு நூலகம்ttlement on Mars
Thesis Goals
This thesis will strive to answer three parallel questions.
Social and Design Challenge: How can a small group of people create a viable community in isolation? How can the habitable spaces be made sustainable and pleasant for humans living in extreme conditions?
1. search for past and present life on Mars 2. basic science research to gain new knowledge about the solar system’s origin and history 3. applied science research on how to use Mars resources to augment life-sustaining systems
07 Setting
NASA’s ‘Mars Reference Mission’ - first three missions land at the same site and accumulate
infrastructure for an outpost with 12 crew members. - Habitat is 4 vertical cylinders, 2 stories, 7.5 meters in diameter. - Power by two 160 kW nuclear power plants and photovoltaic arrays. - Greenhouses, a life support and in-situ recourse utilization machinery. - Three pressurized rovers with attachments to aid in construction.
Solar wind Cosmic rays
Elevation
Atmospheric Pressure
Radiation sources Solar flares
06 Settlement mission
Establish a permanent base on Mars from which high-value scientific and engineering research can be performed
Engineering and Scientific Challenge: What are the engineering and structural imperatives, constraints, and opportunities in constructing habitable environments on Mars?
Construction of the permanent habitat begins with the arrival of the fourth crew.
08 First phase of development – 24 inhabitants
total population = 24 (12 on Mars and 12 more arriving every 2.7 years) 12 single + 6 couples 6 builders + 6 ‘alchemists’/engineers + 4 farmers + 7 scientists + 1 commander/administrator
Architecture and Engineering Synergy The two themes will be bound by the question of to what extent can architectural considerations have an impact on a construction with tight engineering constraints?
1G
0.38G
Gravity
Earth 50oC max
15oC mean
Mars
50oC
30oC max
0oC
-50oC
-30oC mean
-100oC
Temperature
05 Mars – elevation, atmospheric pressure and radiation
24000 m
03 Mars – size and orbit
23.5o
Earth Radius = 6378 km Day = 24h Year = 365.25 days
25.2o
Mars Radius = 3397km Day = 24h 40min Year = 687 days
= 667 sols
04 Mars – gravity and temperature
Olympus Mons
= 1 mb
8854 m 4000 m
0m
-6000 m
-11000 m
Mt. Everest Potosi, Bolivia Sea level
= 320 mb = 620 mb = 1013 mb
Hellas Planitia = 10 mb Mariana Trench
total habitable area = 1000 m2 + 2400 m2 greenhouses
Builders – work on expanding the habitat. Mainly on EVA + some studio planning work Engineers – Establish and maintain life support. Repair the exterior chemical plant. Or bring farmers