The Mars Homestead Project ™
A Project of the non-profit Mars FoundationTM
Our Mission: To design, fund, build and operate the first
permanent settlement on Mars, opening the new frontier!
Presented by:
Bruce Mackenzie
Bruce@MarsHome.org
(781)944-7027
Partial list of design team:
April Andreas – Mars Cookbook
James Burk – Webmaster
Frank Crossman – Polymers & Glass
Robert Dyck – Refining, Space Suits
Damon Ellender – Metals, Gas Plant
Gary Fisher – Waste Treatment
Inka Hublitz – Agriculture
William Johns, MD – Psychology
Mark Homnick - Mgr
K. Manjunatha – IT / IC / Comm
Joe Palaia – Electrical, Nuclear
Georgi Petrov - Architecture
Richard Sylvan, MD. - Medical
To Arrive, Survive & Thrive!
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Outline
• We need your help!
• Initial Destination Mars
• Task Forces
• How do we get from vision to reality? • Prototype Projects
• A vision for Martian settlement
• R&D & Outreach Center
• Comparing this world and the next • Future Directions
• Conclusion
• Resources to build a new home
Pat Rawlings, Inevitable Descent
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Mars settlement will open up the solar system to
humanity and life
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. Carbon – for 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,
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How do we get from Vision to Reality?
• Feasibility study
• Prototype Projects
• Research & Outreach
Center
• Change Mindset
• Mars Mission
• Permanent Mars
Settlement
• Settle Luna, Asteroids
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Vision - The Hillside Base
• Built largely from local materials
• ~90% self-sufficiency by mass
• Industrial capabilities enable settlement of the frontier
Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright ©
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Comparing this World, and the Next…
Dist. to Sun
Diameter
Tilt of Axis
Length of Year
Length of Day
Gravity
Temperature Range
Atmospheric Pressure
Atmosphere Gases
Number of Moons
Polar Ice Caps
Largest Canyon
Highest Point
Lowest Point
Mars
Earth
225 million km
6,786 km
25 degrees
687 Earth Days
24 hours 37 minutes
3/8 G
-127 C to 17 C
7 mb (ave)
95% CO2
2 (Phobos & Deimos)
Water Ice & Dry Ice (CO2)
Valles Marineris width of continental US
Olympus Mons - tallest known
volcano. 27km above Mars average.
150 million km
12,756 km
23.5 degrees
365.25 Days
24 hours
1G
-88 C to 58 C
1013 mb (ave)
78% N2, 21% O2
1 (Luna)
Water Ice
Hellas Basin, 4km below Mars average.
The Grand Canyon
Mount Everest. 8.848 km
above sea level.
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 zones
that don’t overfly
the settlement
Settlement Location
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Settlement Construction Staging Plan
Phase1
• 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 loads
coming online.
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Temporary Habitats
Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright ©
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Graphic by Georgi Petrov.
Copyright ©
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Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright ©
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Standardized Modules
Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright ©
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Lower Level
Graphic by Georgi Petrov.
Copyright ©
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Regolith Overburden
holds internal air pressure
•
B-B Cross Section Thru Greenhouse and Kitchen
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Lower Level
Graphic by Georgi Petrov.
Copyright ©
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Upper Level
Graphic by Georgi Petrov.
Copyright ©
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First Permanent Settlement for 12 People
Build Phase 1
100m
Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright ©
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Settlement Expansion to 36 People
Build Phase 3
Build Phase 2
100m
Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright ©
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Resources to build a new home
• What do we have to work with?
• What you bring from Earth
• Local Resources (Atmosphere, Water & Soil)
• Humans & robots working synergistically
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Resources we bring from Earth
250 metric tons of Cargo / Habitat / People
• 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.
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Technologies /
Building Materials
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Martian Atmosphere
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Use of Atmospheric Gases
Atmospheric Composition
95.3% carbon dioxide (CO2)
2.7% nitrogen (N2)
1.6% argon (Ar)
0.15% oxygen (O2)
0.03% water vapor (H2O)
Output Products of Gas Plant
• Oxygen
• Habitat buffer gases (N2/Ar mix)
• Methane (CH4) & H2 Fuel
• Longer Chain Hydrocarbons
• Plastics (including epoxy)
Pressure: 5-7mbar
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Gas Liquefaction and Storage
CO2(lr)
CO2(l )
CO2(ll)
Atmosphere
Air
Primary
Compression
20 Bar
Air
Cooling
N2/Ar2
Secondary
Compression
50 Bar
N2/Ar2
1st Stage
Cooling
N2
2nd Stage
Cooling
(Optional0
N2(l)
1
2
3
4
LIN Storage
N2
5
Ar2(l)
CO2(l or s)
Ar Storage
CO2 Storage
Ar
S
c
N2
r N2
Usage
u
b
S
c
Ar2
r Ar
Usage
u
b
CO2
Storage
Sabatier
Processes
Process Flow Diagram-Mars Air Separation and Compression
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
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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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WRS - Waste Recycling System,
(portion of system)
Fig 2 - EPU Flow Diagram
Condenser/RO + Makeup Water
WRS Potable
Water Tanks
3@
10,000 L
Potable Water Uses:
Laundry
Cleaning
Food Preparation
Drinking
Shower,
Etc.
Tank #1
WRS Inflow
Gray
Water Tank
10,000 L
To Condenser/RO
Aquaculture
Tanks 4 @
2,000 L
P8
Sludge to CS
P1
Tank #3
Trickling
Filter
P3
Tank #2
Trickling Filter
Reservoir
3,000 L
Tank #4
Turf Scrubber
Reservoir
1,500 L
Tank #5
Algal turf scrubber
250 L
Irrigation
Water
Tank
8,000 L
P2
GREENHOUSE
Nutrient Tank
8,000 L
Tank #6
Aerobic
3,000 L
Tank #8
Clarifier
3,000 L
Tank #7
Aerobic
3,000 L
Filter
Thru
Compost
COMPOST SYS
5 micron
filter
Ozone Generator
Injector
P6
Tank #9
Ozone/UV
Column
200 L
P5
P4
P7
Spent Sand to CS
WRS
Outflow Storage
Tank
10,000 L
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Martian Soil
by Robert-Murray
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Glass Process
Diamond Glass
Cutter
1m2 (200kg)
18 cuts/day
Transport and
Storage
Stacked on
Trailer and
Moved by Rover
18 1mx1mx5mm
panes per day
1kW Power Requirement
Cooling Lehr
2mx2mx1m (built
from local Bricks,
Refractory)
200K
200kg/day
Cooling CO2
2.5 kW
Heating Methane/O2
?? kW
Glass Supply(Molten)
1200-1400C
200kg/day
Float Bath (Pilkington Process)
Required a 20mm layer of
Sn(.16m3(1166kg))
2mx4mx1m (built from local Bricks,
Refractory)
1200-1400C
200kg/day
• Floated on Tin, Pilkington Process, 2mx4m float tray, made from local
brick, 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
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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 to
protect 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 fiber
chopper
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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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Chemical Synthesis (example)
Aliphatic Organic Synthesis Sequence*
* Patent Pending
Ag
3a.
CH2-CH2
O
oxirane
CH2=CH2
ethene
H2O
3b.
HOCH2CH2OH
ethylene glycol
To ethylbenzene 4.
To polyethylene 1.
To cumene 6.
H2
CO2 + CO
1.
MTO
CH3OH
methanol
2.
CH3CH=CH2
propene
HOCH2CH=CH2
2-propenol
4a.
Cl2
5a.
CH2ClCH=CH2
3-chloropropene
H2O2
4b.
HCl
HOCH2CHOHCH2OH
HOAc
glycerol
4c.
Cl2, H2O
CaO 5b.
As co-reactant for LDPE
H2
CH3CH2CH=CH2
+
CH3CH=CHCH3
1 and 2-butenes
7a.
ClCH2CHOHCH2Cl
6.
glycerol dichlorohydrin
CH3CH2CH2CH3
butane
H2O, H2SO4
Cu 
CH3CH2CHOHCH3
8a.
8b.
2-butanol
As solvent for polyethylene 1.
O
O=C
C=O
7/2O2, 400 - 480oC
CH=CH
0.3 - 0.4 Mpa
maleic anhydride
CH3CH2COCH3
2-butanone, MEK
H2S2O8
8c.
CaO
CH2-CHCH2Cl
O
epichlorohydrin
CH3CH2 CH3
HOOCOOCOOH
CH3 CH2CH3
MEKPO dimer
CO
CH3COOH
9.
Acetic acid
CO, O2
CH3OCOOCH3
CuCl, 130oC, 2000kPa
Dimethyl Carbonate
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Chemical Synthesis (example)
Polyethylene Part Manufacture
• Polyethylene can be synthesized in three steps: (1) methane to (2) ethylene to (3) polyethylene pellets or
flake.
• 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.
Extrusion product lines are compact
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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%
ORE BENEFICIATION
Sand
for Mortar
2000kg per
batch*
Front
End
Loader
To Gravel Storage
and Land Fill
To Al
To Lime
Refining Refining
Sand
Sand washing
process shares
time with ore
washing.
Elect
(200KWh
each batch,
140KWel
for 16hr ops)
HCl*
H2
Prod/Stor
(~33kg) Cl2 NaOH &
NaCl from
KOH
Crusher
Prod/Stor To Al
3m2 footprint Al & Lime Water
(~75kg)
Refining
and 2m high. Recycle
(Part recovery
Class/Dryer of Na & K, Magnetic
8m3.
Si
~2% of ore) Separation
2000kg ore
(4000kg dry per
(~400kg)
46degC
batch each hour) Pneumatic Crusher
& misc
Hydraulic
Dryer
+ CaXX
Separation (6-30mm
Mass
2000kg
(60min
size)
Classification
Fines
batch time)
Pressure
Iron
(~10uM)
Fines
Lock
Condenser (~300kg Fe)
Fines <6mm
+ misc
Water
HWH
To Brick & Ceramic Refining
Separation
270KWth 130KWth
Tank
Notes:
2000kg
1. Assume 5% of raw ore mass moisture.
Makeup
Auto
Sand for
2. Excavation area ~7500m2.
~0 gallons Strainer
To Iron &
Mortar
*24 sand/ore batches/day @4000kg each
of Water
Steel Refining
Mixing
Backwash
required through Classification for Cl for HCl.
Raw Ore
Graphic by Mark Homnick. Copyright ©
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Requirements
• Steel Processing
400kg/day 1500K
• Aluminum Processing 25kg/day 1000K
• Glass Processing
200kg/day 1200K1400K
• 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
• 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
Control Drums
• 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.
Fuel Pins
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MRM Electrical Energy Demand
Load
HandledbyDivision SpaceCategory
(ieOwner)
(WhereLoadIs)
Dryer/Pump
Crusher
Front EndLoader
NAOH/HCL
Dryer / PumpUnits
Grinder
Kiln
All Elements- Steel
Dryer / Pump
Brickmaking
Brick/ CeramicFurnace
GlassFurnace
Dryers/ Pumps
Grinding
RemainingProcesses
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Mining/ RefiningTF
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
Refining
All Elements
Mining/ RefiningTF
Refining
All Elements(SWAG)
Mining/ RefiningTF
Refining
All Elements(SWAG)
Mining/ RefiningTF
Refining
All Elements(SWAG)
ManufacturingTF
Manufacturing
All Elements(SWAG)
ManufacturingTF
Manufacturing
All Elements(SWAG)
ManufacturingTF
Manufacturing
SpaceDescription
(WhereLoadIs)
OreBeneficiation
OreBeneficiation
OreBeneficiation
OreBeneficiation
LimeRefining
LimeRefining
LimeRefining
Steel Refining
Glass/ Brick/ Ceramic
Glass/ Brick/ Ceramic
Glass/ Brick/ Ceramic
Glass/ Brick/ Ceramic
AluminumRefining
AluminumRefining
AluminumRefining
AlternateWater
Evaporator
Plastics/ Polymers
Refining
Fiberglass(Resin)
BambooManufacturing
Equip
MetalsManufacturing
Equipment
PlasticsManufacturing
Equipment
EquiMax
Utili- valent
Power
zation Continou
ConCyclic?
Facto sLoad
sumption
r
Value
[kW]
[kW]
1.00
No
1.00
1.0
5.00
Yes
0.33
1.7
0.00
Yes
0.00
0.0
140.00
Yes
0.67
93.8
1.00
Yes
0.33
0.3
2.00
Yes
0.33
0.7
0.00
Yes
0.00
0.0
0.00
Yes
0.00
0.0
1.00
Yes
0.33
0.3
2.00
Yes
0.33
0.7
0.00
Yes
0.00
0.0
0.00
Yes
0.00
0.0
2.00
Yes
0.33
0.7
2.00
Yes
0.33
0.7
160.00
Yes
0.33
52.8
1.00
No
1.00
1.0
171.30
Yes
0.33
56.5
171.30
Yes
0.33
56.5
10.00
Yes
0.33
3.3
20.00
Yes
0.33
6.6
20.00
Yes
0.33
6.6
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MRM Thermal Energy Demand
Prim
aryCoolant Loads(IEHighQ
ualityHeat 1100degC)
Loadsareduringoperation(ie8hoursduringtheday, eachday).
Load
SpaceCategory
SpaceDescription
M
axPower
[kW
th]
Dryer / Pum
p-OreBen
Exterior Areas
OreBeneficiationArea
485
Dryer / Pum
pUnits-Lim
e
Exterior Areas
Lim
eRefiningArea
220
Kiln-Lim
e
Exterior Areas
Lim
eRefiningArea
250
All Elem
ents-Steel
Exterior Areas
Steel RefiningArea
200
Dryer / Pum
p-Brick
Exterior Areas
Glass, Brick, Ceram
icArea
270
Brick/ Ceram
icFurnace
Exterior Areas
Glass, Brick, Ceram
icArea
400
Dryer / Pum
ps-Alum
Exterior Areas
Alum
inumRefiningArea
220
Rem
ainingProcesses-Alum
Exterior Areas
Alum
inumRefiningArea
280
PlasticsRefining
M
anufacturing
M
anufacturing-M
aterials1
20
FiberglassResinProduction
M
anufacturing
M
anufacturing-M
aterials1
6
Daytim
eLoad(for 8hours):
2,351
kW
thHighQHeat
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Energy Distribution Grid
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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
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Mars Homestead Plan
Do Not sent (most) return craft / Do send refining & manufacturing
Hab & Crew
Extra Manuf. Equip.
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 people47
Prototype Projects
Small projects suitable for local groups, students, university classes.
Design or select equipment for:
• Furniture Manufacture
• Kitchen equipment
• Inflatable structures
• Masonry structure (foam?)
• Table top process demos
• Miniature plastics moulding
• Miniature machine shop
•
equipment
• Recycle spacecraft hardware
Greenhouse Experiments
• Clothing from parachutes •Portable power supplies
• Felt & paper manufacture • Mars Cookbook
• Metal Refining
\ \ \ AAA / / /
• Surface Vehicles
< Explosives >
• Robotic assistants
/ / / VVV\ \ \ \
• Flexible chemical equipment
• Gas separation equipment
• Fiberglass winding
• Brick laying robots
Outfit a Single Module
Small Robot Projects
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Conclusion of
Hillside Base
description
Presented by:
Bruce Mackenzie
Bruce@MarsHome.org
(781)944-7027
Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright ©
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™ Project ™
The Mars Homestead
A Project of the non-profit Mars FoundationTM
Info@MarsHome.org
www.MarsHome.org
Bruce Mackenzie
April Andreas – Mars Cookbook
James Burk – Webmaster
Frank Crossman – Polymers & Glass
Robert Dyck – Refining, Space Suits
Damon Ellender – Metals, Gas Plant
Gary Fisher – Waste Treatment
Mark Homnick - Mgr
Inka Hublitz – Agriculture
William Johns, MD - Psychology
K. Manjunatha – IT / IC / Comm
Joe Palaia – Electrical, Nuclear
Georgi Petrov - Architecture
Richard Sylvan, MD. - Medical
You could live here!
Help us make it happen!
Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright © 2005 Mars Foundation.
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Mars Homestead
Future Directions
Presented by:
Bruce Mackenzie
Bruce@MarsHome.org
(781)944-7027
And
Frank Crossman
Damon Ellender
Gary Fisher
Georgi Petrov
Graphic by Georgi Petrov. Copyright ©
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Next Steps for Mars Foundation
Mars Homestead project:
• Mars Settlement Reference Plan
• Refine 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”
•TBD – Major Project
•Triple Launch
•Demo Site for Contests/Technologies
•Economic models, finance Settlement
•Fun Designs:
•Children, Hands-On / Museum
•Outlying “Mars Homesteads”
•Truck Stop / Pony Express
•City design
•Internship, admin help, editor, webmaster, graphic artist
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Mars Settlement Reference Plan
™
•Chapter format on web, and
•Optional book format
•Document current work (Hillside Base 1)
•Continue to later work
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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
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Future Directions
Safe Haven / Passive Thermal Control
-Greenhouse Outside Modules
-Radiation Shielding
-Kitchen & Workshops Inner Modules
-Side Lit with Mirrors
-Emergency Living Quarters
-Convective Cooled
-Low Power in Emergency
-Curtains to Retain Heat
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Safe Haven /
Passive Thermal Control
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Private Suites
More detailed design of the private suites.
• Currently the plans and 3D don't quite match
up. They need to be
• studied in more detailed to make sure that we
have a viable design.
• I'm attaching a couple of images that you can
use for your slides.
• Cheers
• Georgi
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Future Directions
Novel Technologies
Investigate 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.)
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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.)
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Prototype Projects
Small projects suitable for local groups, students, university classes.
Design or select equipment for:
• Furniture Manufacture
• Kitchen equipment
• Inflatable structures
• Masonry structure (foam?)
• Table top process demos
• Miniature plastics moulding
• Miniature machine shop
•
equipment
• Recycle spacecraft hardware
Greenhouse Experiments
• Clothing from parachutes •Portable power supplies
• Felt & paper manufacture • Mars Cookbook
• Metal Refining
\ \ \ AAA / / /
• Surface Vehicles
< Explosives >
• Robotic assistants
/ / / VVV\ \ \ \
• Flexible chemical equipment
• Gas separation equipment
• Fiberglass winding
• Brick laying robots
Outfit a Single Module
Small Robot Projects
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Manufacture of Brick Barrel Vaults
•-Use of Robotics to manufacture brick barrel vaults
•Assumptions
•Possible Methods
•Basic Design
•Kinematic Design
•Work Flow Analysis
•Recommendation
Agricultural Concepts
•research for construction methods,
•crop selection, crop efficiencies,
•facility management systems.
•Insulated and Temp Controlled
•Solar 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, Abiquiú, New Mexico
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Funding / In Kind Support
Large and small
Contact us to help
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Triple Launch
•Send 3 Crews,
•To improve chance of success,
•Lessen chance of program
abandoment
(Gary)
Case for Mars 2, conference workshop, Drawn by Carter Emmart
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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 Routes
Establish 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
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Future Directions
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.)
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Full-Scale Mars Prototype/Research Center:
• 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.
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, private
events
• 'Living History' community (Plymouth, Sturbridge)
• Apply lessons learned to Earth ecology.
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Future Directions
(for FUN ! )
City
Design
(Bill M.)
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Mars Homestead project of the
Mars Foundation,
Hillside Base pictured
Presented by:
Bruce Mackenzie
Bruce@MarsHome.org
(781)944-7027
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