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Mars Home
A permanent settlement on Mars:
The architecture of the Mars Homestead Project
Georgi I. Petrov Project Architect Laguarda.Low Architects Bruce Mackenzie Mars Foundation Mark Homnick Mars Foundation Joseph Palaia, IV
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Project setting
1) DRM has been completed
• Class II - prefabricated and surface assembled base. • Facilities for 12 people
• Pressurized habitats • Functioning ECLSS
• Rovers and other construction equipment • Sufficient ISRU capabilities
2) Phase I of Permanent Settlement
• Class III - ISRU derived structure with integrated Earth components base • Space for 12 people
• Potential to expand to ~100
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Gravity and Temperature
Temperature Gravity
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Elevation and Atmospheric Pressure
Mt. Everest = 320 mb Potosi, Bolivia = 620 mb Sea level = 1013 mb Hellas Planitia = 10 mb Olympus Mons = 1 mb Mariana Trench 8854 m 4000 m 0 m 24000 m -6000 m -11000 m Atmospheric Pressure Elevation
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Solar wind Cosmic rays Solar flares
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MASONRY
- manufacture masonry units using compressed and sintered regolith or cut stone
- using leaning arches and self
supporting domes, one can construct a wide range of spaces using no
scaffolding. PRESSURE VESSELS
- inflatables or rigid shell structures - relatively simple deployment
operations
- can be pre-tested
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membrane stress
vs.weight of regolith cover
- allows views and surface access
- compartmentalized space
- optimize the shell as a pressure membrane - cover with ~1m of regolith for radiation and
micrometeoroid protection
- allows larger open spaces
- no view
-1.5 g/cm3 regolith density and 60kPa internal
pressure – 10 m of regolith are required. - Make sure that load lines for both load pressurized and unpressurized load case fit inside the masonry.
Pressure vessels for spaces that require access to the exterior:
– manufacturing, greenhouses, MEP, and private quarters.
Regolith covered vaults for larger spaces with no view:
– public areas, kitchen/dinning, labs, and baths.
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pitched-brick vaults
Masonry Techniques
self-supporting domes
- work to be done most telerobotically or automated
- where humans are needed they work inside a pressurized reusable
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Volume = 84m3
Surface Area =100m2
Floor Area = 25 m2
Length = 7.2 m Radius = 4.0 m
Long Standard Module Volume = 100m3 Surface Area=118 m2 Floor Area = 30 m2 Length = 8.5 m Radius = 4.0 m Round Connector Volume = 29m3 Surface Area = 45m2 Floor Area = m2 Radius = 1.9 m
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Candor Chasma
Valles Marineris
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East Candor Chasma Ophir Chasma
West Candor Chasma
Melas Chasma
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High resolution images from MOC on MGS, superimposed on a context image.
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Possible locations for landing zones that don’t overfly the settlement
Settlement
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0 1km 0.5km
Scaled Earth city texture -Venice, Italy
-US capitol, Washington DC -North End, Boston MA
-Suburb, Champaign IL
Heights above plane settlement hill - 40 m large mesa - 70 m north hill - 100 m large mesa north hill settlement hill
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Site Data
Latitude 6.3° S
Longitude 70.1° W
Elevation of Chamsa floor - 4800 m
Noon Sun Angles
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Organization Diagrams
Linear City
Derived from historical precedents by Arturo Soria and Le Corbusier. Efficiency in transportation, infrastructure, safety, and expandability. Separately pressurized segments with inflatables or regolith supported masonry
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Utilities
Air, water and power distribution in sub floor panels
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Entrance
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Work spaces
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Private quarters
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Social spaces
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Organization Diagrams
Spaces arranged along the infrastructure organized through the relationship between the humans and the vegetation.
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Organization Diagrams
vegetation as symbol
A special place immediately between the main entrance and the formal meeting space.
Plant five special trees on arrival – one for each continent.
Symbolize hope in the future of the settlement.
The trees will grow as the settlement expands.
When people arrive from Earth the first thing they’ll see as they enter is the grove of trees.
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Organization Diagrams
Views of Mars are mediated by vegetation.
Look at the RED of Mars through the GREEN of terrestrial life. Every private suite has a small garden area in front of its window.
Terminate connector segments with small gardens and a window to Mars.
vegetation as mediation
of views
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Organization Diagrams
vegetation as life support
Greenhouses have optimized, light, temperature, and structure for specially designed plants.
Integrally tied to the life support infrastructure.
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Organization Diagrams
Where work areas need to
provide a connection, use a row of vegetation to separate the circulation from the work spaces.
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Organization Diagrams
Clearing in the woods A Chinese garden
Social space is surrounded and protected by trees.
The edges of the space are hidden thus the limited size of the space is obscured.
vegetation as mediator of
social life
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Organization Diagrams
The Common
vegetation as mediator of
social life - variations
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Lower Level Plan
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Lower Level
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Upper Level
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Site Plan
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Site Plan - Expansion
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Acknowledgements
Programming Team of the Mars Home Project: • James Burk - communications
• Gary Fisher -waste recycling system
• Robert Dyck- mineral and gas processing systems • Damon Ellender - manufacturing systems
• Krishnamurthy Manjunatha - computing systems • Richard Sylvan - medical factors
• Inka Hublitz - greenhouse design
• Frank Crossman - plastics manufacturing • William Johns - psychological factors
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