Mars Manufacturing Settlement
| dc.creator | Mackenzie, Bruce | |
| dc.creator | Lutz, Kolemann | |
| dc.creator | Petrov, Georgi | |
| dc.creator | Leahy, Bart | |
| dc.creator | Feldman, Stuart | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-24T20:45:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-24T20:45:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 7/12/2021 | |
| dc.description | Bruce Mackenzie, Mars Foundation | |
| dc.description | Kolemann Lutz, Mars University | |
| dc.description | Georgi Petrov, Synthesis International, | |
| dc.description | Bart Leahy, Mars Foundation | |
| dc.description | Stuart Feldman, SciFiIndustrial | |
| dc.description | ICES502: Space Architecture | en |
| dc.description | The 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held virtually on 12 July 2021 through 14 July 2021. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Envisioning a future Mars city and manufacturing center as if it were already built, this paper describes Leominster, a settlement accommodating several hundred people. The paper defines the potential manufacturing systems, technologies, and economic value of a Mars settlement. It also addresses the challenges of safety, pressure, temperature and radiation, which are often ignored in other designs. Novel architectural systems involved in Leominster�s design include: regolith-based masonry, bricks, fiberglass, and ceramics made with a solar furnace. The settlement also uses cement, metals, regolith for shielding, and SpaceX Starships or similar landing craft in its construction. A new aspect of the design is a spacious park with the canopy tied down with cables, resembling a cathedral, as an answer to the hard-to-build domes of other designs. Some of the architectural elements are borrowed from previous Mars Foundation designs. There is significant reliance on plastics and carbon-based materials for polymer membranes, plastics, food, fuel, fabrics, and even fungi-mycelium-based furnishings. Such a Mars manufacturing settlement could demonstrate economical construction and living methods beyond the Earth. This could lead to economic development and spreading of life throughout the solar system. | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.other | ICES-2021-351 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2346/87267 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mars�architecture | |
| dc.subject | Mars�settlement | |
| dc.subject | in-situ�manufacturing | |
| dc.subject | polymer synthesis | |
| dc.subject | Solar sintering | |
| dc.subject | Fiberglass | |
| dc.title | Mars Manufacturing Settlement | en_US |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_US |