High-Level Project Summary
Spaceport Mars is an empty pre-constructed habitat that is to be outfitted with the use of three 3D printers. The 3 printers consists of a metal 3D printer, plastic 3D printer and concrete 3D printer. The Spaceport Mars solution is described in a PowerPoint presentation at the www.SpaceportMars.com link and identifies tools, furniture and other items that would allow an astronaut to survive during their 1 year mission.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
Spaceport Mars is an empty pre-constructed habitat that is to be outfitted with the use of three 3D printers. The 3 printers consists of a metal 3D printer, plastic 3D printer and concrete 3D printer. The Spaceport Mars solution is described in a PowerPoint presentation at the www.SpaceportMars.com link and identifies tools, furniture and other items that would allow an astronaut to survive during their 1 year mission.
Space Agency Data
We used recommendations provided in the NASA report "Deep Space Habitability Design Guidelines Based on the NASA NextSTEP Phase 2 Ground Test Program" to identify tools and furniture that would be useful for Spaceport Mars.
Hackathon Journey
We enjoyed the Space Apps experience. It provided a project with a bounded deadline to begin the formalization of ideas to solve a specific challenge. We learned about current analogs and thought about how astronauts would survive with sparse resources to create a closed-system for survival. We approached this challenge by understanding the problem, identifying the available resources and iterating through solutions to deliver a Minimum Viable Product.
References
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20200001427/downloads/20200001427.pdf
- https://www.nasa.gov/analogs
- https://www.nasa.gov/chapea
- https://donnees-data.asc-csa.gc.ca/dataset/0e338f52-25e4-465c-8104-bb9d7c8d3df3
Tags
#Spaceport #Mars #Habitat #3DPrinter #Astronaut #Rover #Astropreneurs