High-Level Project Summary
Our team considered the problem of colonization on Mars and found out what is needed in order to establish a new settlement. We created a scientific space base equipped with such necessary elements as a research laboratory, living rooms for a research group, a workshop for repairing / upgrading mechanisms and equipment for that. There are also a dining room, a main hall and a first-aid post to provide the necessary assistance.To be able to work with the rover in a normal atmosphere, a special place was allocated, equipped with a separate airlock.As a power source, a wind turbine is installed on the roof of the station, which will be able to extract energy from the slow winds of Mars.
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Detailed Project Description
The main reason why a lone astronaut came to Mars was to prepare for further colonization of the great red planet.
So, during the project, a universal structure was designed that will serve as housing for our brave cosmonauts, a scientific center for conducting better studies of samples from the surface of a little-studied planet, as well as a place to store various devices and materials.
The first task was to provide the new research group with high-quality and moderately spacious housing, for which six living rooms were built at the station, in which six astronauts could live at the same time (or could exist twelve). At the same time, the area of the rooms was occupied by plastic furniture with metal fasteners, such as a wardrobe, bedside table, table, as well as a bed, in the lower layer of which one could also put personal belongings.
The formed residential block was supplemented with a sanitary unit and a medical compartment in which the medicines necessary for such a long mission were to be stored. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, quarantine could also be organized there.
Of course, it was impossible to foresee everything, and our prudent colonist decided to place additional premises of a universal nature, which, upon the arrival of a new research group, could be converted to suit this group's needs.
A year on Mars is as long as two on Earth, and feels even longer. In the hostile atmosphere of the red planet and the need for a long stay in closed spaces, one can encounter many problems of a psychological nature. This test is incredibly difficult even for the most mentally balanced people whom the sensible world has seen, and without the opportunity to socially relax, the mission would invariably end in failure, so a place was allocated at the station for team rest and meetings. Our lone explorer tried to foresee everything.
There is no need to speak about the presence on the base of all kinds of places for placing tools, materials, provisions, as well as samples from the Martian surface.
Since any self-respecting scientific group needs a place to conduct all sorts of analyzes and laboratory projects, the science department occupied the largest room on the station. Where there would be a variety of equipment that should have arrived several months before the arrival of the main group, now only workplaces were peacefully located.
It was decided to place the ill-fated rover in the garage adjacent to the station, however, working on the rover in a spacesuit was far from being as convenient as it might seem at first glance, replacing the same wheel turned out to be quite problematic, which is why the garage slowly acquired hermetically closing doors of the main gate, and from the inside of the station there was another, this time cargo, gateway.
To obtain cheap renewable electricity, it was decided to place a wind turbine of a special shape on the roof of the station in order to be able to obtain energy from the force of the wind, even if it is rather weak on Mars. It was decided to use the electric motor from a giant cement printer, since the need for it at that time had already come to naught. But, of course, in the event of such a need, the engine could again be installed in its original place. The gearbox was printed from plastic in such a way that the engine would operate at its nominal rotational speed at a wind speed of 2-3 km/h.
All the electrical filling was brought out to a specially equipped room, located just under the installation site of the electric generator. At the same time, batteries, switches and a microcontroller for controlling the generation and consumption of the station were relocated from the lander.
Having finished his work, our indefatigable astronaut rubbed his hands, wiped the sweat from his forehead, as far as the suit allowed, and moved into his new home.
He still had 667 sols left before the arrival of the first research group...
Space Agency Data
We got some information from NASA but got it using secondary sites
There was an idea to make some sort of drilling equipment to be able to obtain some vollume of drinkable water:
https://focus.ua/technologies/505059-uchenye-nasa-obnaruzhili-chto-voda-na-marse-byla-pozzhe-chem-schitalos
To begin a big project to restore the atmosphere of Mars with a magnetic shield was astonishing but so complex idea that was put away to long storage. But there was interesting information about Mars atmosphere:
https://habr.com/ru/post/402051/
Information about weather on Mars was very usefull to choose the most effective way to transform wind energy to the mechanical in wind turbine:
https://astromagazin.net/ru/publications/read/1-243_kakaja-pogoda-na-marse
Gain knowledge about Mars terrain and basic construction of Perseverance rover:
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9261/nasas-perseverance-rover-investigates-geologically-rich-mars-terrain/
Thinking about innovative wheel design for rover:
https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/168228876019/reinventing-the-wheel/amp
Hackathon Journey
This was our first experience and it was very interesting, we liked the form of publishing answers too, it was easy to trackprogress and wark with it.
During the project we learned much about the planet Mars and its possible colonization, how we can obtain water, what the atmosphere consists of and cetera; even if we not use this information in our project.
We were inspired by working with a 3D printer, and we decided to use our knowledge in this topic.
If talking about problems our team showed up on the relationship and support, so there were no problems inside the team.
Our team wants to thank Alexey Shevchenko for chance to participate in this challenge, his help and support.
References
Inspiration from 3D model:
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/interior/bedroom/basic-door
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/furniture/other/free-classic-door
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/furniture/bed/bed-ver-1
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/industrial/tool/hammer--3
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/household/household-tools/screwdriver-c067160b-c795-4cf4-acaa-f109692eda90
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/furniture/bed/bed-ver-1
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/various/various-models/manual-drill-7037080a-3c51-48df-a3ad-5c6079c6fd93
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/household/household-tools/garden-tools-e1261b22-055b-4b73-b38b-ec780f1df299
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/furniture/table/industrial-bench-1500x650x900-wxdxh
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-print-models/hobby-diy/other/makerbottable-toolholders
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/animals/dinosaur/best-3d-design-copy
- https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/science/medical/free-medical-supply-cart
Music used in video:
Antti Martikainen - Legendary
Tags
#Mars, #3Dprinting, #Colony