MARS 2030-2050 Competition Project
Student Idea Competition Project
Mars Planet - 2020
Project Team: Osman ÇAPUTCU, Ecem DOĞAN
plasMO
Time is one of the most important concepts in the universe. Using time correctly, and planning processes are very important for today and future studies. The whole process of the project, from the proposed city design for 2050 (from the whole) to the first contact (part) in 2030, has been planned in terms of technique and design. Planning started at the city scale, and then it went down to the building scale. The aim here is to predict controlled growth, enable a planned settlement, and make Martian conditions suitable for marsonats with strategic planning. It is aimed to provide preliminary information about the city to be designed for 2050, to raise awareness, to encourage future research, to use time and economy correctly, and to keep the construction periods under control, for the first 20 marsonats planned to go in 2030.
plasMO has emerged as a result of much research in terms of technique, technology, and design. The numerical data used in the planning process are reasonable reflections of the findings and assumptions obtained as a result of research and analysis, they may not reflect the truth or may vary.
Some unique terms have been produced and proposed for plasMO. The terms have a modular structure like plasMO. They can be diversified by making additions.
plasMOn: It is the proposed term for the city designed for 2050.
plasMOit: The proposed term for living units designed for 2030.
plasMOnot: The suggested term for people living in plasMOn. Suggested to replace the term "Marsonot".
plasMOfer: The proposed term for the atmosphere formed for plasMOnots.
plasMOtech: The suggested term for technical and technological units, stations located in plasMOn.
2021-2030: PREPARATION AND CONSTRUCTION FOR FIRST CONTACT
Travel time between Earth and Mars takes about 5-10 months. This period varies due to various factors. (The fuel problem, the motion situations of Mars and Earth around the Sun, etc.) In the project, this period was accepted as 8 months and suggestions were made for construction and settlement. Travel time of marsonats from Earth to Mars (8 months), supply of necessary materials, construction of plasMOits, etc. used for this. Thus, when the marsonats land on Mars, they will be easily placed in their living units. In order to save time and the cost of construction materials, and to increase the feasibility of the project within the specified time, the materials available on Mars (such as regolith, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen gas, ice, sulfurous components, Martian soil.) were subjected to several processes. Due to the challenging conditions and suitability, 3D printing technologies were used in the construction.
• January 2021: Completion of the necessary preparations for the first contact in 2030 on Earth, starting the journey to Mars for the construction process.
• August 2021: Landing on Mars and starting the project construction process.
STAGE – 1: Favorable Habitat for Plasmonats
The main differences between Mars from Earth in terms of its suitability for human life are oxygen, low gravity, the absence of water in liquid form, and the very high radioactivity that Mars is exposed to.
Considering the current research and historical findings, the presence of water, ground conditions, etc. in the "Gale Crater" (5.4 ° S 137.8 ° E) and its surroundings on Mars. Under the circumstances, the project is designed to be implemented in and around this region. Water areas obtained from high-pressure liquefied ice in the city for the plasmonnauts and water wells were placed in the living units. In addition to being close to water, both the city and living units must have suitable atmospheric conditions. In this context, a double-wall system with an ice layer and an aerogel sheet inside has been proposed in order to protect the city and living units from radioactivity and to increase their resistance to suitable climatic conditions. Optimizing the amount of oxygen for humans is provided by permaculture islands, forests, and oxygen gardens created in living units and in the city. The dense CO₂ gas found on Mars has been reduced and the amount of oxygen has been increased. With the preference for arid landscape plants, nitrogen-fixing plants, and bacteria in the ecosystem, water savings were achieved in green areas, and nitrogen gas in the atmosphere benefited.
STAGE – 2: Appropriate Form for Feeding and Plasmonats
Moving all of the necessities from Earth during the trip to Mars was unthinkable in terms of cost and time. Feeding opportunities in Martian conditions should have been provided for plasmonauts. In this context, agriculture has been determined as an important and feasible basic production activity for Mars, and agricultural areas and orchards have been designed in the city and living units. Food production laboratories have been proposed for food production under suitable conditions, and the ground has been prepared for studies to be carried out in the field of nutrition.
After the conditions were optimized for the plasmonnauts, a form was needed to accommodate all the design inputs. A safe, sustainable, static resistance form suitable for Mars conditions has been considered. Although the surface of Mars is made suitable for theoretical planning, it has risks due to its potential to witness many atmospheric events. For this reason, the idea was reached that life under the ground might be more favorable for marsonats. The necessity of a circular design to provide rigidity, a vertical design to provide security, and an atrium for the psychological and mental well-being of marsonats enabled the living units to reach their final form. This form, designed for first contact, can also be thought of as a product of resolving the megaron in the history of world architecture for Mars.
