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Mars Now -- Third Alternative To NASAs Mars "Who Knows When" Program
My main objective, using current state of technology, is to safely get men and women to Mars and back to Earth without having to utter the phrase "People Will Certainly Die" as NASA does. To achieve this I would freeze all of the frivolous programs NASA has going to date this should free up lots of money; this means no space telescope, no going back to moon, etc...
One of the dangers of landing on Mars is missing the supply hut during landing. Therefore, I propose to land multiple supply huts within the radius of the area designated for exploration. These supply huts will contain water, food, fuel and oxygen. Also they will there will be companion science lab and living huts. That's 3pair tuples, repeated enough times to insure space questers have good chance of landing near supplies and science ordnances.
Actually, the supply huts would make the water, lots of water for drinking, washing, and to provide solvent for running experiments. This can be made from atmosphere of Mars itself. It will have ability to produce 300 gallons per day. The hydrogen component from Mars is a problem yet to be engineered a solution.
Science hut will consist of lab and field equipment to perform meaningful research and exploration on Mars.
The Living hut will be yet another module that will provide living quarters , mess hall, etc...
The 3 pair modular tuples will be launch together and replicated 3 times at least so the space questers have high chances of landing near one of them.
There will also be terrain vehicles flown separately as well the vehicles can autonomously drive themselves to whatever point the crew lands so accuracy there is not as important.
I have more ideas for my Mars Now mission and will update later. However, for "Mars Now" to work there will be no moon landings (been there already and there was nothing exciting about it). Also, money used to go to the moon can be used to build better Mars program.
Well, I have homework to do but I will expand on my "Mars Now Mission" soon going into more details and then into some of the software, robotics etc...
My main objective, using current state of technology, is to safely get men and women to Mars and back to Earth without having to utter the phrase "People Will Certainly Die" as NASA does. To achieve this I would freeze all of the frivolous programs NASA has going to date this should free up lots of money; this means no space telescope, no going back to moon, etc...
One of the dangers of landing on Mars is missing the supply hut during landing. Therefore, I propose to land multiple supply huts within the radius of the area designated for exploration. These supply huts will contain water, food, fuel and oxygen. Also they will there will be companion science lab and living huts. That's 3pair tuples, repeated enough times to insure space questers have good chance of landing near supplies and science ordnances.
Actually, the supply huts would make the water, lots of water for drinking, washing, and to provide solvent for running experiments. This can be made from atmosphere of Mars itself. It will have ability to produce 300 gallons per day. The hydrogen component from Mars is a problem yet to be engineered a solution.
Science hut will consist of lab and field equipment to perform meaningful research and exploration on Mars.
The Living hut will be yet another module that will provide living quarters , mess hall, etc...
The 3 pair modular tuples will be launch together and replicated 3 times at least so the space questers have high chances of landing near one of them.
There will also be terrain vehicles flown separately as well the vehicles can autonomously drive themselves to whatever point the crew lands so accuracy there is not as important.
I have more ideas for my Mars Now mission and will update later. However, for "Mars Now" to work there will be no moon landings (been there already and there was nothing exciting about it). Also, money used to go to the moon can be used to build better Mars program.
Well, I have homework to do but I will expand on my "Mars Now Mission" soon going into more details and then into some of the software, robotics etc...