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August 23, 2007
NSS Ad Astra features "Hillside Settlement" Design
The "Hillside Settlement", designed under the Mars Foundation’s Mars Homestead™ program, was featured in an article in the National Space Society’s "Ad Astra" magazine.
The Hillside Settlement is to be built with semi-automated mining & manufacturing equipment, with 12 people on the surface to supervise and repair equipment. It would then house the 12 people and be enlarged for an additional dozen people (mostly scientists) every 2 years. Our 'cost' estimate is 250 tons delivered to the surface, which happens to be the same launch cost as for the Design Reference Mission for 3 round trip missions for 6 people each; but the "Hillside Settlement" gives you a permanent base for the same cost.
To see the Hillside Settlement images in our Image Gallery, the site plans and renderings are at http://www.marshome.org/images2/thumbnails.php?album=90 and Phil Smith has beautiful sketches at http://www.marshome.org/images2/thumbnails.php?album=79. Note that the illustration in the magazine does not reflect the Hillside Settlement's site plan, greenhouse design, vault arrangement, etc.
If you would like to participate in more detailed design of a Mars Settlement or a specific technology, let us know. We also could especially use help for certain administrative items. Send an e-mail to "Info (at) MarsHome.org" with "wish to help with …" in the subject line.
If you found us because you read the article, let us know by sending an e-mail to "Info (at) MarsHome.org" with "Ad Astra" in the subject line.
The article is on pages 32 to 35 of the Fall 2007 "Ad Astra" issue, the issue with "Space 2057…" on the magazine cover. Thanks to Bart Leahy, the volunteer author of the article, and author of other papers for the Mars Foundation. The article was partly based on interviews with myself, Bruce Mackenzie, address: Bruce (at) MarsHome.org .
The Mars Foundation has informal ties to NSS, and is in the process of an official affiliation. For more info about the National Space Society, or to join the NSS and receive the "Ad Astra" magazine, see NSS.org .
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add to del.icio.usPosted by Bruce Mackenzie on August 23, 2007 3:26 PM
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