UEM MARS LAB-UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA MADRID & NAOTECH

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UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID PROJECT STUDENTS Rocio Caracena Cristina Beneitez Laura Sanchez Patricia Revuelta Ricardo Pradella Santiago Rojas Jaime Martinez Gabriel Lopez PROFESSORS ROCCO LAGIOIA OSCAR LIEBANA VICENTE SOLER Structural layout The structural layout will be composed of a main installation in the center which will host labs and common facilities The central area dimensions are: 14 meters diameter and 6 meters high over 2 stories. Lab on the ground floor and greenhouse on the second floor working as a minor oxygen supply and a food supply for the personnel. Adjacent to the main ring there will be smaller interconnected domes hosting off-duty activities and supply storage areas. There is an observatory that will help the personnel study Mars as celestial dome for orientation purposes and for space exploration. Mars has a very hostile environment in which strong winds can be produced. These winds can evolve into sandstorms which may make inhabiting mars even more difficult, hence requiring to develop a solid and aerodynamic. The facility structure will be formed by a structure composed of elementary modular and replaceble triangles fitting into each other by a male-female connection and sealed with a thermal process to prevent hydrogen from leaking. The main structure will have 2 layers, in between both layers the hydrogen to block radiation will be placed. The arms of the structure will be wider than the rest of it. There will have 3 connections to the rest of the facility. On the top of the facility there will be a dome that will hold a parabolic antenna which will function for communication purposes. Additional Features -Life Support Unit: heats water ice into liquid water and oxygen (500 days time). -Water Well from soil. -Nitrogen and argon Extractor from Mars atmosphere. -Communication systems. Energy Supply There will be several systems of energy supply for the Mars station. First of all there will be a soil heating system that will help to extract the water held inside the soil in Mars. This system will be the main supply of water for the station and also chemically all the oxygen needed will be extracted from this water. The next energy supply system will be Eolic energy. Mars has strong winds which can be used to create electrical energy through electrical windmills. These windmills will be placed on top of the storage domes. The blades of the windmills will be fully retractile and in case of a sandstorm they will be stored safely inside the dome to prevent any damage. Another form of energy will be a very clean and safe energy source. Solar energy will play a very important role in the Mars Station. Mars has a very weak atmosphere and as such, solar radiation reaches the surface of the planet easily. This can be used for solar energy production with the solar panels implemented into the station. These panels will cover an area of 7 meters long and 14 meters wide. This surface is fully mobile to produce the maximum amount of energy. Instructions Materials The space is full of protons originated from the solar flares , gamma rays and cosmic rays. NASA measures the risk of the radiation and how it affects planets. Plastics are rich in hydrogen, an element which can absorb very efficiently all cosmic radiation. Polyetilene is a widely used material that absorbs 20% more cosmic radiation than aluminum. Certain polyetilene reinforced structures can be as much as 10 times more resistant than aluminum. These materials are also lighter than aluminum easing the transport task. If polyetilene plastic is not enough to block the radiation then pure hydrogen could be used. Liquid hydrogen can block cosmic radiation 250% better than aluminum A combination of polyetilene and glass fiber can make polyetilene more malleable and its light and resistant. Another problem of Mars is the humidity which reaches percentages close to 100% at night.