April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... dual vision of creating new ways of living for the future not only on Earth but on Mars. Mars: awesome or awful? A self-sufficient human colony on Mars would clearly be of immense value Firstly, we have a pretty good idea by now what an initial...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
...ISS) are not designed to handle menstrual blood, which would certainly be an issue for a permanent human Mars colony. Global map of Mars showing estimated radiation dosages from cosmic rays reaching the surface, based on cosmic-radiation measurements...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
... resupply trips away from extinction. The Martians, 18 of them in the International Mars Colony, eight at the Chinese base – many fewer than at the lunar colonies – called themselves Martians, though they had all been born on Earth and...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... private companies in lunar mineral resource exploration and extraction, as well as the establishment of Moon villages and Mars colonies to enable astronauts to spend extended stays on our nearest celestial neighbours. If such ideas are implemented...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
...-old construction techniques, LavaHive is a Mars colony built using the planet’s own sand ...across the globe. Teams put forward an architectural concept for a 3D-printed Mars base, with the aim of fostering the development of technologies necessary to...
May 2020
Time to discuss regulations for future interplanetary trade
... us from trade between sovereigns to trade between planets? This is the main theme of the problem today. A future Mars colony which will kick-start intrerplanetary trade. Data trade What kind of regulation will be required for goods...
