Habitat Mars
2024
Space and Aerospace Award
Winner
European Interplanetary Group
Designers / Creators / Authors / Leaders
Florian Simenon, Angella Flensburg
Getting to Mars is one of the great challenges at present and over the coming few years. A bigger question is what we are going to do there and how we are going make suitable habitats. This project looks at the challenges, problems and some of the solutions for living on Mars.
The natural basic needs for survival are well know from Lunar travel and space stations but how this works physically and psychologically over extended periods demands a very much greater degree of innovation, research and thought. This project has already revealed some of the answers.
Life on Mars for humans requires innovative habitats designed to withstand the planet's harsh environment. Mars has a thin atmosphere, primarily carbon dioxide, with temperatures that often plummet to extremes. Human habitats would need to be sealed, insulated, and pressurized to provide breathable air and a stable climate. The habitats as envisaged would rely on advanced life-support systems, recycling water, oxygen, and waste, while relying on hydroponics to grow food. Energy could come from solar panels and nuclear power.
