Allemande to the Stars / Bootstrapping Space Development Using Rotating Tethers
Bruce Mackenzie
Thu Jan 24, 11am-12:00pm, 1-134
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
How you will travel to your new home in space on a shoe-string budget?
Imagine a giant boot in orbit, with it's boot laces spinning around. Your spacecraft can grab a bootlace (high-strength tether) and be flung to a higher orbit. A network of space stations with rotating tethers can provide low cost orbital transportation, and "bootstrap" the development of space industries and space settlement.
Bruce Mackenzie, National Space Society, Mars Foundation, Sponsored by MIT Mars Society
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, 1-134, info@marshome.org
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Discussion on Raising the First Children in Space
Bruce Mackenzie
Fri Jan 18, 11am-12:00pm, 2-131
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Audience discussion of social, economic, and ethical issues related to raising the first children to be born in space.
I have questions for you, the participants, on topics such as:
What physical support is needed to raise children in space?
What robotic and remote support from Earth might be provided?
What is a minimum number of adults to raise children?
Is a nuclear family the best family model?
Is it ethical to raise children in a (possibly) unsafe environment?
Is it ethical to raise children who might not be able to live on Earth?
What about genetic diversity in an early space settlement?
What impact would children in space have on financial/political support of that space project?
What impact would children in space have on Earth's society, especially impact on Children on Earth?
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, 2-131, info@marshome.org
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Future Directions for the Mars Homestead
Bruce Mackenzie
Wed Jan 23, 11am-12:00pm, 1-134
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Discussion of possible future projects related to Mars Settlement, to help plan the future of the Mars Homestead project, or just to think about UROP and thesis topics.
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, 1-134, info@marshome.org
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Mars Homestead Workshop
Bruce Mackenzie
Thu Jan 17, Fri Jan 18, Tue Jan 22, Wed Jan 23, Thu Jan 24, 12-01:00pm, 1-134
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Help plan an initial, permanent Mars Settlement. We will discuss various construction materials which might be manufactured on the Mars surface. Depending on your interests, we may make CAD renderings of possible Mars Settlements. Or, we could explore specific technologies which may lead to a later research project or UROP or thesis.
Bruce Mackenzie, founder Mars Foundation, National Space Society, Mars Society.
Sponsored by MIT Mars Society
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, 1-134, info@marshome.org
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Overview of Mars Homestead Plan to Start Settlement of Space
Bruce Mackenzie
Thu Jan 17, Tue Jan 22, 11am-12:00pm, 1-134
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
A plan for a very early, permanent Mars Settlement is shown. By concentrating on manufacturing from in-situ materials, we can save the cost of most return flights. This allows permanent, growing scientific base on Mars for about the same launch costs as multiple round-trip mission. It could be the easiest way to start the permanent settlements throughout the solar system.
Info@MarsHome.org
Bruce Mackenzie, founder Mars Foundation, National Space Society, Mars Society.
Sponsored by MIT Mars Society
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, 1-134, info@marshome.org
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