Bruce Mackenzie, Mars Foundation
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None
A series of presentations on how to economically build an early human
settlement on Mars, emphasizing use of local materials.
Sponsor(s): Students for Exploration and Development of Space
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, text: 781-944-7027, voice: 781-249-5437, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu
| Jan/15 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-265 |
Proposal for a very small, relatively inexpensive manufacturing base
for Mars. It starts with just 2 people, and can grow into a permanent
human settlement; a draft design in progress by the Mars Foundation.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
| Jan/20 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-265 |
| Jan/28 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 4-265 |
This Hillside Settlement proposal by the Mars Foundation would build
a permanent settlement on Mars, constructed by 12 people from local
materials such as fiberglass and masonry. Preliminary mass and cost
estimates show that we may be able to establish a permanent, growing
settlement for the same launch cost as a program of round-trip
exploratory missions. Members of National Space Society are invited.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
| Jan/22 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-265 |
Producing polymers on site at Mars, for fabrication of furnishings and
bonding composite habitats.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
| Jan/25 | Mon | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-265 |
Proposal for a very small, relatively inexpensive manufacturing base
for Mars. It starts with just 2 people, and can grow into a permanent
human settlement; a draft design in progress by the Mars Foundation.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
| Jan/26 | Tue | 08:00PM-10:00PM | 4-265 |
Discussion of Living on Mars, and the portrayal of a Mars mission in
"The Martian" book and movie by Andy Weir. Technology permitting, we
will join a web cast with Andy Weir, hopefully with more than just
hexadecimal communication.
EDIT: Please note the updated date and time.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
| Jan/29 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-265 |
Open discussion of the ethics of raising children at an early
settlement on Mars or other frontier location.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation