IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Astropreneurship and Space Industry Club

Bruce Mackenzie, Mars Foundation

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

A series of presentations about living on Mars and
how to economically build an early human
settlement on Mars, emphasizing use of local materials.

 

30 January

Overview of Hillside Mars Settlement 

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.


Feb.   1st,  2017

Mars Settlement, a Minimum One-Way Program     

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.



Feb.  3rd

Discussion on Improving the Mars One Plan

We will discuss the "Mars One" plan to send people to Mars,
and how to improve it, or rework it.

Sponsor(s): Astropreneurship and Space Industry Club, Students for Exploration and Development of Space
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, 781-249-5437, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu

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Mars Settlement Series

Jan/11	Wed	12:00PM-01:00PM	E51-149
Jan/12	Thu	07:00PM-09:00PM	E62-221
Jan/23	Mon	12:00PM-01:00PM	2-146
Jan/25	Wed	12:00PM-01:00PM	2-146
Jan/27	Fri	12:00PM-01:00PM	2-146
Jan/30	Mon	12:00PM-01:00PM	2-146
Feb/01	Wed	12:00PM-01:00PM	2-146
Feb/03	Fri	12:00PM-01:00PM	2-146

A series of lectures on various aspects of settling Mars.

Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation

Bruce Mackenzie, Mars Foundation

Jan/11	Wed	03:00PM-05:00PM	E51-390
Jan/13	Fri	03:00PM-05:00PM	E62-221
Jan/18	Wed	03:00PM-05:00PM	E62-221
Jan/20	Fri	03:00PM-05:00PM	E62-221

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

Want to open up a new world to live in?

Help create a technical plan to start flexible manufacturing and
growing food on Mars, using materials made on Mars (in-situ),
with minimum equipment brought from Earth.

Details will be worked out by you, the participants, but may include
3D printing, recycling and
production of polymers on-site, production of other building
materials, and on-site assembly of habitats and greenhouses. Portions
can be adapted from past designs by the Mars Foundation and other
plans.

If there is interest, we can include Mars rover design, social,
economic, political aspects, and suggestions for a business plan.

Please contact us early, if possible,
even if you cannot attend at these times.
This will help us schedule additional sessions,
and provide you background material.


Attendance at most sessions is expected.
Additional design sessions will be scheduled at your
convenience.

The first two weeks of IAP will be for designing the overall mission plan.
You can join the follow on workshop during the third and fourth weeks
for more detailed design of various systems.

Sponsor(s): Astropreneurship and Space Industry Club, Students for Exploration and Development of Space, Mars Society
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu

Bruce Mackenzie, Mars Foundation

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Want to open up a new world to live in?

Help fill out a technical plan for flexible manufacturing and
growing food on Mars, using materials made on Mars (in-situ),
with minimum equipment brought from Earth.

We will work on detailed designs of systems needed

to live on Mars, including: 3D printing, recycling and
production of polymers on-site, production of other building
materials, and on-site assembly of habitats and greenhouses. Portions
can be adapted from past designs by the Mars Foundation and other
plans.

If there is interest, we may include Mars rover design, social,
economic, political aspects, and suggestions for a business plan.

Please contact us early, if possible,
even if you cannot attend at these times.
This will help us schedule additional sessions,
and provide you background material.

Attendance at most sessions is expected.
Additional design sessions will be scheduled at your
convenience.

If possible, also try to attend
“Mars Settlement Workshop, Mission Design”
during the first and second weeks of IAP.
That will be for designing the overall mission plan.

Sponsor(s): Astropreneurship and Space Industry Club, Students for Exploration and Development of Space
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, 781-249-5437, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu

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Mars Settlement Workshop, System Design

Jan/23	Mon	01:00PM-02:00PM	2-146
Jan/25	Wed	01:00PM-02:00PM	2-146
Jan/27	Fri	01:00PM-02:00PM	2-146
Jan/30	Mon	01:00PM-02:00PM	2-146
Feb/01	Wed	01:00PM-02:00PM	2-146
Feb/03	Fri	01:00PM-02:00PM	2-146

Want to open up a new world to live in?

Help fill out a technical plan for flexible manufacturing and
growing food on Mars, using materials made on Mars (in-situ),
with minimum equipment brought from Earth.

Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation