Life Support
  Air, Water, and Nutrition
  Waste Management
  Mental Health
  Suits
  Radiation and Zero-G

Habitat On Mars
  Power
  Structure
  Daily Routine

Daily Routine Overview

In order to maintain the astronauts menat and physical health and maximize the time on Mars we have proposed a daily routine will be executed for the benefit of all.

Daily Life

The astronauts will be put on a cycling sleep schedule which consist of eight hours sleep and sixteen hours awake per day. Of the sixteen hours the astronauts are awake, eight is recommended for work, with a maximum of ten allowed, the remainning eight hours will be used for exercise programs, house keeping, eating, and personal time. Meals will be prepared in a small kitchen consisting of one stove element and a microwave. Food will be in both the dehydrated form, for its space and weight saving qualities, and in hydrated canned good. The can goods are for the purpose of high moral among the crew as eatting large amounts of dry food is often hard to deal with over long periods of time. Along with a specialized diet there will be a required exercise routine in order to maintain strength and limit bone loss due to minimal gravity.

Unknows

Once the astronauts arrive on Mars there will be a period of inactivity refered to as the recovery period. In which the astronuts' bodies will readujust to a gravity environment. This period is expected to last in the general range of two to four weeks. The hope is to limit the amount of time for this recovery period by preventatative measures during the flight. These will include exercis, diet and supplements. Once on the surface astronauts will begin a exercise program designed to readjust thier bodies to a constant force. During this time much of the information gathered will have to be done through LMR and other automated designs.

Selected References:
http://www.shift-work.com/index.html
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/ops/mir/mirdesc.htm
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-74/orbit/payloads/lifes/senlond u.html
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/science/shuttmir/shutmir/hls.htm #xml=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/webinator/search/xml.txt
Zubrin, Robert "The Case for Mars" Touchstone 1996