Bruce Mackenzie
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None
Please see each session description.
Sponsor(s): Aeronautics and Astronautics
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-202B, 617 253-2279, MAS@MIT.EDU
| Jan/30 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | Room 33-422 |
This Hillside Settlement proposal by the Mars Foundation would build a
permanent settlement on Mars, constructed 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.
Casey Steuer, Bruce Mackenzie
| Jan/31 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | Room 33-422 |
The Mars Foundation is in the early stage of designing a very small,
(relatively) inexpensive manufacturing base for Mars, which can grow into a
permanent human settlement. Your feedback or participation is welcome.
Help figure out the least expensive way to get off the Earth permanently.
Bruce Mackenzie, Casey Steuer
| Feb/01 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:00PM | Room 33-422 |
You can make a salt shaker from thin air on Mars; and many other useful
items. Don¿t spend the money bringing equipment from Earth. The Mars
Foundation is planning to use a 3D printer at an analog Mars base (on
Earth). Help figure out how to use a fabrication lab with 3D printer &
water jet cutter, to make as much of the Mars base as possible.
Casey Steuer, Bruce Mackenzie