Mars Base Sarah by thundercatman

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This is my entry to the Mars base competition. The overall base design is hive like in appearance and function with each building connected by at least two connecting tunnels and is able to be isolated in event of fire or de pressurisation. The Main complex is located in the middle of the base surrounded by 6 outer buildings and five solar emf field generators. The main complex is modular in nature and is built using printed mass concrete printers located in two of the outer buildings. a large crane is located directly in the middle to remove the module from its point of printing to the central modular complex and place it with the rest gradually allowing the building to achieve great mass. The material used in the printing for the modules is a mix of man made polymers and Martian rock and earth that has been excavated in two of the other outlying buildings.
Four high efficiency green houses attached to the main complex allow the generation of oxygen and fresh food. Water will be obtained for the base by the drilling operation's undertaking in two outer buildings to reach hidden aquifers. The five Golf ball shaped buildings on the other perimeter are the sources of power and heat and protection for this base.Theses domes are covered in thousands of high efficiency solar panels that are kept in constant sunlight 24 hours a day by the use of a collection of orbiting space mirrors so in effect it will nearly always be daytime in and around the camp. Theses solar panels also power a large AC motor that is housed inside the dome. This motor is connected to one of a total of five generators which power the base and are kept running 24 hours a day but these motors also produce a large enough emf field to protect the base from harmful solar radiation in much the same way it happens here on earth. This base uses the Martian soil itself and is nearly totally self sufficient,