HUMAN SETTLEMENT ON MARS
Mars One is an nonprofit organisation that intends to
settle a permanent human colony on Mars by 2025. Bas
Lansdorp who is the founder of Mars One, announced
his plans for the first human colony in Mars in 2012.
The organisation has to do a long term preparation to
accomplish an successful mission. The program started
it’s crew selection in 2013 and the first 100 people to join
the Mars mission has already selected. Their training will
start in 2015 and continue untill the first launch in 2014.
During their training, they will learn to repair components
of the habitat and rover, train in medical procedures
and learn to grow their own food in the habitat. Also,
their training will include simulations according to the
terrain of Mars. To simulate best environmental and
psychological contiditons, the crew will be training at
places like the Arctic Desert. In 2018, a communication
satellite will be launched into a Mars stationary orbit to
enable communication between 2 planets. The satallite
will be able to provide image, video and data from Mars
surface. In 2020, one intelligent Rover and one Trailer
will be launched. The intelligent Rover’s task is to find
the best location on the Mars surface for the crew. The
location must be equatorial enough for maximum solar
power and flat enough for facilitate construction of the
in 2025. In 2023, the Rover starts the build up the Life
Support which was launched in 2022. After all the units
are established, the life life support system will produce
a breathable atmosphere of 0.7 bar pressure, 3000 liters
of water and 120 kg of oxygen that is in storage. The first
crew will launch in 2024. The fully trained crew will start
their journey. At that point, there is no return for the
Mars crew. They will complete their journey in 2025.
About 24 hours before landing, the crew will move from
the Transit Habitat into the landing module because the
Transit Habitat is too large to land on Mars and it will
stay in orbit around the Sun. After landing, they will be
picked up by the Rover. After staying a few days in one
of the Living Units to settle down, the crew will deploy
all of the solar panels to work at the best potential. The
cargo for the second crew will land after a couple weeks
the first crew landed. It will be picked up and installed,
adding to the redundancy in the settlement. The second
crew departs from Earth in 2026. With the second crew,
the Cargo for the third crew is also launched. The second
crew will arrive in 2027. The hardware for crew three
will land a few weeks later and will be added to the
ettlement. This process continues as additional crews
land every two years (Mars One, 2015).
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settlement and must contain enough water in the soil.
The Rover also clears the surface where solar panels will
lie. In 2022, a second Rover, two Living Units, two Life
Support Systems, and a Supply Unit will be launched to
establish the units for the first humans that will be in Mars
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Bibliography:
Mars One. (2015, February).
Mission: Mars One.
Retrieved from Mars One: http://www.mars-one.com