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ACCESS Mars - The Role of Caves and other SubsurfaceHabitats in the Future Exploration of MarsPresentation to Paper A5-1.4 at the IAC 2009 in Daejeon, South Korea
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ACCESS MARS
The Role of Caves and other Subsurface
Habitats in the Future Exploration of Mars
Olivia [email protected]
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Our Mission
“To develop a mission architecture for an initial settlement on Mars by assessing the feasibility of cave habitation as an alternative to proposed surface-based solutions.”
Outline
Martian Caves (Why? Where?)
Roadmap & Architecture
Habitat design & human factors
Planetary ProtectionCredit: Mars Daily
Martian Caves
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
Lava Tubes
Credit: ESA / NASA
Credit: Line Drube
Why Caves?
Natural Shelter
Hazard mitigation
Stable temperature
Potential life
presence
Why Caves?
No excavation required Lightweight, rapid
construction Structural stability Expandable in cave Access underground
resources Deeper drilling capability
Technical advantage
Site Selection
Credit: NASA /JPL (Background )
ACCESS Mars Roadmap
Remote Sensing
Observation
Precursor Missions
Cargo Human
ACCESS Mars Mission Architecture
T-14 months T+6 months T+10 months T+32 months T+36 months T+50 months
Human Habitat Design
Structure
Power systems
Thermal systems
Lighting
Life Support
System
Exploration / Human Factors
Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA)
Sub-surface communications
Sub-surface navigationCredit: Austrian Space Forum
Crew Training Space
Medicine
COSPAR guidelines Precursor missions
to explore caves
Life in caves?
Credit: NASA
Planetary Protection
Lava tubes exist
Many potential sites
Protection and technical benefits
With right roadmap – greater output
Moon/Earth analogues
Challenges: Planetary protection, human aspectsCredit: Austrian Space Forum / Fotostudio Lang
Conclusions
CONCLUSIONS
Acknowledgments
International Space University
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Exploration System Mission Directorate (ESDM)
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Fletcher, Steve Frankel, Arthur Guest, Felipe A. Hernandez, Scott Hovland, Donald James, Hajime Jano, Dave Kendall, Mark Kliss,
Larry Lemke, Gary Martin, Tahir Merali, Chistopher McKay, David Miller, John M. Olsen, Laurie Peterson, Ricardo Amils Pibernat,
Florian Selch, Raj Shea, Michael Sims, Paul Spudis, Carol Stoker, Jim Thompson and S. Pete Worden
