Mars Base Evolution Update Motivations Make Mars Base
Mars Base Evolution Update
Motivations • Make Mars Base design decisions over the course of a 15 yr lifetime. • How should the base evolve over time? • What technologies should be used initially? • What technologies should be added over the course of time? • Where would advances in research provide the most savings in ESM?
Requirements • Need to be able to simulate technologies interacting within a Mars Base • Need data to properly model each technology • Need to be able to quickly swap technologies in and out.
Simulation Tool • Excel-Based Simulation Tool • Individual Self-Contained Excel Workbook for Each Component (Technology, Storage, Humans, Crops, etc. ) • Controller Provides Daily Inputs and take Outputs from each Component • XML SCOPE Based Architecture will Provided Plug and Play Capability
Implemented Components • • Bio-Plex Human Models Bio-Plex Crop Models Separate Cabins for Humans and Crops Basic Recovery of Water and Waste – Cleaning Grey Water – Combusting Waste to CO 2 • Storage Buffers for both Required Materials and Waste
Future Work • Implement more ALS technologies as Excel Components. • Implement XML based architecture. • Implement the capability to examine “what if” scenarios (as opposed to simply determining how much is actually needed).
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