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1. Life on MarsLife on Mars
Pankaj Agarwal
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2. Living on Mars
1. Earth and Mars
2. Why would we want to
live on Mars?
3. The challenges of
living on Mars
4. What will we need,
and how can we get all
these things?
5. Health & Fitness

3. Earth and Mars
Radius: 12746km 6805km
Gravity: 1g 0.38g
Luna
Deimos
Phobos

4. Earth Mars
Distance from Sun 150Gm (1AU) 228Gm (1.5AU)
Atmosphere 101.3kPa
78% N2
21% O2
1% Ar
0.6kPa
95% CO2
3% N2
2% Ar
Temperature 185 – 331K
Mean: 287K (14°C)
133 – 293K
Mean: 210K (-63°C)
Length of solar day 24h 1 sol = 24h 40m
Length of year 365.25d 668.6 sols (1.88y = 687d)
Axial tilt 23.4° 25.2°
Earth and Mars
Mars receives only 43% of the sunshine that Earth does, but
has no magnetosphere or ozone layer to block radiation.

5. Why would we want to
live on other worlds?
Population growth.
Develop many new
technologies & systems.
Develop a global view of
Earth.
For the challenge and
adventure!
Why not?

6. But why Mars?
Mars is by far our best choice
for colonisation:
Close to Earth (and
asteroids)
Warmth and light
Length of day
Has seasons like Earth
Resources – atmosphere,
water, metals

7. The challenges of
living on Mars
Cold!
Very thin and toxic atmo.
Water frozen solid.
High radiation.
Low gravity.
Long way from home.
No shops!

8. What will we need to
live on Mars?
Physical needs:
Water
Air
Food
Warmth
Sunshine
Clothing
Buildings
Technological needs:
Electricity
Materials
Tools
Computers &
communications
Vehicles & fuel
Robots

9. Water
Plenty of water, frozen.
But: Very cold ice is harder than rock –
very hard to dig.
Solution: Heat up the ground, cause ice to
sublimate, and capture the steam.
Also: Recycle.

10. Air
Earth: 20% O2, 80% N2
Can make air like this
on Mars!
N2 from Mars’ atmo
O2 from:
CO2
H2O
Fe2O3, SiO2, etc.
Recycle using plants
(photosynthesis)

11. Food
Mars’ dirt is not suited for
life (yet).
Food grown in sealed
greenhouses.
Hydroponics – growing
plants without dirt.
Aquaponics – fish farming
combined with
hydroponics.
Chickens & eggs

12. Clothing, etc.
Hemp – ultra-useful plant
Cloth
Canvas for shoes, bags, etc.
Rope
Lubricants, paint, plastics
Hemp oil – nutritional supplement,
skin cream
Later: cotton, synthetics
Eventually: wool & leather

13. Buildings
Low grav & thin air means less
material.
Biggest problem – radiation.
Surface structures – pile dirt
on the roof.
Underground – protection from
radiation, and easier to keep
warm (but need big machines
to dig).
Domes – Glass or plastic,
maybe inflatable.

14. Materials
Iron & steel
Need for many things:
buildings, tools, kitchen items,
furniture, vehicles, robots, etc.
Mars is covered in iron! (rust)
Make steel using carbon from
atmo.
Many other metals available
on Mars.
Can also make bricks,
concrete, glass and plastics
from local resources.

15. Electricity
Nuclear: problematic on
Earth, even worse on Mars.
Also, would have to find
uranium.
Solar: possible, but less
sunlight on Mars.
Wind! Lots of wind on Mars;
the air is thin, but high-
speed.

16. Vehicles & Fuel
What sort of vehicles?
Pressurized rovers
ATVs (quad bikes)
Gliders, planes,
balloons
Rockets, spaceships
Walking rovers
Good fuel: methane (CH4) & oxygen (O2) – easy to
make from Mars atmo and water.

17. Robots
Will play a big part in
colonising Mars.
Digging, mining,
construction, exploration,
transportation.
Electronics from Earth.
Bodies could be imported
from Earth, or made on Mars
from steel and other metals.
Software – Earth or Mars.

18. What will we need to
bring from Earth?
Life support equipment
Electronics, computers &
communications gear
Robots, machinery, motors,
tools
Solar panels, windmills
Seeds, animals
Cooking equipment
Games, books, musical
instruments

19. Sport on Mars!
Rock-climbing,
abseiling
Hang-gliding
Rover racing
Gliding,
ballooning
Flying with wings!
Snow sports

20. Warming Mars
Create global warming
using PFCs
(perfluorocarbons) – a
powerful greenhouse gas.
Use mirrors in space to
reflect more sunlight onto
Mars.
Heating Mars causes frozen
CO2 to sublime, thickening
atmo and causing more
warming – a runaway
greenhouse.

21. Robot Gardeners!
Robots will be much
more advanced in 100
years.
They can plant seeds
in the best spots, and
look after the plants
and animals.

22. Who’s making plans?
Mars Society – analog studies, research,
promoting manned Mars missions
(www.marssociety.org.au)
Mars Homestead – designing a future Mars
settlement. (www.marshome.org)
4 Frontiers – company planning to build Mars
settlement. (www.4frontierscorp.com)
Red Colony – open source plan for colonising
and terraforming Mars. (www.redcolony.com)

23. Do you want to go to Mars?
You will need:
Skills, education, and/or experience.
Some scientific knowledge.
Good health & fitness.
Good people skills.
A range of interests.
Good things to study:
Engineering, science, technology,
medicine
IT, electronics, mathematics,
robotics
Metalworking trades, mechanics
Music, writing, film-making

24. Questions?
Email questions to: pankajiitjee@gmail.com