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郑州轻工业附属中学  河南省郑州市-河南省    China 19 years old   3 / 1 English Mars



Project description

On the border of the Isis plain of Mars with the plateau, we plan to build a Martian camp called “Scavengers”. Mars is the planet in the solar system with the most similar environment and resource conditions to the earth, and is expected to become an extraterrestrial base or settlement site for deep space exploration, which will help human beings further understand the origin of life and explore extraterrestrial life. In addition to this, the unique atmospheric and geological conditions of Mars allow us to make products that are not readily available on Earth for use by Earth or Martian settlers. We will primarily use Mars’ native resources, such as igneous soil, basalt, and sulfur, as building materials. The main buildings of Camp Mars include the central control room, living quarters, and planting areas. These areas will be fused deposition modeling, using basalt as raw material, which will be heated to melting by a fused deposition modeling 3D printer and finally extruded using screw extrusion. We will use the printed thicker igneous soil to shield against radiation, and we will have a high-performance rover to avoid meteorite impacts. Using the Rodriguez Well Principle, we will build a reservoir and a continuous water supply system to recycle water resources and desalinate them by placing marine cyanobacteria in high-salinity Martian water to support hydroponic plants. In terms of planting, we will first grow alfalfa as fertilizer in the volcanic soil, and then plant vegetables such as lettuce and radishes, and improve the nutrient content in the volcanic soil. We will also use foldable solar panels to harvest energy and reduce the loss of solar panels. Through the development of the machine chemist “Xiaolai” platform, we will use Martian meteorites to prepare practical oxygen-producing catalysts to “produce” oxygen. Through photosynthesis, carbon dioxide in the air is metabolized and oxygen is produced, and the gas cycle is realized. Oxygen and water will be circulated in underground pipes and transported through a bionic worm structure. Our Mars camp is mainly used for scientific research, including research on Mars’ native resources, research on Martian planting, and the transfer of some of the more dangerous experiments to Mars for research to promote scientific progress. In the camp, the astronauts can have enough free time, and we set up an intelligent base to reduce the repetitive work of the astronauts to a greater extent. Here, the astronauts can drive the rover to the various sub-divisions of the base in the morning to debug their work and check whether the sub-divisions are working properly, and then the astronauts have free time. They can go to the gym, drive a Martian car around Mars, observe the stars through the Mars telescope, and more.


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