2023 Mars Outlook: SpaceX Starship and NASA Moon-to-Mars program
The future for manned Mars missions is truly exciting and 2023 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for SpaceX Starship and NASA’s Moon-to-Mars programs!
Why we dream of Mars
A manned Mars mission is a dream that inspires us to invent, calls us to explore, and is big enough to motivate an entire generation to accomplish more than they previously thought possible.
Breathing easy on Mars: Three oxygen options for the red planet
Generating Oxygen (O2) on Mars is one of those key technologies that must be included in the overall plan for visiting the red planet. This article details the pros and cons of three proven methods
Energy: the Achilles heel of deep space exploration
Electrical energy is quite literally the lifeblood of any potential Mars base. Electrical power and our ability to generate it on Mars is one of the critical six factors required for a settlement on Mars to succeed.
The time for Mars is now… before history repeats.
This is the first period in human history where our species has both the technology and the will to explore beyond our own planet. We must act or be left behind in the footnotes of history. The time to create a blueprint for Mars is now.
It Takes a Community to Design the Blueprint
Designing the Mars Blueprint needs a community to generate ideas and build public support. Check out these links and engage with others in this diverse community!
The secret behind Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company and Neuralink.
On the surface, these companies appear to be simply Elon Musk’s crazy whims but dig a little deeper and it’s clear they are all connected.
Unveiling the science fact and fiction about AI Space Factory’s 3D printed Mars Habitat
The AI Space Factory concept of using a 25% PLA plastic + 75% Mars Basalt fiber mix is one of the more promising and innovative solutions we have seen. There are still significant engineering challenges that are needed to be overcome before this concept is completely science fact instead of part science fiction. This article conducts a deep analysis into the current proposal and goes into the technical details of what is needed for this habitat to become viable.
Taking Starship for a spin to create a little gravity
Creating true gravity is still outside our technological reach so companies like SpaceX may look to use a low-tech solution to solve the problem. So to create artificial gravity, we just need to take our Starship for a spin… literally.
Beer, Yogurt and 3D Printers… The future of Mars cuisine.
The future of sustainable food production on Mars may rely on the science behind beer, yogurt and 3d printing.
SpaceX goes old-school to fuel new rockets
SpaceX will use old school (1890’s) tech to fuel their cutting edge Raptor engines on Mars as a key piece to The Mars Blueprint.
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of – Martian – Happiness…
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are three of the unalienable rights which the United State’s Declaration of Independence says have been given to all humans by their Creator, and which governments are created to protect. While times have changed, people have not. History has a habit of repeating itself and it is worth reflecting on the universal maxims the American founding fathers embraced and why those very sentiments may propel humanity to Mars.
For the love of Robots… A Mars base needs Tesla’s Optimus.
A Mars base in our lifetimes seemed like science fiction even 5 years ago, but the creation of SpaceX’s Starship program seems to have made the impossible tantalizingly possible. However, the whole plan will fail if the infrastructure is not in place by the first human landing. To make this happen…. SpaceX needs a robot. Enter Tesla Optimus.