Mars Base Camp: An architecture for sending humans to Mars by 2028

Cichan, Timothy; Bailey, Stephen A.; Norris, Scott D.; Chambers, Robert; Jolly, Steven D.; Ehrlich, Joshua W.

doi:10.1109/aero.2017.7943981

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“…The Lunar Gateway is a proposed modular space station located in a stable orbit around an Earth-Moon Lagrange point, which will be used to test and verify technologies and procedures for crewed missions in deep space [26]. The Mars Base Camp is a proposed space station to be assembled in orbit around Mars [24]. Psyche is considered as a possible destination since it is a large metallic M-type asteroid and in order to mine metals, water is required [27].…”

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Comparison of material sources and customer locations for commercial space resource utilization

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“…An example is given below for the scenario where resources are mined on the Lunar surface and transported to the Mars Base Camp, which is in an elliptical orbit with a period of one Martian day (1 sol) and periapsis at 400 km [24]. Figure 3 illustrates where the separate impulsive ∆V s are applied.…”

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Comparison of material sources and customer locations for commercial space resource utilization

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“…For off-world ISM of materials and fabrication of mission objects a multitude of different approaches exist, many of which are still inhibited by the extent of initially required critical infrastructure 62,63 . Biomanufacturing has the potential to surmount this limitation, by supporting the fabrication of consumable and durable goods made of plastics 19,64,65 , metals 66,67 , and ceramics 68 (∼18% to 60%, ∼13% to 50%, and ∼1% of total mission ESM respectively, Figure 2d) with uses and sizes ranging from small replacement parts and functional tools to physical components of the life-supporting habitat 69,70 .…”

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Biomanufacturing for Space-Exploration – What to Take and When to Make

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Nangle³

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As renewed interest in human space-exploration intensifies, a coherent and modernized strategy for mission-design and planning has become increasingly crucial. Biotechnology has emerged as a promising approach to increase mission resilience, flexibility, and efficiency by virtue of its ability to efficiently utilize in situ resources and reclaim resources from waste streams. Since its infancy during the Apollo years, biotechnology, and specifically biomanufacturing, have witnessed significant expansions of scope and scale. Here we outline four primary mission classes, on Luna and Mars, that drive a staged and accretive biomanufacturing strategy. Each class requires a unique approach to integrate biomanufacturing into the existing mission architecture and so faces unique challenges in technology development.These challenges stem directly from the resources available in a given mission class – the degree to which feedstocks are derived from cargo and in situ resources – and the degree to which loop-closure is necessary. We see that as mission duration and distance from Earth increase, the benefits of specialized sustainable biomanufacturing processes increases. Here we present a strategic approach, guided by technoeconomics, to development, testing, and deployment of these technologies serves to nucleate the larger effort of supporting a sustained human presence in space. The processes needed for each scenario spans the technical breadth of synthetic biology to design engineering, from sophisticated genetic tailoring of chassis-organisms to building scalable, automated, easily operable bioreactors and processing systems. As space-related technology development often does, these advancements are likely to have profound implications for the creation of a stable, resilient bioeconomy on Earth.

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“…5 Mars Base Camp was developed to explore the feasibility of a humans-to-Mars mission within about a decade. 6 A crewed orbital mission seems a prudent and necessary precursor for a human Mars landing. A key distinction of Mars Base Camp is to bring scientists in close proximity to the planet and its moons, armed with new classes of probes, rovers, sample acquisition systems, and remote explorers under low latency control, combined with a substantial laboratory for sample analysis.…”

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Mars Base Camp: An Architecture for Sending Humans to Mars

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For nearly 70 years, sending humans to Mars has been the long term goal of many national space programs. Today, the consensus for sending humans to Mars appears stronger than ever before. With the amazing knowledge gained during the space shuttle and International Space Station programs, and with the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle completing development, NASA and its international and commercial partners are in a great position to lay out a plan for human Mars exploration and execute that plan. In May 2016, Lockheed Martin debuted the Mars Base Camp concept; a bold plan to transport scientist/astronauts from Earth to Mars within about a decade to answer fundamental science questions and prepare for a human landing. The key to achieving this vision is to capitalize on the major architecture elements already being developed by NASA, Orion and SLS, in an innovative architecture that focuses on crew safety and world-class science and exploration. Of course, Lockheed Martin is not the first to advocate for an orbital mission, but we believe that there are enormous advantages in an initial orbital mission, followed by landed missions in the subsequent opportunities.

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Mars Base Camp: An architecture for sending humans to Mars by 2028

Cited by 11 publications

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Comparison of material sources and customer locations for commercial space resource utilization

Comparison of material sources and customer locations for commercial space resource utilization

Biomanufacturing for Space-Exploration – What to Take and When to Make

Mars Base Camp: An Architecture for Sending Humans to Mars

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