The Dvaraka Initiative: Mars’s First Permanent Human Settlement Capable of Self-Sustenance

Abstract

From the farthest reaches of the universe to our own galaxy, there are many different celestial bodies that, even though they are very different, each have their own way of being beautiful. Earth, the planet with the best location, has been home to people for as long as we can remember. Even though we cannot be more thankful for all that Earth has given us, the human population needs to grow so that Earth is not the only place where people can live. Mars, which is right next to Earth, is the answer to this problem. Mars is the closest planet and might be able to support human life because it is close to Earth and shares many things in common. This paper will talk about how the first settlement on Mars could be planned and consider a 1000-person colony and the best place to settle on Mars, and make suggestions for the settlement’s technical, architectural, social, and economic layout. By putting together assumptions, research, and estimates, the first settlement project proposed in this paper will suggest the best way to colonize, explore, and live on Mars, which is our sister planet.

LULAD (LUnar LAva tube Discoverer) Instrument for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program

“…LULAD maps relevant lunar regions a few meters below. The Moon's buried empty lava tubes could be used as habitation sites by scientists, engineers, and astronauts to study the environment and meet Mars roadmap exploration goals (14). The proposed subsurface sounder could help scientists understand mare ridges, lava eruption feeder dikes, and large lunar crater impact melt.…”