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Question: Working on the power requirements of the system, I came to how much energy it would take to convert/mine propellant from Mars, then I came to which propellants are we going to actually use? Are cryogenic propellants out because of the short shelf life? or might it be possible? If we...

Take a look at: Go Play In Space The most efficient way to go to geostationary orbit, is to launch from the equator and go directly 90E. Of course that doesn't happen, so what you should do is lanch from cape going 90E, then when you are about to hit the descending node, (which is passing the...

Life support more or less would be integrated, however we aren't going to attempt to simulate everything that could happen in a mission like this, it would take years to code it all, and quite a bit of time training. I think the ISS ECLSS probably be a great ECLSS model for us. Actually I was...

Pictures from trip to Montana one or two weeks ago The second picture is in the middle of a hail-storm that blew through. The other guys got caught out in the middle of it. My Dad and uncle grew up on ND and knew about those clouds so we hauled it in before it hit :)

Urwumpe posted a while ago why any small centrifuges will not work. http://orbiter-forum.com/showpost.php?p=172246&postcount=421 Coriolis force Ill work out a preliminary drawing on what this vessel will look like from Earth to Mars & during construction phases, just to help get guys...

The 0G problem has already been identified kindof, We will use a vehicle like this: That will rotate at whatever speed to generate some artificial G. Though exercise equipment will still probably be needed. :cheers:

but I am not an amphibian :P The only thing that might be gained from having a long hibernation is the amount of food and therefor weight we need to bring along. However, I really doubt someone can be put under anesthetics for a month at a time, and if it really would turn out beneficial.

This pretty much confirms what I guessed, cryogenic sleep is not possible right now. And somehow I doubt it will be actively used within 50 years.

Oh I get it, similar to a small Honda power generator, it can be plugged in, but if some heavy load comes on, it has to crank hard for a sec. Same with reactor I guess, only it takes much longer?

Working on the power generators for this mission, I have ran into a few technicalities that need to be kinked out. Skip to the bottom for summary First off, I found nice reactor design(s) http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/neep533/SPRING2004/lecture23.pdf called SP-100 Now I came to the power...

If you put a mesh below surface level, wouldn't it be invisible because the planet layer would cover it?

I have to agree, OGLA looks really nice with the terrain but no air inside bases seems to be a really bad drawback ;) Besides we have to leave lower end computers in mind. :thumbup: Maybe 'above ground level' mesh that creates craters. Still would be walk through...

You might have to get the windows SDK http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Free_Compiler_Setup#Get_the_Windows_SDK Have you followed the free compiler setup on ShuttlePB?

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Short-Story Excuse me while I single out a few specifics: Just a few very nice tips that will help getting a very nice story out.

Yes, there are now 3 sizes and the fairing auto-delete after 8 mins. (fixes that getting overloaded with fairing issue) Thanks :cheers:

An internal combustion engine with LOX/LH2 as fuel? :lol: or wait, fuel cells? Electricity will be in abundance because of the nuclear power plant. I guess its a matter of which is more reliable for its weight.

No not yet but it might be possible to write our own rover that doubles as a UCGO car. It might take a bit of work for that to happen though. First we would have to ask if we want to simulate fuel/electricity/O2 consumption, if so then we can worry about programming it later.

Currently, there we have no way to simulate 'radio strength' between Earth and Mars, so placing objects around Mars would have to be static unless there is enough support for simulating radio cutouts and whatever. I agree though that in real life, new com sats will need to be put around Mars so...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10340488.stm I wish I had a 1.4 gigapixel camera :lol:

Spacecraft_proposals_and_cancellations Cryobot Other than that, it takes quite a while and quite a budget to get there... ;)